ABSTRACT
https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315288291/a1eedcaa-57fc-4fca-9a39-2ae5e50fda7a/content/fig22_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> Wang Zhaojun (b. 1947) emerged after the 1984 publication of his first novella, "The Burial before Dawn" (Fuxiao qian de zangli). He was born into a peasant family in Linyi County, Shandong Province, and lived there until he left for Shanghai to attend Fudan University at the age of thirty. His deep connection with rural China naturally distinguishes him from other zhiqing writers who found it difficult to identify with the peasants.
