Zhu Ziqing (Chinese: 朱自清; pinyin: Zhū Zìqīng; Wade–Giles: Chu Tzu-Ch'ing) (November 22, 1898 - August 12, 1948) (birth name: simplified Chinese: 朱自华; traditional Chinese: 朱自華; pinyin: Zhū Zìhuá) 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 (simplified Chinese: 毁灭; traditional Chinese: 毀滅; pinyin: Huǐmiè).
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