Shen Dehong, best known by the pen name of Mao Dun, was a Chinese novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright, and literary and cultural critic. He was highly celebrated for his realist novels, includi
Mao Dun as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries
Mao Dun Memorial at his home town Wuzhen
The primary school Lizhi College where Mao Dun studied in Wuzhen
A bust of Mao Dun in his former residence in Wuzhen, Zhejiang.
Lu Xun, pen name of Zhou Shuren, born Zhou Zhangshou, was a Chinese writer. A leading figure of modern Chinese literature, he wrote in both vernacular and literary Chinese as a novelist, literary crit
Mao Dun
…editor-in-chief of Fiction Monthly and helped lead the League of Left-Wing Writers. He formed a strong friendship with fellow left-wing Chinese author Lu Xun. From 1949 to 1965, Mao served as the first Minister of Culture in the People's Republic of China. In addition to novels, Mao Dun published a number…
An execution scene, possibly viewed by Lu Xun in 1905
1918 printed edition of "Diary of a Madman", collection of the Beijing Lu Xun Museum
Lu Xun with Xu Guangping and their son, Zhou Haiying [zh]