Zhou Shoujuan

"Zhou Guoxian" redirects here. For the Hong Kong actor and singer, see Endy Chow.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhou (周).

Zhou Shoujuan, c. 1930

Zhou Shoujuan 周瘦鵑 (30 June 1895 – 11 August 1968), born Zhou Zufu, courtesy name Guoxian, also known by his English name Eric Chow, was a Chinese novelist, screenwriter, literary editor, and English–to-Chinese literary translator.

Career

From 1911 to 1947, as a translator, Zhou has translated around 200 short stories from English into the Chinese language.[1] Zhou has introduced the works of Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Washington Irving, Harriet Beecher Stowe and many others to Chinese readers.[2] In September 1913, Zhou was the editor of Unfettered Talk, a supplement of Shenbao.[3] Zhou wrote hundreds of stories and some film scripts. As an editor, Zhou edited magazines including "Weekly" weekly magazine, Dadong Bookstore "Half Moon" magazine (later renamed "Violet" and "New Family"), "Purple Orchid", and "Liangyou pictorial".

Personal life

During the Chinese Cultural Revolution and on August 11, 1968, Zhou committed suicide by jumping into a well hours after a struggle session against him.

Works translated into English

Year	Chinese title	Translated English title	Translator
1914	行再相見	"We Shall Meet Again"[4]	Perry Link
1917	紅顏知己	"Charming Confidante"[5]	Cheuk Wong
1921	留聲機片	"The Phonograph Record"[5]	Andrew F. Jones
	對鄰的小樓	"The Little Apartment Across the Way"[5]	Richard King
1923	『快活』祝詞	"Congratulations to Happy Magazine"[6]	Gilbert Fung

Filmography

Zhou Shoujuan wrote the screenplays for these films:

Year	English title	Chinese title	Director	Notes
1924	Connected by Water and Fire	水火鴛鴦	Cheng Bugao	Lost
1926	Return the Money	還金記	Dan Duyu	Lost
	Ma Jiefu	馬介甫	Zhu Shouju	Lost, based on Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

See also

• Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies

References

1. Li, Dechao (2007). "PolyU Electronic Thesis: A Study of Zhou Shoujuan's translation of western fiction". polyu.edu.HK. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
2. Xu, Xueqing (2000). Short Stories by Bao Tianxiao and Zhou Shoujuan During the Early Years of the Republic (Ph.D. thesis). University of Toronto.
3. Stember, Nick (2016). "The Shanghai Manhua Society Chapter 2: The Ties that Bind". Retrieved April 3, 2019.
4. Revolutionary Literature in China: An Anthology. M.E. Sharpe. 1976.
5. Renditions, 2017.
6. Modern Chinese Literary Thought: Writings on Literature, 1893–1945. Stanford University Press. 1996.

External links

• Chan Li's analysis at jiaotongbakercentre.org