Zhu Ziqing

Zhu Ziqing
BornZhu Zihua
(1898-11-22)22 November 1898
Died12 August 1948(1948-08-12) (aged 49)
OccupationPoet, essayist
LanguageChinese
Alma materPeking University
Period1920–1948
GenrePoem, essay
Zhu Ziqing
Chinese朱自清
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhū Zìqīng
Wade–GilesChu Tzu-Ch'ing
Zhu Zihua
Traditional Chinese朱自華
Simplified Chinese朱自华
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhū Zìhuá

Zhu Ziqing (November 22, 1898 – August 12, 1948), born Zhu Zihua, was a renowned Chinese poet and essayist. Zhu studied at Peking University, and during the May Fourth Movement became one of several pioneers of modernism in China during the 1920s. Zhu was a prolific writer of both prose and poetry, but is best known for essays like "Retreating Figure" (Chinese: 背影; pinyin: Bèiyǐng), and "You. Me." (Chinese: 你我; pinyin: Nǐ wǒ). His best known work in verse is the long poem "Destruction" or Huimie (Chinese: 毀滅; pinyin: Huǐmiè).