Qunying, Li Dr.

The Doctor Who Was Followed by Ghosts. A Memoir.

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ECW Press. Canada. 2007. Black and white photographic plates, xiii + 279pp, dustjacket. According to Chinese folklore, when his favourite daughter falls ill, Yanwang, the ruler of the underworld, sends his servants to look for a doctor who has as few ghosts as possible following him. This means that he is a better doctor than others, because when a patient dies, the ghost follows and haunts the doctor. Li Qunying, a Communist doctor of great dedication, undoubtedly had fewer ghosts behind her. Yet her life was in many ways ill fated, as she struggled through the Anti-Japanese War, the Civil War, the Korean War, the great famine of the early 60s and numerous political movements, including the notorious Cultural Revolution.

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