Ling Shuhua's classic works

Author: Ling Shuhua
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Classics are the treasures left behind by time, portraying and interpreting human nature. Their significance lies in their enduring freshness, remaining an unchanging landscape on the bookshelves of readers through the ages. Ling Shuhua (1904-1990) was a female novelist and painter. Originally named Ruitang, she used the pen names Shuhua and Susi Xin. Born in Panyu, Guangdong, she studied at Yanjing University in 1922 and began publishing short stories in Modern Commentary. In 1929, she taught at Wuhan University and edited Wuhan Literature. From 1940, she taught at Yanjing University. Her major works include short stories such as The Temple of Flowers and Women, and the prose collection Love’s Dreams. After 1956, she taught modern and contemporary Chinese literature at Nanyang University in Singapore and in Canada, later settling in the UK.