Mao Dun

Mao Dun (July 4, 1896–March 27, 1981) was the pen name of Shen Dehong, a 20th century Chinese novelist, cultural critic, and journalist.

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He adopted 'Mao Dun' (矛盾), meaning "contradiction", as his pen name to express his sigh for the contradicting revolutionary ideology in China in the unstable 1920s. His friend Ye Shengtao changed the first word from 矛 to 茅, which literally means "thatch", to prevent him from political persecution.

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Mao Dun related Images and Photos (experimental)

Delires d'un Reveur	Premiere Loge d'un Theatre	Mao 1972	Mao c.1972 (Yellow Shirt)
Salvador Dali: Apparition d'un Compotier Poster	Ratatouille L'Historie D'un Rat Paper Giclee Print	Nijinsky's Faun Costume in "L'Apres Midi D'Un Faune" by Claude Debussy	Vaslav Nijinsky in 'L'Apres Midi d'un Faun'
Self Portrait from "Serge Eisenstein Reflexions D'Un Cineaste " Published in Moscow 1958	Mao Tse Tung Making a Declaration	Memoire Dun Mur 2011 Wall Calendar	Ready to Submit a Production Report to Chairman Mao