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白先勇

BáiXiānyǒng
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Bai Xianyong / Pai Hsien-yung (b. 1937) — Taiwanese-American novelist of Hui descent, son of KMT general Bai Chongxi

Examples

白先勇是台湾现代文学的代表作家之一。
Bái Xiānyǒng shì Táiwān xiàndài wénxué de dàibiǎo zuòjiā zhī yī.
Bai Xianyong is one of the leading figures of modern Taiwanese literature.
我最喜欢白先勇的《台北人》。
Wǒ zuì xǐhuān Bái Xiānyǒng de 《Táiběirén》.
My favorite work by Bai Xianyong is Taipei People.

In Pop Culture

台北人 Táiběirén
Taipei People (1971)
Bai's signature short-story collection on KMT mainlanders displaced to Taiwan after 1949
孽子 Nièzǐ
Crystal Boys (1983)
Pioneering novel about gay youth in 1970s Taipei — one of Chinese-language literature's first openly LGBT works
牡丹亭 Mǔdāntíng
The Peony Pavilion (Youth Edition)
Bai produced the celebrated 'Youth Edition' kunqu opera adaptation that revived the form for younger audiences in the 2000s

Stroke Order

白 bái
先 xiān
勇 yǒng