Fact in Fiction: 1920s China and Ba Jin's Family is a 2016 non-fiction book by Kristin Eileen Stapleton (Chinese name: 司昆仑 Sī Kūnlún), published by Stanford University Press.
[1] The author stated that she wanted to explain what Chengdu was like in real life in Ba Jin's time and how that influenced his novel.
[7] Shiamin Kwa (Chinese: 柯嘉敏; pinyin: Kē Jiāmǐn) of Bryn Mawr College stated that "for the most part, the details" featured in the book result in it being "a welcome classroom companion for Family.
"[9] Zhao Ma (Chinese: 马钊; pinyin: Mǎ Zhāo) of Washington University in St. Louis stated that the book "provides a wonderful window" into the subject.
[5] Veg stated that compared to The Lost Geopoetic Horizon of Li Jieren, the work has a "a looser but equally engaging structure".