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Yu, Pingbo

(Suzhou 1900-1990 Beijing) : Schriftsteller, Dichter, Historiker, Kritiker

Name Alternative(s)

Yu, Mingheng

Subjects

Index of Names : China / Literature : China / Periods : China : People's Republic (1949-) / Periods : China : Republic (1912-1949)

Chronology Entries (2)

# Year Text Linked Data
1 1923 Yu, Pingbo. Ba 'Hui se ma' yi ben. [Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich. Hui se ma]. [ID D37405].
Yu Pingbo viewed the hero's life and thought as representing 'a tremendous tragedy in the struggle for life'. The hero saw everything as futile, be it the revolutionary fervor of a terrorist, or the drowsy numbness of love. At the end, the only reality for him was, 'my revolver is with me' – suicide. The solution to the problem of life lay not in living, but in not living. In the seemingly contradictory action of the hero – an egotist ending his own life in suicide – Yu saw epitomized the sorrow of modern man : the never-ending conflict between love and hate, passion and intellect. 'I can say with certainty that his hate is but a transformation of his love. He said that he dies out of hatred for society, but underneath he gives up his life for love of this world.
  • Document: Ng, Mau-sang. The Russian hero in modern Chinese fiction. (Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, 1988). (SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture). S. 73-74. (Ng1, Publication)
  • Person: Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich
2 1923 Yu, Pingbo. Ba 'Hui se ma' yi ben. [ID D37405]. [Betr. Boris Viktorovich Savinkov].
The postscript of Yu Pingbo was an original, lyrical interpretation, intertwined with a long allegoric poem. He ended his essay with the regret that people were unable to live easily and naturally, without the constant questioning of life's meaning that had so tortured the hero. All of us, he says, are looking for solutions to the problems life poses, and, like a sick man we are happy every time the doctor prescribes a new medicine for us – even though all medicine may turn out to be mere illusion.
  • Document: Gamsa, Mark. The Chinese translation of Russian literature : three studies. (Leiden : Brill, 2008). (Sinica Leidensia ; vol. 90). S. 94. (Gam1, Publication)
  • Person: Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich

Bibliography (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1923 Yu, Pingbo. Ba 'Hui se ma' yi ben. In : Xiao shuo yue bao ; vol. 14, no 10 (1923). [Artikel über Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich. Hui se ma]. Publication / YuPi1
  • Cited by: Ng, Mau-sang. The Russian hero in modern Chinese fiction. (Hong Kong : The Chinese University Press, 1988). (SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture). (Ng1, Published)
  • Person: Savinkov, Boris Viktorovich