Zhou Zuoren

Zhou Zuoren (January 16, 1885 - May 6, 1967), whose original name was Kui Shou (later changed to Kui Shou), also known as Xing Piao, also known as Qiming, Qimeng, Qimeng, pen name Yashou, Zhongmi, Qiming, and nicknamed Zhitang , Yaotang, etc., the name of the study is Ku Yuzhai, male, from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, modern Chinese essayist, literary theorist, critic, poet, translator, Japan expert, pioneer of Chinese folklore, representative of the New Culture Movement. The younger brother of Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren) and the elder brother of Zhou Jianren. He has successively served as professor and director of the Department of Oriental Literature at National Peking University, and director and visiting professor of the Department of New Literature at Yenching University. During the New Culture Movement, he was an important fan author of "New Youth" and served as the editor-in-chief of Xinchao News Agency. After the May 4th Movement, he initiated the establishment of the "Literary Research Association" with Zheng Zhenduo, Shen Yanbing, Ye Shaojun, Xu Dishan and others; and co-founded the "Yusi" weekly with Lu Xun, Lin Yutang, Sun Fuyuan and others, serving as editor-in-chief and main contributor.