Shu-jen Chou

Background

Chou Shu-jen was born at ' Shaoshing, Chekiang.

Education

After having completed his Chinese education in China, he went to Japan to study medicine at the Sendai School of Medicine in Tokyo than he returned to China in 1917 and became an instructor of chemistry and biology at a school in Hangchow and later principal of the Provincial Middle School at Shaohsing.

He taught Chinese at the Peking Government University and was head of the department of Chinese studies of the Amoy University, Pukien in 1926.

Career

In 1926 he was head of the department of Chinese studies of the Amoy University, Pukien.

He was a forerunner and advocate of the literary revolution and gained nation-wide reputation by his short story writing.

Works

• book

  • "A Madman's Diary''

    ((a translation from Japanese))

  • "History of Chinese Novels ;"

• Other Work

  • "The Nei Han Short Stories"