QUESTION:
The
Chinese know poetry, like Americans know TV
commercials. With this said, who is not a
writer or poet from China's literary history?
a) Dufu
b) Zhou Shu Ren
c) Li Bai
d) Huang Shu Ren
e) Lu Xun
ANSWERS:
a) Wrong , Dufu is an actual poet.
A friend of the famous Li Bai, Dufu wrote
many moving autobiographical poems about being
exiled in the south. He missed his home.
b) No. Zhou Shu Ren is Lu Xun's real name.
c) Incorrect. Li Bai is the Tang Dynasty's
most famous poet. He love to share his nature
adventures in poet form.
d) Correct. Huang Shu Ren was an evil lawyer
in the early 1900s who worked for sinister
landlords. There have been many movies vilifying
the lawyer. (Not that lawyers need help in
that area.)
e) Ney. Lu Xun was a novelist and essayist
known for his detailing of the grim truths
of village life at the turn of the century.
Lu Xun encouraged all artists to study foreigner
language to better enjoy the art of other
cultures, so that one may improve their own
art.