Li Shu-t'ung (1880-4 September 1942), pioneer of modern music and drama in China who became Hung-i, one of the most celebrated Buddhist clerics of his time. Tientsin was the birthplace of Li Shu-t'ung, the son by a concubine of Li Hsiao-lou, a chinshih of 1847. The elder Li was an adept both of the philosophy […]

Feng Tzu-k'ai (1898-), artist, essayist, and calligrapher, was best known for using traditional brush-drawing techniques to depict and comment on the contemporary scene. A native of Ch'ungte, Chekiang, Feng Tzu-k'ai was one of ten children. His father died when he was a child, and he was brought up by his mother. After attending primaryschool, he […]