Chou Tso-jen Orig. Chou K'uei-shou T. Ch'i-ming H. Chih-t'ang Chou Tso-jen (1885-), essayist, scholar, and translator of Western works into pai-hua [the vernacular]. With his brother Lu Hsün (Chou Shu-jen, q.v.), he brought new prominence to the essay form in the 1920's and 1930's. Born in Shaohsing, Chekiang, Chou Tso-jen, like his two brothers, Lu […]

Hsieh Ping-ying (1903-), writer and feminist, best known for her Ts'ung-chün jih-chi (Har Diary) which described her experiences with the National Revolutionary Army during the Northern Expedition. The youngest of six children, Hsieh Ping-ying came from an isolated and backward village in the Hsinhua district of Hunan. Her father, a classical scholar who held the […]