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- Also spelled:
- A Ying
- Pseudonym of:
- Qian Xingcun
- Born:
- Feb. 6, 1900
- Died:
- June 17, 1977 (aged 77)
- Political Affiliation:
- Chinese Communist Party
- Subjects Of Study:
- Chinese literature
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Aying
Chinese critic and historian
Also known as: A Ying, Qian Xingcun
Aying (born Feb. 6, 1900—died June 17, 1977) was a Chinese critic and historian of modern Chinese literature. A member of the Communist Party and of the standing committee of the League of Left-Wing Writers, he began c. 1930 to gather and study materials on the literature of modern times and of the Ming and Qing dynasties. His published works, including Women Writers in Modern China (1933) and Two Talks on the Novel (1958), contributed greatly to the record of modern culture in China.
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