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Crystal Boys

1983 novel by Pai Hsien-yung
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Summary

Crystal Boys is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (239 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Pai Hsien-yung[3]
  • Language of work or name: Chinese[4]
  • Country of origin: Taiwan[5]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1983[6]
  • Title: 孽子[7]
  • Derivative work: Outcasts[8]
  • Form of creative work: novel[9]

Why It Matters

Crystal Boys is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

literary work Taiwan

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bookbrainz work id → 4701e5f7-8139-4340-9049-84f6434766fb
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Bookbrainz work id: 4701e5f7-8139-4340-9049-84f6434766fb, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290269|batch #290269]]"
  2. 14d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Publication date → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'fr', 'it', 'uz', 'zh']
    Country of origin → Taiwan
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Derivative work: Outcasts, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790850421092"
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