Yang jiang and qian zhongshu fortress

          Fortress Besieged is a Chinese satirical novel written by Qian Zhongshu (Ch'ien Chung-shu), first published in , and widely considered one of the.!

          Fortress Besieged

          1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu

          Fortress Besieged (simplified Chinese: 围城; traditional Chinese: 圍城; pinyin: Wéichéng) is a Chinese satirical novel written by Qian Zhongshu (Ch'ien Chung-shu), first published in 1947, and widely considered one of the masterpieces of twentieth century Chinese literature.[1] The novel is a humorous tale about middle-class Chinese society in the late 1930s.

          It gained worldwide popularity after it was reprinted in the 1980s and made into a television series in 1990.

          For all the variety of their literary output, Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang will likely be remembered most fondly for their single novels, Qian's Fortress.

        1. For all the variety of their literary output, Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang will likely be remembered most fondly for their single novels, Qian's Fortress.
        2. In , Qian was engaged to Yang Jiang, a successful playwright and translator.
        3. Fortress Besieged is a Chinese satirical novel written by Qian Zhongshu (Ch'ien Chung-shu), first published in , and widely considered one of the.
        4. Marriage and the academy loom large in Qian's and Yang's writings as inter- twined institutions.
        5. He is best known for his satirical novel Fortress Besieged.

          6. Origin and History

          Qian Zhongshu started writing the novel in 1944 and completed it in 1946. He began writing the book while he and his wife, Yang Jiang, were living in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation.[2] According to Yang Jiang, the successful production of several of her plays inspired Qian to write a full-length novel.

          Qian's personal experiences abroad and in China inspired the characters and plot of the novel. For e