Zhou Zuoren | |
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Born | Zhou Kuishou (周櫆壽) 16 January 1885 Shaoxing, Zhejiang, Qing Empire |
Died | 6 May 1967 Beijing, People's Republic of China | (aged 82)
Relatives | Zhou Shuren (elder brother) Zhou Jianren (younger brother) |
Zhou Zuoren (Chinese: 周作人; pinyin: Zhōu Zuòrén; Wade–Giles: Chou Tso-jen) (16 January 1885 – 6 May 1967) was a Chinese writer, primarily known as an essayist and a translator. He was the younger brother of Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren, 周树人), the second of three brothers.
In 1945, after the Second Sino-Japanese War, Zhou was arrested for treason and collusion with the Japanese by the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek.