Zhou Zuoren (1885 ~ 1967) is a modern essayist and poet. Literary translator. Formerly known as prick the hand. The word "star spoon" was later renamed "Kui Huan". Since then, it has been named Meng,, and its pen names are Zhongmi, Yaotang and Zhou Xiashou. People from Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Lu Xun's second brother.

During the May 4th Movement, he was the editor-in-chief of Xinchao Society, participated in the editing of New Youth, and initiated the establishment of a literary research society. His theoretical thought and creative practice had a great impact on society and became one of the important representatives of the New Culture Movement.

After the May 4th Movement, Zhou Zuoren was the editor-in-chief and one of the main contributors of Yusi Weekly. 1945 was sentenced to prison for treason, 1949 was released from prison, and then settled in Beijing, where he translated and wrote Japanese and Greek literary works in People's Literature Publishing House.

The main works include various prose collections, poetry collections, past lives, novel prose collections, and various literary historical materials.

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Zhou Zuoren is a controversial figure, especially after he became a puppet official. He is one of the important representatives of the May 4th New Culture Movement. His contribution lies in prose and translation. However, in the development of history, he became a traitor and a scholar.

In addition, he also made contributions to protecting the property of Peking University and covering the underground workers of the Kuomintang. In the Biography of Zhou Zuoren, we can see three Zhou Zuoren: one is the "Zhou Jian" who is a "fake official" and the other is a "dream catcher" and a "martyr" created by Zhou Zuoren himself.

His fresh and elegant vernacular Chinese is full of profound cultural attainments of China, Oriental, Western classics and modern times, which is a sensation. In the New Culture Movement, he even published profound enlightenment theoretical articles such as People's Literature, Popular Literature and Ideological Revolution. It is a peak of China's prose.

His theoretical thought and creative practice had a great impact on society and became one of the important representatives of the New Culture Movement. After the May 4th Movement, Zhou Zuoren, as the editor-in-chief and one of the main contributors of Yusi Weekly, wrote a lot of prose, with a gentle and elegant style.

Under his influence, a school of prose creation including writers such as Yu Pingbo and Fei Ming was formed in the 1920s, which was called "a very authoritative school" by A Ying.

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