Overview
Confessions of a Chinese Heroine presents the candid autobiography of Ying Mulan (born 1933), member of a famous Catholic family in Beijing, and uniquely mirrors the turbulent changes of Chinese society in the second half of the 20th century. At the age of 17 Ying Mulan was imprisoned for one year during her university studies in Shanghai because of an imprudent statement concerning the Korean War. Being blacklisted, she served as forced laborer in four different work units and labor camps from 1958 to 1980, until she finally managed to return to Beijing, where she began to work for a government organization which controls and directs the activities of the Catholic Church in China. In the labor camp in Shanxi Province she married Wang Jikun and gave birth to a daughter in 1972. Her husband died in 1990, and her daughter was independent by then. Thus at the age of 60 Ying Mulan decided to become a nun and joined the Josephine Sisters of Beijing Diocese. Sr. Ying actively participated in the many-layered revival of religious life in China since the 1980s. Her memoirs, written in 2019, look back at the sorrows and joys of a faithful and ambitious woman. Sister Ying frankly reveals many hidden details of life in China, including cruel incidents during the Cultural Revolution and insider information on the struggles of the Catholic Church within an atheist regime.
Full Product Details
Author: Teresa Ying Mulan ,
Francis Morgan ,
Francis Morgan
Publisher: Lehigh University Press
Imprint: Lehigh University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 22.70cm
Weight: 0.780kg
ISBN: 9781611463200
ISBN 10: 1611463203
Pages: 366
Publication Date: 15 September 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.
Reviews
This autobiography of the Catholic sister Ying Mulan offers rare glimpses into Christian life in China from the 1950s to the present - an account of a moving spiritual journey and an important testimony of turbulent times. Francis Morgan's English translation provides helpful annotations on the historical context and on the Chinese Catholic Church.--Barbara Hoster, Monumenta Serica Institute, Sankt Augustin, Germany This translation and annotation of Sister Ying Mulan's autobiography offers a moving reflection on the sufferings and faithfulness of a devout Catholic serving in a difficult century. Her life testifies to the important roles that women play in church and society, and it also documents the challenges of Chinese Catholicism, revealing how believers must navigate the competing demands of patriotic nationalism and membership in the 'official' and universal church.--Tobias Bradner, associate professor, Divinity School of Chung Chi College, Chinese University of Hong Kong
This autobiography of the Catholic sister Ying Mulan offers rare glimpses into Christian life in China from the 1950s to the present - an account of a moving spiritual journey and an important testimony of turbulent times. Francis Morgan's English translation provides helpful annotations on the historical context and on the Chinese Catholic Church. This autobiography of the Catholic sister Ying Mulan offers rare glimpses into Christian life in China from the 1950s to the present - an account of a moving spiritual journey and an important testimony of turbulent times. Francis Morgan's English translation provides helpful annotations on the historical context and on the Chinese Catholic Church. --Barbara Hoster, PhD, Monumenta Serica Institute, Sankt Augustin, Germany This translation and annotation of Sister Ying Mulan's autobiography offers a moving reflection on the sufferings and faithfulness of a devout Catholic serving in a difficult century. Her life testifies to the important roles that women play in church and society, and it also documents the challenges of Chinese Catholicism, revealing how believers must navigate the competing demands of patriotic nationalism and membership in the 'official' and universal church. This translation and annotation of Sister Ying Mulan's autobiography offers a moving reflection on the sufferings and faithfulness of a devout Catholic serving in a difficult century. Her life testifies to the important roles that women play in church and society, and it also documents the challenges of Chinese Catholicism, revealing how believers must navigate the competing demands of patriotic nationalism and membership in the 'official' and universal church. --Tobias Bradner, associate professor, Divinity School of Chung Chi College, Chinese University of Hong Kong
This autobiography of the Catholic sister Ying Mulan offers rare glimpses into Christian life in China from the 1950s to the present - an account of a moving spiritual journey and an important testimony of turbulent times. Francis Morgan's English translation provides helpful annotations on the historical context and on the Chinese Catholic Church. This translation and annotation of Sister Ying Mulan's autobiography offers a moving reflection on the sufferings and faithfulness of a devout Catholic serving in a difficult century. Her life testifies to the important roles that women play in church and society, and it also documents the challenges of Chinese Catholicism, revealing how believers must navigate the competing demands of patriotic nationalism and membership in the 'official' and universal church.
This autobiography of the Catholic sister Ying Mulan offers rare glimpses into Christian life in China from the 1950s to the present - an account of a moving spiritual journey and an important testimony of turbulent times. Francis Morgan's English translation provides helpful annotations on the historical context and on the Chinese Catholic Church.--Barbara Hoster, PhD, Monumenta Serica Institute, Sankt Augustin, Germany This translation and annotation of Sister Ying Mulan's autobiography offers a moving reflection on the sufferings and faithfulness of a devout Catholic serving in a difficult century. Her life testifies to the important roles that women play in church and society, and it also documents the challenges of Chinese Catholicism, revealing how believers must navigate the competing demands of patriotic nationalism and membership in the 'official' and universal church.--Tobias Bradner, associate professor, Divinity School of Chung Chi College, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Author Information
Ying Mulan is an independent scholar.
