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.
It concerns historiographical aspects about The Family by Ba Jin, including Chengdu during the 20th century and the life of the author.[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.[2]