chinese wade april april chinese playwright film director social critic called legendary figure chinese art literary circles authored plays film scripts including patriotic drama city phoenix influential plays second sino japanese war return snowy night generally considered masterpiece directed soul nation hong_kong colour film based historical drama song known outspoken critic china cultural policies communist governments repeatedly persecuted result fled hong_kong avoid captured agents returned beijing foundation denounced performed hard labour great northern wilderness years persecuted cultural revolution wife celebrated actress refused divorce disabled undergoing labour despite continued criticize government censorship political freedom widely admired moral conviction early life born april prominent scholar official family beijing ancestral roots grandfather dynasty reformer participated revolution father founder curator mother gave birth children sons seven daughters survived adulthood gave birth child mansion uncle minister government entered sino french university beijing year relative running drama school persuaded teach school met people prominent including wartime career outset second sino japanese war wrote patriotic war play city phoenix known china age performed dramas year war later wrote critically acclaimed plays including return snowy night generally considered masterpiece works strongly influenced fourth new culture movement eastern china fell japanese moved wartime capital worked editor newspaper published famous poem snow infuriated government escaped british hong_kong avoid captured agents living writing making films directed soul nation hong_kong colour film based historical drama song song dynasty patriot return snowy night film married actress shanghai won civil war established returned beijing like intellectuals time held high hopes new finally restored peace united china decades war division wanted return writing plays assigned government direct song film women textile workers experience factory life took year finish film considered worthless failure divorced differences personality interests friend introduced famous opera performer acted plays admired talent married year despite fact differing backgrounds formal education nearly prominent family scholars helped study reading writing period opera film goddess river stage art documentary wrote operas persecution denounced sent great northern wilderness reformed labour crime criticize communist_party control theatre argue experts greater role matters called enemy party renowned colleague later referenced work seen implicit apology persecuted death pressured divorce refused citing legendary love story operas said waited years wait years result labeled went struggle sessions returned beijing years hard labour years later china fell greater turmoil cultural revolution began denounced beginning period disabled left knee severe beating friend drowned similarly tortured tumultuous decade served years forced labour december paralyzed suffering stroke took care rest life end cultural revolution politically inducted communist_party event described occasion laughter tears publication ban lifted decades play players based experiences performed year traveled attend general loyal government continued outspoken critic dismissed anti spiritual pollution campaign futile september read essay meeting entitled plea end censorship enthusiastically received audience censored version published minus characters deemed december student demonstrations pressured leave communist_party retired member came home person demand resignation party obliged think sort person party spring signed petition calling greater political freedom following army crackdown square protests called incident forbidden speak meeting died april trip ancestral hometown devastated loss health quickly deteriorated suffered strokes years died april children children son writer painter deaths organized exhibition years family beijing held france hong_kong taiwan
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