Huang Lu-yin (1898-13 May 1934), writer whose short stories and novels enjoyed great popularity after 1925. Many of her writings depicted young Chinese in their search for new standards and values during the May Fourth era. A native of Fukien, Huang Lu-yin was born into a gentry family. On the day of her birth, her […]

Ho Ch'i-fang (1910-), poet, journalist, and literary critic, was a prize-winning poet in his youth and an admirer of Western literature. He later became a leading figure in the Chinese Communist cultural hierarchy and a close associate of Chou Yang (q.v.). Little is known about Ho Ch'i-fang's family or early life except that he was […]

Fei Hsiao-t'ung (2 November 1910-), social anthropologist, became known in CKina as a pioneer in field research. He applied Western anthropological theories and methods to Chinese data. Wuchiang, Kiangsu, was the birthplace of Fei Hsiao-t'ung. His family belonged to the local gentry, but was not wealthy. He had two brothers, Fei Ch'ing and Fei Chen-tung. […]