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Ha Jin, a Chinese American author and winner of several awards of writing. Growing up and finishing his higher education in China, Ha Jin went to the United States in 1986. He has already been in the main stream of writers in America. As a huge stain on the history of human civilization, the rape of Nanjing is not just an accidental deviation of modern civilization or "damage", but civilization itself hidden inside a special product, reflects the ideals of humanity for their own enlightenment and deconstruction. Ha Jins novel "Nanjing Requiem" reconstruct the memory of humanity in this disaster, and question the huge potential crisis that hidden in the modern civilization.

Hong Zhigang described that the rape of Nanjing is not just a nation of disaster, but also a human catastrophe. It touches the issue of the necessary enlightenment of human but not the hatred between nations. He considered that suffering and salvation is the central theme of "Nanjing Requiem". In addition to the Japanese, all the others including Weitling, Rabe, Searle, Wilson, John Magee, AnLing and doctor Chu are the victims of this massacre. A large number of victims lost their lives, but only these survivors act as the savior and withstand the torment of the disaster. In his research Hong argued that Weitling the main character in this novel represented the great good of humanity but the Japanese are on the contrary, they are like two parallel lines through the whole novel, almost every detail have some representation, which are hidden behind a huge disaster, showing the Japanese madness of humanity.

Guo Quanzhao (2012) made the comment of this novel that Nanjing Requiem reveals the potential depth of the ethical problem. As an unprecedented national grief, the cruel and brutal behavior in this war is beyond the limitation of human imagination. Guo analyzed that all scenarios, are happened in Jinling Women's College and focused on the description of the people who work or live in this college. He described that Ha Jin put the whole story in the specific sanctuary instead of describing the grand background. This form of writing style giving readers a more profound impact on the emotion.