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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.