Civil War Celebrity Lawsuit Case

Author: Zhang Jian'an
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book records fourteen lawsuits involving famous figures from the Republic of China era, including Chen Duxiu, Lu Xun, Zhang Shizhao, Lin Yutang, Puyi, Xu Qinwen, Ma Zhanshan, Ruan Lingyu, Du Chongyuan, the "Seven Gentlemen of the Salvation Council," Hu Die, and Xiao Dangui. The book includes cases such as: Chen Duxiu's arrest during the May Fourth Movement, Lu Xun and Zhang Shizhao's administrative lawsuit, the controversy caused by "Zifeng Nanzi," the divorce case of the last emperor, copyright disputes between Kaiping Bookstore and World Bookstore, Xu Qinwen's "burden of being unmarried" leading to two imprisonments, Chen Duxiu's fifth arrest—charged with "endangering the Republic of China," the lawsuit over "Chuhan Yangzhou," the sensational "abandoning one's parents" case of Ma Zhanshan in Tianjin, a celebrity suicide triggered by a lawsuit, the of the "Seven Gentlemen of the Salvation Council," Hu Die's lawsuit against Yang Huimin for greed, and the tragic suicide by poison of the Yue opera star Xiao Dangui.