Yang Shuo (, April 28, 1913 â August 3, 1968) was a Chinese lyricist and essayist born in Penglai, Shandong. He produced over a hundred works. He committed suicide during the Cultural Revolution by overdosing on sedatives.
His works continue to be taught in Chinese schools as part of the literary curriculum. Part of his work was dedicated to writing about everyday life in African and Asian countries.
Selected Publications
- 1978 ãÂÂæ¨æÂÂæ£æÂÂéÂÂãÂÂYang Shuo's Selected Essays (People's Publishing House)
- 1978 ãÂÂä¸ÂÃ¥ÂÂéÂÂæ±Âå±±ãÂÂThree Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains (People's Publishing House)
- 1979 ãÂÂæ¨æÂÂçÂÂç¯Âå°Â说éÂÂãÂÂYang Shuo's Collection of Short Stories (People's Publishing House)
- ãÂÂå¸Âç±³å°Âé«ÂÃ¥ÂÂçÂÂæµÂèÂÂã Stream of the Pamir Plateeau
Short stories<br>
- ãÂÂæÂÂé»Âå¤ÂãÂÂMoon Dark Night
- ãÂÂ大æÂÂãÂÂBig Flag
- ãÂÂéÂÂ天ãÂÂFrost Day
- ãÂÂ麦åÂÂé»Âæ¶ãÂÂWhen the Wheat is Gold
Novels
- ãÂÂ红ç³山ãÂÂHongshi Mountain (about the life of miners at Xuanhua Longyan Iron Mine)
- ãÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ线ãÂÂNorth Front (about the North China Liberation War)
- ãÂÂÃ¥ÂÂé»Â线ãÂÂNorth Black Line (about soldiers and railway workers nrepairing damaged railway lines)
- ãÂÂé¦绣山河ãÂÂBeautiful Mountains and Rivers
- ãÂÂä¸ÂÃ¥ÂÂéÂÂæ±Âå±±ãÂÂThree Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains
Essays<br>
- ãÂÂ西åÂÂè·¯éÂÂæ£记ãÂÂNorthwest Journey Essays
- ãÂÂç³油åÂÂãÂÂOil City
- ãÂÂäºÂæ´²æÂ¥åºãÂÂAsian Sunrise (collection of essays about Asian and African countries and the struggle for independence)
- ãÂÂä¸Âé£Â第ä¸ÂæÂÂãÂÂThe First Branch of Dongfeng
- ãÂÂçÂÂå½æ³ÂãÂÂSpring of Life
- ãÂÂ菱ä»Âå¢ÂãÂÂPenglai Wonderland (about his hometown)
- ãÂÂæµ·å¸ÂãÂÂHaishi (about his hometown)
- ãÂÂèÂÂæÂÂèÂÂãÂÂLitchi Honey
- ãÂÂéª浪è±ãÂÂSnowy Wave Flowers
- ãÂÂè¶è±èµÂãÂÂAn Ode to Camellias
- ãÂÂäºÂÃ¥ÂÂçÂÂäºÂãÂÂWatching Clouds in Yunnan
Translations
- ãÂÂäºÂæ´²æÂ¥åºã (Asia Sunrise, 1957) - written after visiting Port Said in February 1957, a few months after the Suez Crisis. Translated by Joanna Suwen Lee-Brown, positions, 20 July 2025.
References