Zhu Ziqing
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Zhu Ziqing (Chinese: 朱自清; pinyin: Zhū Zìqīng; November 22, 1898 - August 12, 1948) (birth name: Zhu Zihua Chinese: 朱自华; pinyin: Zhū Zìhuá) was a renowned Chinese poet and essayist. Zhu studied at Peking University, and during the May Fourth Movement became one of several pioneers of modernism in China during the 1920s. Later, he was appointed professor of Chinese Literature at Tsinghua University in 1925. From 1931 to 1932 he studied English Literature and Linguistics in London.
Zhu was a prolific writer of both prose and poetry, but is best known for essays like "Retreating Figure" (Beiying, 《背影》), and "You. Me." (Ni wo,《你我》). His best known work in verse is the long poem: Huimie, (《毀滅》) Destruction.
