Nobody would say the cowshed was heaven and nobody would say the inhuman torture of so many victims be called a revolution of the proletariat. ... A museum should be established to remind China of the follies and disasters that had fallen from 1966 to 1976. We cannot forget what had happened and history should not repeat itself.
Ba JinBefore my eyes are many miserable scenes, the suffering of others and myself forces my hands to move. I become a machine for writing.
Ba JinI am a person always full of contradictions... It was hard to choose whether to devote myself to revolution as a soldier or as a writer.
Ba Jin