Lao She (Author of Rickshaw Boy)

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Lao She

Born

in Beijing, China

January 03, 1899

Died

August 24, 1966

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Lao She (Chinese: 老舍; pinyin: Lǎo Shě; Wade–Giles: Lao She; February 3, 1899 – August 24, 1966) was the pen name of Shu Qingchun (simplified Chinese: 舒庆春; traditional Chinese: 舒慶春; pinyin: Shū Qìngchūn; Manchu surname: Sumuru), a noted Chinese novelist and dramatist. He was one of the most significant figures of 20th-century Chinese literature, and best known for his novel Rickshaw Boy and the play Teahouse (茶館). He was of Manchu ethnicity. His works are known especially for their vivid use of the Beijing dialect.

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	Rickshaw Boy by Lao She, Howard Goldblatt (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 2,622 ratings — published 1936 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cat Country: A Satirical Novel of China in the 1930's 3.63 avg rating — 1,264 ratings — published 1932 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teahouse (Bilingual Series in Modern Chinese Literature) by Lao She, John Howard-Gibbon (Translator) 4.07 avg rating — 566 ratings — published 1949 — 134 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mr Ma and Son 3.77 avg rating — 570 ratings — published 1929 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	四世同堂 4.44 avg rating — 296 ratings — 99 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Histoire de ma vie 3.74 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2002 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	离婚 by Lao She, 老舍 4.42 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1933 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quatre générations sous un même toit II 4.33 avg rating — 70 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Quatre générations sous un même toit III 4.32 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gens de Pékin 3.69 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1982 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Lao She (?)

“Sloth is the natural result of unrewarded hard work among the poor, reason enough for them to be prickly.”
― Lao She

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“In this twentieth century, people are judged according to their nation. The people of a powerful nation are people; the people of a weak nation are dogs.”
― Lao She, Mr Ma and Son

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“Perhaps the god who had made the Cat People intended them as a joke. They had schools, but no education; politicians but no government; people, but no personal integrity; faces, but no concept of face. One had to admit that their god had gone a little too far with his little joke.”
― Lao She

tags: china, chinese, chinese-literature, satire, sci-fi, science-fiction

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Cat Country : A Satirical Novel of China in the 1930s by Lao She

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