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qr Zhu Ziqing Zhu Ziqing (1898–1948) was an accomplished essayist and poet and a noted scholar of classical Chinese literature. He taught Chinese in Qinghua University and many high schools, and in such a capacity, coedited with other writers and teachers many language textbooks that PI^MPILITWVOTI[\QVOQVÆ]MVKMWVTIVO]IOM\MIKPQVOQV+PQVI5IVa of his essays are considered to be models of modern prose, and as such, have been included in many textbooks and anthologies. He also left behind scholarly treatises on various genres of Chinese literature, especially shih poetry. BP]¼[ M^MV \MUXMZ Q[ ZMÆMK\ML QV PQ[ M[[Ia[ _PQKP IZM UIZSML Ja IV unpretentious air and a natural style. Sun Fuyuan notices accordingly BP]¼[ \MVLMVKa \W NWZOW ¹^QWTMV\ WZ XZW^WKI\Q^Mº TIVO]IOM M^MV QV PQ[ most polemical pieces. More often, his essays deal with the pedestrian goings-on around him—memories of his father or his wife, a walk by the lotus pond, or a trip on the train. All these observations, however, are imbued with the author’s profound emotions and his insights into the workings of the human world. The two essays collected here represent two of the major themes that Zhu Ziqing explores in his works: family relationship and social XPMVWUMVI ¹4WWSQVO NWZ I 5I\Mº VIZZI\M[ QV IV IVMKLW\IT _Ia \PM IOMWTL XZIK\QKM WN IZZIVOML UIZZQIOM _PQTM ¹:IVLWU 6W\M[ WV ;MI

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