Academia
Later, he was appointed professor of Chinese Literature at Tsinghua University in 1925, and on August 1928, he published his first essay collection known as "Retreating Figure". The book became a wild hit and he soon established his name as a prolific author and poet. However, it was also at this time when Zhu's wife died which was a terrible blow to him. From 1931 to 1932 he studied English Literature and Linguistics in London. He married his second wife Madam Chen Zhuyin and continued to teach in Tsinghua University
In 1937, when the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out, Zhu followed his university to move to Changsha, Kunming and Chengdu. It was during this time, when Zhu continued teaching in other universities.
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