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Copyright © 1998 by Ji Xianlin

Translation copyright © 2016 by Chenxin Jiang

Introduction copyright © 2016 by Zha Jianying

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This translation was supported by a 2011 PEN Translation Fund grant.

Cover art: Feng Yan, Psychedelic Bamboo 02, 2009; courtesy of the artist.

Cover design: Katy Homans.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ji, Xianlin, author.

[Niu peng za yi. English]

The cowshed : memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution / by Ji Xianlin ; translated by Chenxin Jiang ; introduction by Zha Jianying.

1 online resource. — (New York review books)

ISBN 978-1-59017-927-7 (epub) — ISBN 978-1-59017-926-0 (alk. paper)

1. Ji, Xianlin. 2. Scholars—China—Biography. 3. China—History—Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976—Personal narratives. 4. China—Intellectual life—1949–1976. I. Jiang, Chenxin, translator. II. Title. III. Title: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

CT3990.J48

951.05092—dc23

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ISBN 978-1-59017-927-7

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