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Iris Chang——张纯如 A woman can’t be forgotten The mining of her name Coming from The Analects: “乐其可知也；始作，翕如也;从之,纯如也，绎如也,以成。” Means genuine harmonious 鸢尾花，means hope, freedom and peace Brief introduction Born on Mar 28th 1968 in New Jersey, USA Graduated from University of Illinois in 1989 Get married in 1991 The Rape of Nanking published in 1997 Committed suicide on Nov 9th 2004 (in her own car in California) The book quickly became one of the best sellers in the New York Times in just a month and was named as the most popular book of the year The attitude of Japan In May 1998, the Japanese ambassador to the US 齐藤邦彦 declared that there were very wrong descriptions in the book. In Dec, Iris and took part in a TV program NewsHour With Jim Lehrer. Iris demanded on his apology, but 齐藤邦彦 only vaguely said that the government had apologized for the Japanese army’s brutality for many times already. On Dec 15th 2007, a reader was reading the Japanese version of the Rape of Nanjing in a bookstore in Tokyo. The rough road of publication In 1989, the publication in Japan failed The book became a taboo in the field of Japanese publication in the following almost 10 years 巫召鸿 translated the book into Japanese and contacted the publisher(同时代社) The book finally began to be sold in 2007 She was the last victim of the rape. When a person faced the tragedy of a nation alone She has lightened the history with her life “我曾认真生活，为目标、写作和家人真诚奉献过。” * *