Sang Ye (born 1955) is the pen name of Shen Dajun, a Chinese journalist, oral historian, and collector. He is the author of two oral histories, Chinese Lives: An Oral History of Contemporary China (co-authored with the novelist Zhang Xinxin), and China Candid: The People on the People's Republic. Originally trained as an electrical engineer, following a short course at Beijing Normal University in 1978 he began working as a freelance journalist. [1] Described as a "remarkably gifted interviewer" with a "wholly unexpected, free-and-easy style" by Studs Terkel, [2] Sang Ye has been praised for providing a unique perspective on China in the Reform and Opening Up era, "[bringing] to light the way people make sense of the world through telling themselves stories about their personal journeys." [3]
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Native name | 桑晔 |
Born | 1955 Beijing |
Genre | Oral history |
Notable works | Chinese Lives, China Candid |
In 1990, his personal archive of monographs, posters, recordings and newspapers from the Cultural Revolution was purchased by the National Library of Australia. [1]
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Traditional Chinese | 桑曄 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 桑晔 | ||||||
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Sang Ye's paternal grandfather was originally from Zhejiang province,eventually coming to own a curios shop in Beijing. His father,who studied civil law,was an early member of the Chinese Communist Party. Sang Ye's maternal grandfather was a lawyer who worked for the Japanese occupation in Manchuria. After graduating from St. Joan’s Girls College,a French Catholic school founded by the Daughters of Charity,his mother became a physical education teacher. [4] [5] Sang Ye's parents divorced in 1971,an event which Nicholas Jose has argued provided a formative experience of "the gulf between noble words and shabby conduct,and the misery caused by double standards and hypocrisy in Chinese society." [5]
Since the late 1980s,Sang Ye has been married to the Australian scholar of Chinese criminal justice,governance and law Susan Trevaskes. [6] Trevaskes and Sang Ye met in 1987,during a tour of Australia on the invitation of the Australia-China Council and the Literature Board of the Australia Council. [5] [6] After returning briefly to live in Beijing,following the events of June 4 1989,Sang Ye was evacuated to Australia with his family,eventually settling in Brisbane. [1]
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