Liu Shahe

Liu Shahe (Chinese: 流沙河; born 1931 in Chengdu) is the pen name of the Chinese writer and poet Yu Xuntan (Chinese: 余勛坦).[1][2]

Liu Shahe is an outspoken critic of the simplification of Chinese characters. He writes a dedicated column entitled "Simplified Characters are Unreasonable" (简化字不讲理) on the Chinese edition of the Financial Times.[3]

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References

  1. Morin, Edward; Dai, Fang, eds. (1990). The Red azalea: Chinese poetry since the Cultural Revolution. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 37. ISBN 9780824813208.
  2. Hong, Ge (1 September 2011). 流沙河:我是一个失败者 (in Chinese). Nandu Weekly. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  3. Liu Shahe. 简化字不讲理 (in Chinese). Financial Times. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
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