Li Xiao | |||||||
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| Born | Li Xiaotang July 28, 1950 Shanghai, China | ||||||
| Language | Chinese | ||||||
| Alma mater | Fudan University | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 李曉 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 李晓 | ||||||
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| Li Xiaotang | |||||||
| Chinese | 李小棠 | ||||||
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Li Xiao (born Li Xiaotang on 28 July 1950) is a Chinese writer based in Shanghai. He is the son of writer Ba Jin.
Born in Shanghai, Li worked in the countryside of Anhui during the Cultural Revolution for 8 years as a sent-down youth. After the Cultural Revolution, Li attended Fudan University.
Li Xiao's 1994 novel Rules of a Clan (门规) was adapted into a 1995 film Shanghai Triad directed by Zhang Yimou.