Rickshaw Boy

This article is about the novel. For the film, see Rickshaw Boy (film). For the opera, see Rickshaw Boy (opera).
Rickshaw Boy
Cover of a copy of Rickshaw Boy, scan from the National Library of China
AuthorLao She
LanguageChinese
Published1937
Publication placeChina
Rickshaw Boy
"Rickshaw Boy ("Luotuo xiangzi") in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese駱駝祥子
Simplified Chinese骆驼祥子
Literal meaning"Camel the Auspicious Lad"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLuòtuo xiángzi
Gwoyeu RomatzyhLuoh.tuo shyang.tzy
Wade–GilesLo4-t'o5 hsiang2-tzu5
IPA[lwô.tʰwo ɕjǎŋ.tsɨ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLok-tòh chèuhng-jí
JyutpingLok3-to4 coeng4-zi2
Southern Min
Tâi-lôLo̍k-tô siông-tsú

Rickshaw Boy or Camel Xiangzi (Chinese: 骆驼祥子; pinyin: Luòtuo Xiángzi; lit. 'Camel Auspicious Lad') is a novel by the Chinese author Lao She about the life of a fictional Beijing rickshaw man. It is considered a classic of 20th-century Chinese literature.[1]

  1. ^ Song (2013), pp. 164–165.