Name Hu Lancheng | Role Writer Education Yenching University | |
Born 28 February 1906 ( 1906-02-28 ) Similar People Eileen Chang, Ferdinand Reyher, Kiyoshi Oka | ||
Hu Lancheng (simplified Chinese: 胡兰成; traditional Chinese: 胡蘭成; pinyin: Hú Lánchéng) (Feb 28, 1906 – July 25, 1981) was a Chinese writer and editor. Hu's first wife was Eileen Chang, a novelist.
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Career
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Hu collaborated with the Japanese, serving briefly in the Propaganda Ministry of the puppet government in China headed by Wang Jingwei in the early 1940s and publishing a literary journal, Bitter Bamboo in which Chang published some of her work. Disagreements with colleagues in Nanjing led to his departure for Wuhan, where he continued supporting the regime as the editor of Dachubao until 1945. These actions made many Chinese regard him as a Hanjian or traitor, and led to intense controversy regarding the value of his works (including those which were non-political).
After the war, Hu went into hiding, eventually fleeing to Tokyo, Japan. In the early 1970s Hu taught in the Chinese Culture University in Taiwan for several years, until popular pressure forced him to return to Tokyo, Japan.
Personal life
In 1943, Hu married Eileen Chang, a Chinese writer, while he was still married to his third wife. In 1947, Hu divorced Eileen Chang. Hu's fifth wife was She Aizhen. In 1981, Hu died in Tokyo, Japan.