Péngyou bǎ xiǎoshuō de nèiróng jiǎng gěi Lín Shū tīng, tā zài yòng wényánwén xiě xiàlai.
A friend would tell Lin Shu the story of a novel, and he would write it down in Classical Chinese.
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history
His style name was 琴南, so he is also called 林琴南. Collaborators such as 王寿昌 read the books to him in Chinese and he wrote as they spoke, very fast. The first, 《巴黎茶花女遗事》 (1899), Dumas fils' La Dame aux camélias, was a sensation.
culture
Late in life he opposed the move to vernacular writing led by 胡适 and 陈独秀, and kept to Classical Chinese.
