Works
- Chenlun 沉淪 "Sinking" (1921)
- Riji jiuzhong 日記九種 “Nine Diaries” (1927)
- Guoqu 過去 “The Past" (1927)
- his first novel?? (1928) (moderately successful)
- his second novel?? (1932)
- Chuben 出奔 "Flight" (1935)
His most popular work, breaking all Chinese sales records, was Jih-chi chiu-chung "Nine Diaries", which detailed his affair with the writer Wang Ying-hsin. The most critically acclaimed work is Kuo-ch'u or "The Past", written in 1927.
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