Feng Zikai's Prose

Author: Lin Fei, edited by 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, studying 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 formed friendships with Zhu Ziqing, Zhu Guangqian, and others. In April 1924, his painting "After the 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 "Comics." From then on, China began to use the term "comics." 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, "《》," was published by Kaiping Publishing House. After the July 7 Incident, he led his family to flee. After the liberation, he served as the president of the China Artists Association, the president of the Shanghai Chinese Painting Institute, and the vice president of the Shanghai Foreign Cultural Association. His published works include: "" (Comics) 1926, Kaiping; "" (Paintings of Feng Zikai) 1927, Kaiping; "" (History of Western Art) 1928, Kaiping; "" (Prose Collection) 1931, Kaiping; revised edition, 1957, Humanistic; "" (Small Prose Collection) 1933, Shanghai Kaohua Bookstore; "" (Twenty Prose Pieces) 1934, Tianma; "" (Artistic Taste) (Prose Collection) 1934, Kaiping; "" (Painting and Literature) (Essay Collection) 1934, Kaiping; "" (Outline of Modern Art) (Essay) 1934, China; "" (Carriage Society) (Prose Collection) 1935, Liangyou; "" (Discussions on Art) (Essay Collection) 1935, Liangyou; "" (Selected Works of Feng Zikai) (Prose Collection) 1936, Shanghai Fanggu Bookstore; "" (Random Talks on Art) 1936, Shanghai Renjian Bookstore; "" (《》) (Prose Collection) 1937, Kaiping; "Q" (Comics of "Adventures of Ah Q") 1939, Kaiping; "" (Recent Prose Works of Feng Zikai) 1941, Chengdu Putiyi Library; "" (Essentials of Artistic Cultivation) (Essay Collection) 1941, Guilin Cultural Supply Society; "" (Poetry in Paintings) (Poetry with Illustrations) 1943, Guilin Wenguang Bookstore; "" (Teacher's Diary) (Diary Prose Collection) 1944, Chongde Bookstore in Chongqing; "" (Art and Life) (Essay Collection) 1944.1, Guilin Minyou Bookstore; "" (Ancient Poetry, New Paintings) (One of the Complete Comics of Feng Zikai) 1945, Kaiping; "" (Children) (One of the Complete Comics of Feng Zikai) 1945, Kaiping; "" (Students) (One of the Complete Comics of Feng Zikai) 1945, Kaiping; "" (Villagers) (One of the Complete Comics of Feng Zikai) 1945, Kaiping; "" (Urban Life) (One of the Complete Comics of Feng Zikai) 1945, Kaiping; "" (War Time) (One of the Complete Comics of Feng Zikai) 1945, Kaiping; "" (Prose Collection) 1946, Shanghai Wanye Bookstore; "" (The Adventures of a Small Banknote) (Fairy Tale) 1947, Shanghai Wanye Bookstore; "" (Selected Comics of Feng Zikai) 1955.11, People's Fine Arts Publishing House; "" (Complete Comics of Feng Zikai) 1962.11, Lingnan Publishing House in Hong Kong; "" (Collected Works Outside the Yuyuan Hall) compiled by Mingchuan, 1979, Wenxue Society in Hong Kong; "" (Selected Prose Works of Feng Zikai) 1982, Shanghai Literature; "" (Prose Collection of Yuyuan Hall) 1983, Zhejiang Literature.
Translated Works: "Symbol of Frustration" (Theoretical Collection) by Japanese Okamoto Kōzō, 1925, Commercial; "Introduction to Art" by Japanese Kuroda Hironobu, 1928, Kaiping; "First Love" (Novel) by Russian Turgenev, 1931, Kaiping; "The Club of Suicide Fear" (Novel) by British Stevenson, 1932, Kaiping; "Notes of a Hunter" by Russian Turgenev, 1953, Wensheng.