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'''Xu Zidong''' ({{lang|zh|许子东}} 21 August 1954 - ) is a Chinese literary historian, critic and academic. He is a Professor Emeritus of Chinese at [[Lingnan University]] and chair of Chinese department from 2008 to mid 2010s. He is visiting professor at University of Hong Kong as of 2021–22 academic year. He has written extensively on 20th-century Chinese literature, Hong Kong Literature, cultural studies, and [[Cultural Revolution]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Xu Zidong: Young People forget about Cultural Revolution but apply its logic |url=http://www.time-weekly.com/wap-article/15642 |website=Time Weekly |access-date=30 March 2022 |language=cn}}</ref> literature studies.
'''Xu Zidong''' ({{lang|zh|许子东}} 21 August 1954 - ) is a Chinese literary historian, critic and academic. He is a Professor Emeritus of Chinese at [[Lingnan University]] and chair of Chinese department from 2008 to mid 2010s. He is visiting professor at University of Hong Kong as of 2021–22 academic year. He has written extensively on 20th-century Chinese literature, Hong Kong Literature, cultural studies, and [[Cultural Revolution]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Xu Zidong: Young People forget about Cultural Revolution but apply its logic |url=http://www.time-weekly.com/wap-article/15642 |website=Time Weekly |access-date=30 March 2022 |language=zh}}</ref> literature studies.


He specialises in the works of [[Yu Dafu]]<ref>{{cite web |title=In Conversation with Xu Zidong: Other Possibilities in Modern Chinese Literature |url=https://www.nfpeople.com/article/8467 |website=Southern People Weekly |access-date=30 March 2022 |language=cn}}</ref>, [[Eileen Chang]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Eileen Chang's Family, Romance, and Women in her novels |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_8357718 |website=the paper |access-date=30 March 2022 |language=cn}}</ref>, and [[Wang Anyi]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Xu Zidong in conversation with Wang Anyi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97WXWvQ1r6Q&ab_channel=%E5%86%8D%E9%9A%BE%E7%9C%8B%E5%88%B0%E7%9A%84%E7%BB%8F%E5%85%B8%E8%80%81%E8%8A%82%E7%9B%AE%E5%9B%9E%E9%A1%BE |website=youtube |access-date=26 March 2022 |language=cn}}</ref>
He specialises in the works of [[Yu Dafu]]<ref>{{cite web |title=In Conversation with Xu Zidong: Other Possibilities in Modern Chinese Literature |url=https://www.nfpeople.com/article/8467 |website=Southern People Weekly |access-date=30 March 2022 |language=zh}}</ref>, [[Eileen Chang]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Eileen Chang's Family, Romance, and Women in her novels |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_8357718 |website=the paper |access-date=30 March 2022 |language=zh}}</ref>, and [[Wang Anyi]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Xu Zidong in conversation with Wang Anyi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97WXWvQ1r6Q&ab_channel=%E5%86%8D%E9%9A%BE%E7%9C%8B%E5%88%B0%E7%9A%84%E7%BB%8F%E5%85%B8%E8%80%81%E8%8A%82%E7%9B%AE%E5%9B%9E%E9%A1%BE |website=youtube |access-date=26 March 2022 |language=zh}}</ref>


He is a vice president of [[Chinese Association of Literary and Art Theory]] and member of Shanghai Writers' Association.
He is a vice president of [[Chinese Association of Literary and Art Theory]] and member of Shanghai Writers' Association.
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Xu studied in LA but moved back to Hong Kong before completing his PhD studies as a vacancy had arisen in the Chinese Department in Lingnan. He finished his doctoral studies at the University of Hong Kong under Lee Ou-fan. He later succeeded Lau Shiu-ming as the Head of Chinese at Lingnan <ref name="auto"/> in 2008; he stepped down as departmental head in 2014.
Xu studied in LA but moved back to Hong Kong before completing his PhD studies as a vacancy had arisen in the Chinese Department in Lingnan. He finished his doctoral studies at the University of Hong Kong under Lee Ou-fan. He later succeeded Lau Shiu-ming as the Head of Chinese at Lingnan <ref name="auto"/> in 2008; he stepped down as departmental head in 2014.


In 2020, Xu returned to East China Normal as an honorary lecturer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Course Preview: Twentieth Century Chinese novels |url=https://www.ecnu.edu.cn/info/1034/57546.htm |website=East China Normal University |access-date=2 April 2022 |language=cn}}</ref>, In 2021, Xu returned to the University of Hong Kong as a guest lecturer on 20th Century Chinese literature. As of 2021, Xu retired from Lingnan. <ref>{{cite web |title=Read Western Aesthetics History with Xu Zidong |url=https://weibo.com/2061220533/LpKOdsTp3?pagetype=profilefeed |website=Weibo |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=cn}}</ref>
In 2020, Xu returned to East China Normal as an honorary lecturer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Course Preview: Twentieth Century Chinese novels |url=https://www.ecnu.edu.cn/info/1034/57546.htm |website=East China Normal University |access-date=2 April 2022 |language=zh}}</ref>, In 2021, Xu returned to the University of Hong Kong as a guest lecturer on 20th Century Chinese literature. As of 2021, Xu retired from Lingnan. <ref>{{cite web |title=Read Western Aesthetics History with Xu Zidong |url=https://weibo.com/2061220533/LpKOdsTp3?pagetype=profilefeed |website=Weibo |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=zh}}</ref>


Xu is also a frequent public lecturer on TV, radio, and podcasts.
Xu is also a frequent public lecturer on TV, radio, and podcasts.
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==TV Personality==
==TV Personality==


First invited by [[Cao Jingxing]] to [[Behind Headlines with Wen Tao]] in 1998, Xu turned down the offer for fear it would take up too much research time. He was soon advised by his wife, former Shanghai TV hostess [[Chen Yanhua]] to conduct deeper research before making a decision. Xu was invited again by [[Leung Man-tao]] in 2000 to 'answer a few research questions'<ref>{{cite web |title=Xu Zidong wiil be absent from new season of Yuan Zhuo Pai |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/320932551_206804 |website=sohu |access-date=30 March 2022 |language=cn}}</ref>. As of 2017, when the show ceased production, he appeared on the show 1313 times, more than any other guests. Xu, Leung, and the host Dou Wentao were named the show's 'Iron Triangle'.<ref>{{cite web |title=Behind Headlines with Wentao 15 Anniversary |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgftxBUTgrg |website=youtube |access-date=30 March 2022 |language=cn}}</ref>
First invited by [[Cao Jingxing]] to [[Behind Headlines with Wen Tao]] in 1998, Xu turned down the offer for fear it would take up too much research time. He was soon advised by his wife, former Shanghai TV hostess [[Chen Yanhua]] to conduct deeper research before making a decision. Xu was invited again by [[Leung Man-tao]] in 2000 to 'answer a few research questions'<ref>{{cite web |title=Xu Zidong wiil be absent from new season of Yuan Zhuo Pai |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/320932551_206804 |website=sohu |access-date=30 March 2022 |language=zh}}</ref>. As of 2017, when the show ceased production, he appeared on the show 1313 times, more than any other guests. Xu, Leung, and the host Dou Wentao were named the show's 'Iron Triangle'.<ref>{{cite web |title=Behind Headlines with Wentao 15 Anniversary |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgftxBUTgrg |website=youtube |access-date=30 March 2022 |language=zh}}</ref>


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==

Revision as of 20:26, 19 June 2022



In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.
Xu Zidong
Born (1954-08-21) 21 August 1954 (age 69)
Alma materEast China Normal University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Hong Kong
Scientific career
InstitutionsEast China Normal University
Fudan University
Lingnan University
Peking University
University of Hong Kong
Xu Zidong
Traditional Chinese許子東
Simplified Chinese许子东

Xu Zidong (许子东 21 August 1954 - ) is a Chinese literary historian, critic and academic. He is a Professor Emeritus of Chinese at Lingnan University and chair of Chinese department from 2008 to mid 2010s. He is visiting professor at University of Hong Kong as of 2021–22 academic year. He has written extensively on 20th-century Chinese literature, Hong Kong Literature, cultural studies, and Cultural Revolution[1] literature studies.

He specialises in the works of Yu Dafu[2], Eileen Chang[3], and Wang Anyi[4]

He is a vice president of Chinese Association of Literary and Art Theory and member of Shanghai Writers' Association.

Life and career

Born in Shanghai to a middle-class family where his father is a surgeon and mother's family runs a brewery business, Xu has 3 elder half-brothers and his father changed surname to Fan (范) as a foster child but younger generation kept the old family name. During the Cultural Revolution Xu first was sent to family hometown of Tiantai in Zhejiang Province but later went to Guangchang, Jiangxi, where he would rose to deputy leader of his production team. Xu later returned to Shanghai to become a steel rolling worker before enrolling as a Master's student in East China Normal University under Qian Gurong, having studied in a 527 University and allegedly finished the undergraduate course in Chinese Literature in 3 months, having started as a physics student. He wrote a course essay on Yu Dafu on the second week of the study, which was then published in the University's Gazette. The work was later expanded into a monograph as New Opinion on Yu Dafu, which cemented his status as an academic.[5]

After graduation, he taught at East China Normal and Fudan Universities. At age of 29 he was promoted to associate professorship at East China Normal, the youngest in Shanghai alongside Wang Huning, who taught politics at Fudan at the time.[5]

Xu moved to Hong Kong briefly with a fellowship, where he met Lee Ou-fan, who would later recommend him to study in the United States. [5]

Xu studied in LA but moved back to Hong Kong before completing his PhD studies as a vacancy had arisen in the Chinese Department in Lingnan. He finished his doctoral studies at the University of Hong Kong under Lee Ou-fan. He later succeeded Lau Shiu-ming as the Head of Chinese at Lingnan [5] in 2008; he stepped down as departmental head in 2014.

In 2020, Xu returned to East China Normal as an honorary lecturer.[6], In 2021, Xu returned to the University of Hong Kong as a guest lecturer on 20th Century Chinese literature. As of 2021, Xu retired from Lingnan. [7]

Xu is also a frequent public lecturer on TV, radio, and podcasts.

TV Personality

First invited by Cao Jingxing to Behind Headlines with Wen Tao in 1998, Xu turned down the offer for fear it would take up too much research time. He was soon advised by his wife, former Shanghai TV hostess Chen Yanhua to conduct deeper research before making a decision. Xu was invited again by Leung Man-tao in 2000 to 'answer a few research questions'[8]. As of 2017, when the show ceased production, he appeared on the show 1313 times, more than any other guests. Xu, Leung, and the host Dou Wentao were named the show's 'Iron Triangle'.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
2020 Love After Love 第一炉香 Rich Merchant Cameo

TV

Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
2000-2017 Behind the Headlines With Wen Tao 锵锵三人行 Guest Most guest appearances with 1313 episodes
2016-2020 Letters Alive 见字如面 Pundit Seasons 1-4
2016- Roundtable π 圆桌派 Guest
2017 Travel with Book 一路书香 Guest
2018-2021 Travel the World with Wen Tao 锵锵行天下 Guest Spinoff of Behind the Headlines With Wen Tao

References

  1. ^ "Xu Zidong: Young People forget about Cultural Revolution but apply its logic". Time Weekly (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. ^ "In Conversation with Xu Zidong: Other Possibilities in Modern Chinese Literature". Southern People Weekly (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Eileen Chang's Family, Romance, and Women in her novels". the paper (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Xu Zidong in conversation with Wang Anyi". youtube (in Chinese). Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d Xu, Zidong (2011). Selected Works of Xu Zidong: Volume III. Beijing: People's Literature Publishing. ISBN 9787020087129.
  6. ^ "Course Preview: Twentieth Century Chinese novels". East China Normal University (in Chinese). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Read Western Aesthetics History with Xu Zidong". Weibo (in Chinese). Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Xu Zidong wiil be absent from new season of Yuan Zhuo Pai". sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Behind Headlines with Wentao 15 Anniversary". youtube (in Chinese). Retrieved 30 March 2022.


Category:People's Republic of China essayists Category:Writers from Shanghai Category:People from Shanghai Category:Living people Category:East China Normal University alumni Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni Category:Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Category:1954 births

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