Zhongshu Qian:
Fortress Besieged
Translator: JeanneKelly, Translator: Nathan K.Mao
New Directions Publishing Corporation , 2004
Quality paperback, 416 pages
Size: 225x155 mm
ISBN: 9780811215527
ISBN-10: 0811215520
Qian Zhongshu
Qian Zhongshu (Ch'Ien Chung-Shu, 1910-1998) Was Born Into A Literary Family In Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. Possibly The Last In A Line Of Chinese Thinkers That Began With Confucius, He Spent Two Years At Oxford, Majoring In English And Learning Latin And Modern European Languages. During The Cultural Revolution He Was Sent To A Re-Education Camp With His Wife, Yang Jiang. By 1974 He Was Presumed Dead, But He Later Reappeared At A Sinological Conference In Italy. Qian Wrote Some Of The Most Important Texts On Classical Chinese Poetry And Literature, Essays, Short Stories, A Second Incomplete Novel
Nathan K. Mao
Nathan K. Mao Is Professor Of English At Shippensburg State University, Pennsylvania. Liu Ts'Un-Yan Is Professor Emeritus In Chinese At The Australian National University.


