Light of life

Author: Luo Ping
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Xia Yan (1900–1995) was a modern and contemporary writer. His original name was Shen Naixi, and his courtesy name was Duangxuan. He was from Hang County (now Yuhang) in Zhejiang. After graduating from Deqing County Public Primary School, he worked as an apprentice in a dyeing workshop. In 1915, he entered Zhejiang Imperial Industrial School. In 1919, he enthusiastically participated in the May Fourth Movement and edited Zhejiang Xinchao. The following year, after graduation, he went to Japan and enrolled in Meiji Special School to study electrical engineering. In 1921, he translated and published Maxim Gorky's Mother, which had a significant impact and made him famous as the translator Shen Duangxian.