Dream Record

Author: He Qifang
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: The author, He Qifang (1912—1977), originally named He Yongfang, was from Wannian, Sichuan. He began publishing works in 1929. In 1931, he studied at the Department of Philosophy, Peking University. In 1938, he went to Yan'an and served as the head of the Literature Department at the Lu Xun Academy of Arts and Sciences in Yan'an. After the founding of New China, he became the director of the Institute of Literature at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His prose collection Dreamlike Records features exquisite and magnificent writing, with a touch of aestheticism and melancholy. After participating in the revolution, his works tended to become simpler and more passionate, infused with a clear and robust spirit.