Chen Shangjian | 陈尚坚, 2012

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Chen Shangjian (b.1935) is a resident of Gongzhan Cillage, Matou Town, Nan'an City, Fujian Province. In this interview, Chen remembers experiences when he was small. He went to school since early on, and didn't work in the farm. In 1951, he became a voluntary solider, but couldn't participate in the Korean War due to height limit. He remembers that many people sold their children because of poverty, and he himself was sold here from Xianyou; he hasn't been able to find his native family after growing up.

陈尚坚1935年出生，是福建省南安市码头镇宫占村的村民。在这段口述中，陈老人回忆了小时候的经历。他从小就去读书，没在田里干活。1951年去当了自愿兵，因为身高限制没能参与抗美援朝。他记得很多人因为穷卖小孩，而他自己就是从仙游卖过来的，长大后也没能找到自己的家人。

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