Lu Ling Biography

Author: Zhu Hongqing
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Publishing Date: 2003-11-01
Features: Regardless of Lu Ling's struggles in his later years, his artistic life ended in 1955. The crushing of a genius is already a tragic and unbearable fate, and the withered struggle of a life crushed afterward, with the remaining embers of genius flickering, is even more heartbreaking! Lu Ling, though young, stood out and wrote timeless works, but unfortunately, he was soon wrongfully accused and branded as a "core member of the Hu Feng counter-revolutionary group," imprisoned in the revolutionary gilded cage for 20 years. Moreover, his greatest misfortune was returning to the world at the age of 58 as a patient with schizophrenia, not only had his artistic talent been completely eroded, but his vitality had also scattered like dust. The grief of his loved ones, the sympathy of society, and Zhu Hongqing, who wrote his biography, would undoubtedly feel it, especially since the author and the subject shared a deep connection in their humanity and their understanding of life's suffering.
Lu Ling (1923-1994), originally named Xu Sixing, was originally from Wuwei, Anhui Province, and was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. His father passed away in his youth, so he changed his surname to his mother's and lived with his uncle in a feudal family. During the Anti-Japanese War, he encountered Soviet literature and began to try his hand at writing. He was expelled from school for writing the propaganda work "Battlefield Diary." At the age of 17, he gained recognition from Hu Feng with his short story "After the Fortress Withdraws—The Ordeal of a Young Broker," marking his debut in the literary world and becoming a key figure in the July Group of the 1930s. After 1940, he lived and worked in a mining area, which led to the creation of some works based on this theme, including "Under the Coal Unloading Platform," which achieved notable success. After 1942, at the age of under 20, Lu Ling entered his peak creative period, writing the novella "The Starving Gu Su'e" (published in 1944), which was praised by Shao Quanlin as "shining a bright light in China's new realist literature," and the longest novel at the time, "The Children of the Rich," (published in 1945), which depicted the inner struggles of intellectuals from feudal families. After the founding of the People's Republic, due to his association with Hu Feng, Lu Ling's writing was interrupted for over 20 years. Lu Ling was the most prolific and accomplished writer among the July Group, and his works skillfully revealed the complex layers of society and the multi-dimensional psychology of characters. In the history of modern literature, his talent is rare.
Lu Ling, though young, stood out and wrote timeless works, but unfortunately, he was soon wrongfully accused and branded as a "core member of the Hu Feng counter-revolutionary group," imprisoned in the revolutionary gilded cage for 20 years. Moreover, his greatest misfortune was returning to the world at the age of 58 as a patient with schizophrenia, not only had his artistic talent been completely eroded, but his vitality had also scattered like dust. The grief of his loved ones, the sympathy of society, and Zhu Hongqing, who wrote his biography, would undoubtedly feel it, especially since the author and the subject shared a deep connection in their humanity and their understanding of life's suffering.
Editor's Note: Lu Ling (1923-1994), originally named Xu Sixing, was originally from Wuwei, Anhui Province, and was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. His father passed away in his youth, so he changed his surname to his mother's and lived with his uncle in a feudal family. During the Anti-Japanese War, he encountered Soviet literature and began to try his hand at writing. He was expelled from school for writing the propaganda work "Battlefield Diary." At the age of 17, he gained recognition from Hu Feng with his short story "After the Fortress Withdraws—The Ordeal of a Young Broker," marking his debut in the literary world and becoming a key figure in the July Group of the 1930s. After 1940, he lived and worked in a mining area, which led to the creation of some works based on this theme, including "Under the Coal Unloading Platform," which achieved notable success. After 1942, at the age of under 20, Lu Ling entered his peak creative period, writing the novella "The Starving Gu Su'e" (published in 1944), which was praised by Shao Quanlin as "shining a bright light in China's new realist literature," and the longest novel at the time, "The Children of the Rich," (published in 1945), which depicted the inner struggles of intellectuals from feudal families. After the founding of the People's Republic, due to his association with Hu Feng, Lu Ling's writing was interrupted for over 20 years. Lu Ling was the most prolific and accomplished writer among the July Group, and his works skillfully revealed the complex layers of society and the multi-dimensional psychology of characters. In the history of modern literature, his talent is rare.