Ting-Xing Ye - A Leaf in the Bitter Wind
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Copyright 1997 Ting-xing Ye
Hardcover reprinted 1997
Paperback first published in 1998
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Doubleday Canada Limited.
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Ye, Ting-xing, 1952
A leaf in the bitter wind
eISBN: 978-0-385-67414-0
1. Ye, Ting-xing, 1952- . 2. China - Social conditions - 1976- . 3. China - Social conditions - 19491976. 4. Women - China - biography. I. Title.
DS779.29.Y4A3 1997 951.05092 C96-032241-0
Maps by William Bell
Photo layout by Heidy Lawrance Associates
Published in Canada by Anchor Canada, a division of Random House of Canada Limited
v3.1
This book is dedicated to the memory of
my mother, Li Xiu-feng
my father, Ye Rong-ting
my great-aunt, Chen Feng-mei
Choosing the title was just a tiny part of William Bells enormous contribution to this book. In a long, hard, sometimes tearful process, his gentle push and profound understanding helped me across the finish line. A writer himself, his love of words and solid knowledge of his craft inspired me to put down the first sentence, and his trust and confidence in me made this book possible.
I was fortunate to be befriended by John Pearce, who believed in, encouraged and guided this project. His judgment and expertise have been invaluable. My gratitude also goes to Gail Pearce for her careful reading of the manuscript and thoughtful advice.
I want to thank all my friends here in Canada for their support. My heart particularly goes to William Talbot, without whose assistance in bringing a stranger to this land in the first place this story would still be only a painful memory.
I also want to thank the Canada Council for assistance.
My last tribute is to my brothers and sisters in China, for their care and love, for their stories and research. I hope this book has done justice to the memory of our parents and great-aunt and to what the five of us have been through together.
CHINESE PRONUNCIATION
I have used the han yu pin yin system of romanization. A few names such as Yangtze and Chiang Kai-shek have been left in the older spelling because pin yin forms might be unfamiliar. English-speaking readers will find that most letters in pin yin are pronounced more or less the same as those in English. Some exceptions are:
c = ts, as in pets
q = ch, as in church
x = hss
z = dz, as in adze
zh = j, as in juice
The words Lao (Old, Venerable) and Xiao (Young) when used with a surname are common terms of respect in China. Thus, I was usually addressed as Xiao Ye by persons outside my family.
With the exception of public figures and members of my family, I have disguised the names of all Chinese persons in this book.
Y EAR | M Y F AMILY | C HINA |
1911 | Great-Aunt Phoenix Sister born | |
1921 | Mother and Father born | |
1935 | Great-Aunt given to my family as free servant by her mother | |
1937 | Father goes to Shanghai to run family business; Great-Aunt goes along to look after Father | Japan invades China; the occupation of Shanghai |
1938 | Mother and Father marry | |
1944 | Mother joins Father in Shanghai | |
1945 | Japanese surrender | |
1946 | Number 1 born | Civil War breaks out between Guomindang and Communists (-1949) |
1948 | Number 2 born | |
1949 | My two step-uncles leave for Taiwan | Peoples Republic established |
1950 | Number 3 born | Korean War; government issues Peoples Victory Bonds |
1951 | Three Antis Campaign | |
1952 | Number 4 (me) born | Five Antis Campaign |
1954 | Number 5 born | First Five-Year Plan; State Economic Construction Bonds issued |
1956 | The government takes away Fathers factory | Nationalization Movement |
1957 | Fathers demotion from owner to laborer | Hundred Flowers Movement; Anti-Rightist Campaign |
1958 | I start elementary school | Great Leap Forward (-1959) |
1959 | Fathers botched operation | Famine across China (-1962) |
1962 | Father dies | |
1963 | Number 2 forced to quit school to work to support family | |
1964 | Number 3 and I start middle school; Number 1 enrolls in Jiao Tong University in Shanghai | |
1965 | Mother dies | |
1966 | I am attacked by the Red Guards at school; the Red Guards come to our home; Grandfather severely beaten while trying to prevent my parents grave from being leveled; I disguise myself as Red Guard on the pilgrimage to Beijing | Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution begins (-1976) |
1967 | I stay home from school with my siblings; Number 2 forced to fight in bloody battles against fellow workers | Shanghai January Storm; rebels take power at city hall; factional fights spread throughout the country; armys involvement in Cultural Revolution |
1968 | I am exiled to a prison labor farm in Jiangsu Province | |
1969 | Number 5 exiled to a farm in Jiangxi Province, Number 1 to Guizhou Province; I survive amoebic dysentery on the farm | Military clash with Russians; Ninth Party Congress formalizes the Cultural Revolution; Lin Biao becomes Maos successor; PLA air force loyal to Lin Biao take over the prison farm |
1970 | I am denounced as a counter-revolutionary by army representatives on the farm; interrogation and humiliation, and my attempted suicide | Escalating war preparations against Russia; concubine selection on the farm for Lin Biaos son; construction on the farm to turn it into one of Lins retreat bases |
1971 | I am sentenced; rehabilitated after death of Lin Biao; Universities reopened to Worker-Peasant-Soldier students | Lin Biao, his wife and son died in a plane crash while fleeing China; anti-Lin Biao Movement on the farm; army representatives leave the farm |
1972 | Number 1s marriage | Nixon visits China; withdrawal of army from all civilian duties across the country |
1973 | I am assigned to help young arrivals to the prison farm; studying English by myself | Deng Xiao-ping returns to power; Suggestions for University Enrollment announced; enrollment exams for Worker-Peasant-Soldier students set up |
1974 | I meet Xiao Zhao on the farm; enroll in Beijing University | Criticizing Lin Biao and Confucius movement |
1975 | Study English language and literature in countryside; return when first year ends | |
1976 | I am punished for attending Zhou En-lais funeral; sent to Tangshan earthquake site in a rescue team |
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