Career
He was one of the composers at the original revolutionary Lu Xun Academy in Yan"an and one of the collaborators assisting Ma Ke in composition of 1945"s The White-Haired Girl. Among his works are the 1954 opera Liu Hulan (opera), and the 1956 opera Spring Blossoms (《迎春花开了》Yingchunhua kaile) co-composed with Liang Kexiang to a libretto by Lu Cang (陆苍) and Wang Lie (王烈).