Selected Prose Works of Zhu Xiang

Author: Zhu Xiang (Author), Sun Yushi (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features:
1. This series of "Modern Prose Collections" is a part of the "Hundred Flowers Prose Series." It selects renowned and outstanding works of prose writers from 1917 to 1949, organized into individual volumes dedicated to each author.
2. The selected authors are all famous prose writers of that era, and the works are chosen to reflect as much as possible the development of each author's prose writing.
3. Each volume begins with an extensive critical preface of over 10,000 words, briefly introducing the author's level and analyzing and evaluating their artistic characteristics, creative development, and influence, in conjunction with the selected prose.
4. The selected works are annotated with their original publication sources and dates where possible; necessary notes are also provided for particularly challenging sections.
Zhu Xiang (1904–1933), styled Ziyuan, was from Taihu, Anhui. He was a modern Chinese poet who dedicated his life to exploring the creation of new Chinese 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 fame 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 reserved but inwardly warm, with a proud and stubborn temperament. He lived in poverty and instability throughout his life, constantly moving and struggling to find a stable position. After leaving Anhui University, he traveled north and south in vain search of a teaching position, ultimately becoming disheartened. On December 19, 1933, he drowned himself at Caishi in Nanjing.
Zhu Xiang was called "China's Keats" by Lu Xun, and his poetry is immortal. His major works include the poetry collection Stone Gate Collection, the prose and letter collection Central Collection, and Seas Beyond Sending Rain to Jun.