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 […]

Hung Shen (1893-29 August 1955), plav-wright, director, and drama critic. He used Western techniques in his stage productions and played an important part in the development of sound films in China. After 1949 he was prominent in cultural administration at Peking, and he served as vice chairman of the Chinese Stage Artists. A native of […]