Volume of Feng Zikai. Chinese 20th Century Prose Masterpieces Series

Author: Lin Fei, Editor-in-Chief / Zhu Ziqing
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: A collection of exquisite prose by the renowned literary figure Feng Zikai, comprehensively describing the events experienced and encountered by the author during his growth, expressing his personal feelings and experiences. Feng Zikai (1898.11.9—1975.9.15), originally named Feng Run and Feng Ren, was from Chongde, Zhejiang. In 1914, he entered Hangzhou Zhejiang Normal School and studied music and painting under Li Shutong. In autumn 1918, Li Shutong became a monk at the Tiger Running Temple in Hangzhou, greatly influencing his thoughts. After graduating from normal school in 1919, he co-founded Shanghai Special Normal School with several classmates in Shanghai and served as a drawing teacher. In 1921, he went to Japan to study painting, music, and foreign languages. Upon returning in 1922, he taught drawing and music at Chunhui Middle School in Shangyu, Zhejiang, and became friends with Zhu Ziqing, Zhu Guangqian, and others. In April 1924, his painting "After People Depart, a Hooked New Moon in the Sky" was first published in the literary journal "Our July." Subsequently, his works were published in "Literary Weekly" with the title "Comic Sketches," marking the first use of the term "comic sketches" in China. In 1924, he founded Lidu Middle School in Shanghai. In 1925, he established the Lidu Society, with participants including Mao Dun, Chen Wangdao, Ye Shengtao, Zheng Zhenfeng, Hu Yuzhi, and others. In 1929, he was hired as an editor by Kaiping Publishing House. In 1931, his first prose collection, "" (Notes from Yuan Yuan Hall), was published by Kaiping Publishing House. After the July 7th Incident, he fled with his family. After the liberation, he served as Chairman of the Chinese Artists Association, President of the Shanghai Chinese Painting Institute, and Vice President of the Shanghai Foreign Cultural Association. His published works include: "" (Feng Zikai's Comic Sketches) (1926), Kaiping; "" (Feng Zikai's Painting Collection) (1927), Kaiping; "" (History of Western Art) (1928), Kaiping; "" (Prose Collection) (1931), Kaiping; revised edition (1957), Human Culture; "" (Feng Zikai's Short Prose Collection) (1933), Shanghai Kaifang Bookstore; "" (Twenty Essays) (1934), Tianma; "" (Artistic Taste) (Prose Collection) (1934), Kaiping; "" (Essays on Painting and Literature) (1934), Kaiping; "" (Outline of Modern Art) (Essays) (1934), China; "" (Prose Collection) (1935), Liangyou; "" (Essays on Art) (1935), Liangyou; "" (Feng Zikai's Selected Works) (Prose Collection) (1936), Shanghai Fanggu Bookstore; "" (Talks on Art) (1936), Shanghai Renjian Bookstore; "" (Prose Collection) (1937), Kaiping; "Q" (Comic Sketches of Ah Q) (1939), Kaiping; "" (Feng Zikai's Recent Prose Collection) (1941), Chengdu Putiyi Library; "" (Essays on Artistic Cultivation) (1941), Guilin Cultural Supply Society; "" (Poetry Accompanied by Paintings) (1943), Guilin Wenguang Bookstore; "" (Teacher's Diary) (1944), Chongde Bookstore in Chongqing; "" (Essays on Art and Life) (1944.1), Guilin Minyou Bookstore; "" (Ancient Poetry, New Paintings) (One of Feng Zikai's Comic Sketches Collections) (1945), Kaiping; "" (Children) (One of Feng Zikai's Comic Sketches Collections) (1945), Kaiping; "" (Students) (One of Feng Zikai's Comic Sketches Collections) (1945), Kaiping; "" (Villagers) (One of Feng Zikai's Comic Sketches Collections) (1945), Kaiping; "" (Urban Life) (One of Feng Zikai's Comic Sketches Collections) (1945), Kaiping; "" (War Time) (One of Feng Zikai's Comic Sketches Collections) (1945), Kaiping; "" (Prose Collection) (1946), Shanghai Wanye Bookstore; "" (The Adventures of a Small Banknote) (Fairy Tale) (1947), Shanghai Wanye Bookstore; "" (Selected Comic Sketches of Feng Zikai) (1955.11), People's Fine Arts Publishing House; "" (Complete Comic Sketches of Feng Zikai) (1962.11), Hong Kong Lingnan Publishing House; "" (Unpublished Works from Yuan Yuan Hall) (compiled by Mingchuan), 1979, Hong Kong Wenxue Society; "" (Selected Prose of Feng Zikai) (1982), Shanghai Literature; "" (Prose Collection of Yuan Yuan Hall) (1983), Zhejiang Literature.
Translated Works: "The Symbol of Suffering" (Theoretical Collection) by Japanese Okamoto Kōzō, 1925, Commercial Press; "Introduction to Art" by Japanese Kuroda Hironobu, 1928, Kaiping; "First Love" (Novel) by Russian Turgenev, 1931, Kaiping; "The Club of Joy in Suicide" (Novel) by British Stevenson, 1932, Kaiping; "Notes of a Hunter" by Russian Turgenev, 1953, Wensheng.