Zhou Zuoren

Zhou Zuoren (Chinese周作人, Zhou Zuoren Pinyin, W.-G. Chou Tso -jen, born January 16, 1885 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, † May 6, 1967 in Beijing), brother of Lu Xun (Chinese鲁迅; actually: Chinese周树 人, Pinyin Zhou Shuren, 1881-1936), was a Chinese translator and writer.

Life

1901 entry into the Naval Academy from 1906 to 1911 Nanking studies in Tokyo in 1909 marrying Hata Nobuko ( 1887-1962 ) 1923 falling out with Lu Xun due to his wife in 1941 entering the Pro- Japanese parliament ( Wang Jingwei 1883-1944 ) in August 1966 of Red Guards taken prisoner and locked up in a shed.

Zhou Zuoren is in the West yet in the shadow of his brother Lu Xun. He is however currently rediscovered. After training at the Jiang Nan Academy, he followed his brother to Japan, where he learned English and (old) Greek. There, the first translations came into Chinese. Even after returning to China, the brothers remained closely linked. They lived in Beijing the same house, until it came to a quarrel, on the Hata Nobuko should be to blame.

In contrast to Lu Xun, Zhou Zuoren represents a localism. He places great emphasis on a form of diversity that just appreciates the experience of home and the local peculiarities.

Works

• Yuwai xiaoshuoji