Background
Mei was born Mei Baozhen (Chinese: 梅葆珍. Pinyin: Méi Bǎozhēn) in December 1928 in Beijing, with his ancestral home in Taizhou, Jiangsu, the son of Fu Zhifang (福芝芳), a Beijing opera actress, and Mei Lanfang, also a Beijing opera actor.
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Mei was born Mei Baozhen (Chinese: 梅葆珍. Pinyin: Méi Bǎozhēn) in December 1928 in Beijing, with his ancestral home in Taizhou, Jiangsu, the son of Fu Zhifang (福芝芳), a Beijing opera actress, and Mei Lanfang, also a Beijing opera actor.
He also was a researcher in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Mei was the first person from China to translate the works of the American novelist Vladimir Nabokov to Chinese language. Mei primarily studied in Shanghai.
When Hong Kong was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army, Mei went to Guiyang, Guizhou, he studied at Qinghua High School (清华中学).
Mei entered Hangchow University in 1946, majoring in engineering at the Department of Engineering. In 1947, Mei was admitted to Yenching University, majoring in English at the Department of Western Languages, he took French and German as elective courses.
After graduating in 1952 he was appointed to the Beijing Library (北京图书馆), then he was transferred to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Mei died of colon cancer at Beijing Tumour Hospital in September 28, 2005.
Mei was a member of the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th National Committee of the Chinese People"s Political Consultative Conference.