Selected Prose Works of Zhu Xiang

Author: Zhu Xiang
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Zhu Xiang (1904—1933), styled Zi Yuan, was a native of Taihu, Anhui Province, and a modern Chinese poet. He dedicated his life to exploring the creation of Chinese new poetry and the translation of foreign poetry, advocating for the "formal beauty" of poetry. During his time at Tsinghua University, he was known as one of the "Four Wits of Tsinghua" and gained a reputation as a poet. In 1926, he co-founded Morning Paper Poetry Corner. After studying in the United States in 1929, he returned to teach at Anhui University. Zhu Xiang was outwardly aloof but inwardly warm, with a proud and stubborn temperament. He lived in poverty and hardship throughout his life, constantly moving from place to place. After leaving Anhui University, he traveled north and south in search of a teaching position but failed, eventually becoming disheartened. On December 1933, he drowned himself at Caishi in Nanjing. Zhu Xiang was called "China's Keats" by Lu Xun, and his poems are immortal. His major works include the poetry collection Shimenji, the prose and correspondence collection Zhongshuji, and Overseas Letters to Ningjun.