1CONTENT234ABOUTTHEWRITERINTRODUCTIONANDBACKGROUNDOFTHESTORYMAINCHARACTERSMYOPINIONSOFTHISBOOK第一页PART1第二页1、Chinesewriter2、BornOct.10,1895,FujianprovinceDiedMarch26,1976,HongKong3、StudiedintheU.S.andEuropeinhisearlyyears4、In1932heestablishedahighlysuccessfulWestern-stylesatiricalmagazineofatypetotallynewtoChinaABOUTTHEWRITER第三页LIN’SLEGACY1、MyCountryandMyPeople(吾国与吾民)(1935)2、TheImportanceofLiving(生活的艺术)(1937)3、MomentinPeking(京华烟云)(1939)4、BetweenTearsandLaughter(啼笑皆非)(1943)5、TheVermillionGate(朱门)(1953)nominatedfortheNobelPrizeinLiterature第四页PART2第五页FollowingthestructureofADRAMINREDMANSIONS,LINwroteTHEMOMENTOFPEKINGasaEnglishnovel.12THEMOMENTOFPEKINGdescribesastoryofYAO,ZENGandNIUthreefamilies'vicissitudesinthirtyyearsandallthehappinessandsorrowbetweenthemsince1901.INTRODUCTIONANDBACKGROUNDOFTHESTORY第六页ThenovelcoverstheturbulenteventsinChinafrom1900to193834theBoxerUprisingTheRepublicanRevolutionof1911TheWarlordEraTheriseofnationalismandcommunism,TheoriginsoftheSino-JapaneseWarof1937-1945.INTRODUCTIONANDBACKGROUNDOFTHESTORY第七页PART3第八页MAINCHARACTERS12PUTYOURTEXTHEREPUTYOURTEXTHEREPUTYOURTEXTHEREPUTYOURTEXTHERE3PUTYOURTEXTHEREPUTYOURTEXTHEREPUTYOURTEXTHEREPUTYOURTEXTHEREPUTYOURTEXTHEREPUTYOURTEXTHEREPUTYOURTEXTHEREPUTYOURTEXTHERE第九页MAINCHARACTERS12lively,intelligent,andgenerous,aswellasextremelyresponsible3MulanfeelsattractedtoLifu,butshehonorsherfamily'swishandadvicethatshemarrySunyaMULANYAOfromthewealthyYAOfamily第十页MAINCHARACTERS12Mulan'shusband3theyoungestsonofhisfamilyTsengSunya(ZengSunya,曾荪亚)第十一页MAINCHARACTERS12YaoMulan'ssisterCleverandattractive3ShemarriedLIFUwhenhewasapoorscholarSheknowshersister'sloveforLIFUYaoMochow(YaoMochou,姚莫愁)第十二页MAINCHARACTERS12AscholarandYaoMochow'shusband3AbiologyprofessorataschoolinPekingFightfordemocracyandlawinChinaLIFUKONG第十三页ADAPTATIONS12includingthemostrecentversionin2014,starringliSheng.3AndalsoZhaoWei'sVersionThenovelhasbeenadaptedtwiceintoatelevisiondrama第十四页AVIDEO第十五页PART4第十六页MYOPINIONSYAOMULAN-MYFAVORITERCHARARTER第十七页THANKYOU第十八页