Red Crag, also known as Red Rock, is a 1961 novel based partly on fact by the Chinese authors Luo Guangbin and Yang Yiyan, who were former inmates in a Kuomintang prison in Sichuan. It was set in Chongqing during the Chinese Civil War in 1949, and featured underground communist agents under the command of Zhou Enlai fighting an espionage battle against the Kuomintang. The main protagonist, Jiang Xueqin or Sister Jiang, is based on the Communist revolutionary Jiang Zhuyun, and the novel contains a major scene in which Sister Jiang and fellow prisoners embroider the national flag together upon learning of the establishment of the People's Republic of China. A commentator in The Atlantic wrote that the novel played a critical role in the heroism culture of the Mao era. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Is Sister Jiang in Red Crag based on a real person?
Yes, the authors were comrades-in-arms and cellmates of Sister Jiang.
Yes. Sixth Tone reports that the novel's authors, Luo Guangbin and Yang Yiyan, were comrades-in-arms and cellmates of Sister Jiang, the revolutionary on whom the protagonist is based. That firsthand acquaintance with her in Kuomintang custody is why the character reads as drawn from life rather than invented.
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It was set in Chongqing during the Chinese Civil War in 1949, and featured underground communist agents under the command of Zhou Enlai fighting an espionage battle against the Kuomintang.
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was a 1961 novel based partly on fact by Chinese authors Luo Guangbin and Yang Yiyan, who were former inmates in a Kuomintang prison in Sichuan.
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Red Crag or Red Rock (Chinese: 红岩; pinyin: Hóngyán) was a 1961 novel based partly on fact by Chinese authors Luo Guangbin and Yang Yiyan, who were former inmates in a Kuomintang prison in Sichuan. It was set in Chongqing during the Chinese Civil War in 1949, and featured underground communist agents under the command of Zhou Enlai fighting an espionage battle against the Kuomintang.
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"Red Crag" is a full-length revolutionary historical novel by modern authors Luo Guangbin and Yang Yiyan , based on their own real experiences and observations in the Zhazidong and White Mansion prisons in Kuomintang-controlled areas during the Second Chinese Civil War.
Authored By: Yang Yiyan, Opening paragraph
"Red Crag" is a full-length revolutionary historical novel by modern authors Luo Guangbin and Yang Yiyan , based on their own real experiences and observations in the Zhazidong and White Mansion prisons in Kuomintang-controlled areas during the Second Chinese Civil War.
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