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Aying

Chinese critic and historian
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Also known as: A Ying, Qian Xingcun
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Also spelled:
A Ying
Pseudonym of:
Qian Xingcun
Born:
Feb. 6, 1900
Died:
June 17, 1977
Also Known As:
A Ying
Qian Xingcun
Political Affiliation:
Chinese Communist Party
Subjects Of Study:
Chinese literature
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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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