Aying

or A Ying orig. Qian Xingcun

born Feb. 6, 1900

died June 17, 1977

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 с 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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▪ Chinese critic and historian

also spelled  A Ying , pseudonym of  Qian Xingcun 

born Feb. 6, 1900

died June 17, 1977

      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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