柳青 (Liǔ Qīng) · Liu Qing, Chinese novelist, author of The…

Meanings

1 Liu Qing, Chinese novelist, author of The Builders (创业史)

About Liu Qing

1916–1978 · 作家 writer

Novelist who moved to a village near Xi'an and lived among its farmers for 14 years to write 创业史 (The Builders), about their first years of collective farming.

Also called 刘蕴华

Characters

柳

liǔ

willow; Liu (surname)

青

qīng

green; blue; young

Examples

HSK 5

柳青长期住在陕西农村体验生活。

Liǔ Qīng chángqī zhù zài Shǎnxī nóngcūn tǐyàn shēnghuó.

Liu Qing lived for years in the Shaanxi countryside to experience rural life.

HSK 6

柳青的《创业史》是当代文学经典。

Liǔ Qīng de 《 Chuàngyè shǐ 》 shì dāngdài wénxué jīngdiǎn.

Liu Qing's The Builders is a classic of contemporary literature.

Tips

culture

His most quoted line comes from The Builders: 人生的道路虽然漫长，但紧要处常常只有几步, 'life's road is long, but its crucial turns are often only a few steps'. 路遥 set it at the head of his novel 《人生》.