巴金
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ba Jin was actively involved in propaganda work against the Japanese invasion, working on the publication "Nahan" (“Outcries”, later renamed "Fenghuo" , “Beacons”) with Mao Dun. In the later stages of the war, Ba Jin completed the Torrents Trilogy — of which "The Family" (1931) was the first written — with "Spring" (1938) and "Autumn" (1940). Other works of the post-war period, like the short novels "A Garden of Repose" (1944), "Ward Four" (1946) and "Cold Nights" (1947), contain some of his strongest writing. He ceased fiction writing after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, choosing to concentrate on nonfiction instead.