Zhu Xiao Di

Zhu Xiao Di (Chinese: 朱小棣; pinyin: Zhū Xiǎodì; Wade–Giles: Chu Hsiao ti, born 1958) is a Chinese-American writer. He authored a biographical work, Thirty Years in a Red House: A Memoir of Childhood and Youth in Communist China,[1][2] which was listed for further reading in MSN encyclopedia under the topic of "Communism"[3] along with a few other books. He also authored a novel Tales of Judge Dee,[4] and 6 collections of essays in Chinese including Leisure Thoughts on Idle Books (闲书闲话), 地老天荒读书闲, 闲读近乎勇, 等闲识得书几卷, 域外闲读, and 闲读闲记.

Background

Born in 1958 in Nanjing, China, Zhu Xiao Di is a graduate of MIT with a master's degree in City Planning (1991). He also received a master's degree in American Civilization from the University of Massachusetts Boston in 1989.

Between 1992 and 1997, he worked at the Center for Survey Research at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He also worked for Arthur Andersen & Co. as a management consultant between 1995 and 1996. He worked at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University between 1997 and 2012.

Publications

• Thirty Years in a Red House [5] (University of Massachusetts Press, 1998)
• Tales of Judge Dee [6][7](stories about Judge Dee)
• Leisure Thoughts on Idle Books 《闲书闲话》[8][9](Guangxi Normal University Press, 2009)
• 《地老天荒读书闲》[10]
• 《闲读近乎勇》[11]
• 《朱小蔓朱小棣跨洋对话——出国留学与教育“立人”》[12]
• 《等闲识得书几卷》[13]
• 《朱启銮画传》[14]
• 《游学看美国》[15]
• 《域外闲读》[16]
• 《闲读闲记》[17]

References

1. King, Richard (2000). "Review of Thirty Years in a Red House: A Memoir of Childhood and Youth in Communist China". China Review International. 7 (1): 281–283. ISSN 1069-5834. JSTOR 23731976.
2. Li, Li (2016-06-09). Memory, Fluid Identity, and the Politics of Remembering: The Representations of the Chinese Cultural Revolution in English-speaking Countries. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-32355-1.
3. "Communism - Further Reading - MSN Encarta". 5 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-05-05.
4. Dover, J. K. Van (2014-11-04). The Judge Dee Novels of R.H. van Gulik: The Case of the Chinese Detective and the American Reader. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-9621-1.
5. Zhu, Xiao Di (September 1999). Thirty years in a red house : a memoir of childhood and youth in Communist China. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 9781558492165.
6. Zhu, Xiao di, ... (2012). Les nouvelles affaires du juge Ti. Paris: 10-18. ISBN 978-2264057969.
7. Xin di gong an (Di 1 ban ed.). Beijing: Zhong guo she hui ke xue chu ban she. 2011. ISBN 9787500498155.
8. Zhu, Xiaodi (2009). Xian shu xian hua = Leisure thoughts on idle books. Guilin: Guangxi shi fan da xue chu ban she. ISBN 9787563384426.
9. Ross, Terrill (2010). The China Quarterly no.202. pp. 458–460. JSTOR 20749399.
10. Zhu, Xiaodi (2011). Di lao tian huang du shu xian (Di 1 ban ed.). Beijing. ISBN 9787300128436.
11. Xian du jin hu yong (Di 1 ban ed.). Beijing: Jin cheng chu ban she. 2012. ISBN 9787515503851.
12. Zhu, Xiaoman (2014). Zhu Xiaoman yu Zhu Xiaodi kua yang dui hua : chu guo liu xue yu jiao yu "li ren" = ZhuXiaoman yu ZhuXiaodi kuayang duihua : chuguo liuxue yu jiaoyu liren (Di 1 ban ed.). Nanjing Shi. ISBN 9787565116711.
13. Deng xian shi de shu ji juan (Di 1 ban ed.). Beijing: Zhi shi chu ban she. 2014. ISBN 9787501579945.
14. Zhu, Xiaodi (2015). Zhu Qiluan hua chuan : Gong chan dang Nanjing mi mi zhan xian de kai pi zhe (Di 1 ban ed.). Beijing. ISBN 9787500096078.
15. You xue kan mei guo : Gen sui zhong mei qing nian da shi ti wu mei guo zhong xue sheng huo (Di 1 ban ed.). Jinan: Shan dong jiao yu chu ban she. 2016. ISBN 9787532894789.
16. Yu wai xian du (Di 1 ban ed.). Beijing: Zhi shi chu ban she. 2017. ISBN 9787501594825.
17. Xian du xian ji (Di 1 ban ed.). Beijing: Zhong guo da bai ke quan shu chu ban she. 2020. ISBN 9787520206266.