Hou Zong-Sheng was a writer in Chinese language. Born in Fuzhou, China, her given name Zong-Sheng (Chinese: 榕生; pinyin: Róng Shēng; lit. 'Born in Rong') was named after the alternative name of the city: Rong (Chinese: ; pinyin: Róng). During the Chinese Civil War, she migrated to Taiwan from the mainland China in 1949.[1] She then studied in the University of Santo Tomas in the 1960s and then migrated to the United States.[2]

Hou Zong-Sheng
Traditional Chinese侯榕生
Simplified Chinese侯榕生
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHóu Róng Shēng
pen name
Traditional Chinese吳瑛
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Early life

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Hou's ancestral home was located in Wuqing, Hebei Province (now belongs to Tianjin, a direct-controlled municipality). However, she was born in Fuzhou, Fujian province and spent her childhood in Beijing, Hebei Province (now also a direct-controlled municipality). She was graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University, before the university was relocated from Beijing to Taiwan.[1][2]

Selected works

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  • Hou, Zong-Sheng (1975). Hou Rongsheng xuan ji 侯榕生選集 [Selected works of Hou Zong-Sheng] (in Traditional Chinese). Taipei: 水芙蓉出版社 [Shui fu rong chu ban she]. OCLC 20861082.

References

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  1. ^ a b 2007台灣作家作品目錄 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). National Museum of Taiwan Literature. 2007 [circa]. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b 許定銘 (August 2000). 從《年表》到記侯榕生. 當代文藝 (in Traditional Chinese).
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  • 許定銘 (17 April 2012). 侯榕生選集. Ta Kung Pao (book review) (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 March 2018.