The Doctor Who Was Followed by Ghosts: The Family Saga of a Chinese Woman Doctor
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (551 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1550227815 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 281 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Hard to Put Down Montana Sal Having just returned from China I found this book very interesting. I find it hard to believe that China has made so many advances in such a short time.. Enjoyable travel through 20th century Chinese history sfriles This book stands far beyond many other books I have read when it comes to the understanding of Chinese history in the 20th century and what led up to the Cultural Revolution. It gives the reader insight as to why the Communist revolution took place, how the Chinese were involved in the Korean War, what the experience of the Cultural Revolution was like, and how modern China is coping with capitalism. It is amazing that one individual could have been a part of all those experiences.What I learned mo. A valuable family memoir of a violent age Dr. Li gives a valuable memoir and an important record of Chinese history. She is a candid, compassionate actor in an age of hardship, conflict, and often horror. Her account stretches from the Japanese occupation through the Korean War, to the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. Through it all, Dr. Li is a voice of sanity and the best kind of responsibility. When a fellow doctor is refused treatment for political reasons, she helps the accused counter-revolutionary. In response to the accusation
Besides enduring personal misfortune, she also witnessed the suffering of the peasants, who were the majority of the population at the grass-roots level and whose sorrowful stories have rarely been told. The Great Leap Forward Movement tragically took away her son Bingbing’s life, and the persecution of her husband during the Cultural Revolution took a serious toll on his health, and consequently led to his early death. Yet her life was in many ways ill fated, as she struggled through the Anti-Japanese War, the Civil War, the Korean War, the great famine of the early 60s and numerous political movements, including the notorious Cultural Revolution. Li’s own first-hand accounts.. Li Qunying, a Communist doctor of great dedication, undoubtedly had fewer ghosts behind her. This means that he is a better doctor than others, because when a patient dies, the ghost follows and haunts the doctor. According to Chinese folklore, when his favourite daughter falls ill, Yanwang, the ruler of the underworld, sends his servants to look for a doctor who has as few ghosts as possible following him. This haunting memoir traces all of the major events of brutal twentieth-century China, interweaving eyewitness history, folklore, superstition, and Dr
Low-key, but eye-opening." —Classic FM. "A memoir of Communist China from the viewprint of a barefoot doctor who lived through its main events and saw as much of the country as anyone at the time