Rou Shi

Rou Shi
Rou Shi
Rou Shi in the 1920s.
BornZhao Pingfu (赵平复)
(1902-09-28)28 September 1902
Ninghai County, Zhejiang, China
Died7 February 1931(1931-02-07) (aged 28)
Longhua, Xuhui District, Shanghai
Pen name柔石
OccupationWriter
LanguageChinese
Notable worksFebruary
A Slave Mother
ChildrenTwo sons and a daughter
Bronze sculpture of Rou Shi on Duolun Road, Shanghai

Rou Shi (Chinese: 柔石; pinyin: Róu Shí; Wade–Giles: Jou Shih; 28 September 1902 – 7 February 1931) was a prominent left-wing Chinese writer and member of the May Fourth Movement.[1] Executed on either 7 or 8 February 1931[2] by the Kuomintang government in Shanghai for his pro-Communist activities, he is considered one of the Five Martyrs of the League of Left-Wing Writers.[3]

  1. ^ Johnson, Kay Ann (1985). Women, the Family, and Peasant Revolution in China. University of Chicago Press. doi:10.7208/9780226401942 (inactive 1 November 2024). ISBN 978-0226401898.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Wong 1991, p. 100.

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