Lao She

Lao She
Lao She
Born	Shu Qingchun; 3 February 1899; Beijing, Qing Empire
Died	24 August 1966 (aged 67); Beijing
Resting place	Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, Beijing
Pen name	Lao She
Occupation	Novelist, dramatist
Language	Chinese
Alma mater	Beijing Normal University
Notable works	Rickshaw Boy; Teahouse
Spouse	Hu Jieqing
Children	4
Chinese name
Chinese	老舍
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lǎo Shě
Wade–Giles	Lao3 Shê3
IPA	[làʊ ʂɤ̀]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Lóuh Se
Jyutping	Lou5 Se3
IPA	[lou˩˧ sɛː˧]
Shu Qingchun
Traditional Chinese	舒慶春
Simplified Chinese	舒庆春
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shū Qìngchūn
Wade–Giles	Shu1 Ch'ing4-ch'un1
Shu Sheyu
Chinese	舒舍予
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shū Shěyǔ
Wade–Giles	Shu1 Shê3-yü3

Shu Qingchun (3 February 1899 – 24 August 1966), known by his pen name Lao She, was a Chinese novelist and dramatist. He was a writer of 20th-century Chinese literature, known for his novel Rickshaw Boy and the play Teahouse (茶馆). He was of Manchu ethnicity, and his works are known for their vivid use of the Beijing dialect.

Lao She was a writer whose life span covered all stages of modern China: the Qing dynasty, the Republic and the Communists.^[1]

Lao She was greatly influenced by the writer Charles Dickens. Born during the end of the Qing dynasty, Lao She was from the Manchu Sumuru clan and experienced the Boxer Rebellion first hand as well as the atrocities committed by the Eight-Nation Alliance, a scarring experience for him. During the Cultural Revolution, Shu was tortured by the Red Guards, causing him to become insane. Shu either died by drowning himself or was murdered.^[2]^[3]

^ "Lao She and Modern Chinese Literature", Lao She and the Chinese Revolution, BRILL, pp. 1–4, 18 October 1974, doi:10.1163/9781684171866_002, ISBN 9781684171866, retrieved 27 November 2021
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[1] "Lao She and Modern Chinese Literature", Lao She and the Chinese Revolution, BRILL, pp. 1–4, 18 October 1974, doi:10.1163/9781684171866_002, ISBN 9781684171866, retrieved 27 November 2021

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