Chen Guidi (Chinese: é³æ¡Â棣; Pinyin: Chén Guìdì; born November 1942) is a Chinese writer from Huaiyuan county, Anhui. The book A Survey of the Chinese Peasants (ä¸Âå½åÂÂæ°Âè°ÂæÂÂ¥ / ä¸ÂÃ¥ÂÂè¾²æ°Â調æÂÂ¥ Zhà Ângguó NóngmÃÂn Diàochá) which he co-wrote with his wife Wu Chuntao (born 1963) was published in January 2004 but banned by the Communist Party in March of that year. It nevertheless won the 2004 Lettre Ulysses Award. It has been retitled and reprinted in English as Will the Boat Sink the Water.