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潘劍冰，青年學者，作家，畢業於華東師大，目前專注於晚清民國歷史的寫作，已出版《率性林語堂》、《豪客丁玲》、《民國課堂：大先生也挺逗》、《瘋狂的科舉》、《最藝術，最民國》、《民國風流：那些無法跨過的跨國戀》、《民國性情》等多部作品，其中《瘋狂的科舉》入選新華網和中國出版傳媒商報聯辦的“2013中國影響力圖書”，《民國課堂：大先生也挺逗》入選出版商務周報“2013中國風雲圖書”。作品以“幽默又優雅，深情且深刻”的風格，深受讀者喜愛。
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幽默兼優雅，深情且深刻。《中國日報》（ChinaDaily）專訪潘劍冰
AtirelesswritershinesalightoninterracialrelationshipsduringtheRepublicofChinadays.LiuZhihuareports.PanJianbing,aschoolteacherfromQuanzhouineasternChina'sFujianprovince,istheauthorofararebookoninterracialrelationshipsfromthecountry'spast.
InJuly,PanpublishedRomanceoftheRepublicofChina:InterracialRelationshipsThatCannotBeOutshinedinwhichherevealsdetailsofinterracialrelationshipsinvolvinggovernmentofficials,scholarsandroyalfamilymembersintheRepublicofChina(1912-49)-aperiodwhenariseinsuchrelationshipsattractedpublicattention.
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Left:YangXianyiandGladysYang.Center:Aisin-gioroPuJiewithhisJapanesewife,SagaHiro,andtheirdaughter.Right:ChiangChing-kuowithhisRussianwife,FainaEpatchevaVahaleva(ChiangFang-liang),andtheirchildren.PhotosProvidedtoChinaDaily
ThegraduatefromEastChinaNormalUniversitywithamajorinChinesehaswrittensixbookssince2010ontheRepublicofChina'shistory.HisfirstwasArbitraryLinYutang,whichisabiographyofChinesewriterLinYutang(1895-1976).By2012,hewantedtowriteabookoninterracialrelationshipsfromthetimebeforeNewChina'sfoundingin1949.
"Whiledoingresearchonthefirstfivebooks,IcameacrossmanyreferencestointerracialrelationshipsandmarriagesintheRepublicofChina,andhowcouplesoftenneededtogetoverobstaclestobetogether,"PantellsChinaDaily.
"Comparedwiththeirlove,theso-calledromanceinmodernChineseTVseriesandpopularnovelsissuperficial.ItjustoccurredtomethatIshouldwriteabookoninterracialromancetotellpeoplehowgreatlovecanbe."
Pan'slatestbookbeginswithstoriesofLuZhengxiang,aChinesediplomatandhisBelgianwifeBertheBovy.Thecouple'sromanceiscapturedthroughthelastphaseoftheQingDynasty(1644-1911)andtheearlydaysoftherepublic.ThebookendswithaccountsoflovebetweenChiangChing-kuo,ChiangKai-shek'sson,andtheson'sRussianwifeFainaEpatchevaVahaleva.
Thebookalsospeaksofeightotherinterracialrelationships,suchasthoseinvolvingChinesescholarHuShihandhis50-yearromancewithEdithCliffordWilliams,anAmericanwomanwhomadlylovedHuanddiedunmarriedatage85,andthelifestoriesofAnnaChanChennaultandWorldWarIIheroClaireLeeChennault.
TalesofAisin-gioroPuJie,oneofthelastQingDynastyroyals,andhiswifeSagaHiro,whowasfromtheJapanesearistocracy,areallfoundinthebook.TherearefewotherinstancesofinterracialrelationshipsinPan'sbookalthoughtheChineseopeneduptoforeignersrathercautiouslythen.
TheChinesewhomarriedforeignerswereoftenmalesofhighsocialstatus.
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Panselectedthe10couplesandwroteontheminachronologicalorderbecausehewantedtokeepreadersinformedoftheevolvingsocialbackground,Pansays.
TheauthorismostimpressedbythelovestoryofYangXianyiandGladysYang,thecoupleknownfortranslatingmanyChineseclassicsintoEnglish,includingADreamofRedMansions.
BornintoawealthyfamilyinTianjinin1915,YangmethisfuturewifeGladysTaylerin1936attheMertonCollege,Oxford,wherehewasstudying.
GladysYangspentherearlychildhoodinChinaasthedaughterofamissionaryandlaterenrolledintoChinesestudiesatOxford.
Despiteoppositionfromhermother,thetwogotengaged,andreturnedtoChinain1940togetmarried,althoughtheywereawarethattheYangfamilyhadnomoneyleftandthatthecountrywasfacedwithwarsandpoverty.
Theymadealivingascollegeteachersandtranslators,andwerehappydespitetheodds.
WhenChiangKai-shekretreatedtoTaiwanin1949,theYangsalsoweregivenplaneticketstofollow,buttheystayedbehindontheChinesemainland,becausetheybelievedtheCommunistPartywouldbeabetterchoicefortheChinesethantheKuo-mintang.
TheybecamerespectedtranslatorsinNewChina,butasChinawasdraggedintothemadnessofthe"culturalrevolution"(1966-76),thecouplewasimprisonedfortheirindependentviewsasintellectuals.
Beginningin1968,theyspentfouryearsindifferentjails,withoutanyideaaboutoneanotherorthelivesoftheirsonandtwodaughters,whowerealsounfairlytreated.Thesoncommittedsuicidein1979inBritain.
ButtheirloveforeachotherandChineseculturesurvived,andtheyworkedwithgreatpassionaftertheirjailtime.
"I'mdeeplymovedbytheirpassionfortranslation,theiroptimismdespitethecrueltyoffate,andtheirstrongloveforeachother,"Pansays.
Panhaslistedhundredsofreferencesinhisappendix.Hesaystobeaccurateonfacts,hedevouredbiographiesofrelevantpeopleforaboutsixmonthsbeforestartingtowritethebook.
OnDouban.com,apopularChinesebookreviewwebsite,readerscommentedthatthebookisagoodwaytoknowaboutthehistoryoftheRepublicofChina,andmanysaidthattheyweredeeplymovedbythestoriesittells.
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AnnaChanChennaultandWorldWarIIheroClaireLeeChennault.
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HuShihandEdithCliffordWilliams.
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ChinesediplomatLuZhengxiangandhisBelgianwife,BertheBovy.
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