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The 32 pages that link to Chinese literature, each with the reason it gives.

• Japanese literatureCompared with: Japanese writers adapted Chinese genres, texts, and literary prestige while developing distinct forms.

• Censorship in ChinaRelated: Publishing restrictions affect which works, authors, and subjects can reach the public.

• Lu XunNarrower topic: His work marks a major turn within this broader literary tradition.

• Chinese languageRelated: Its history spans classical written forms and modern vernacular languages.

• Vernacular ChineseNarrower topic: Vernacular writing became a major modern mode within this broader tradition.

• Peking UniversityNarrower topic: Faculty and students at Peking University helped promote modern vernacular literature.

• Water MarginNarrower topic: Water Margin is one of the major classical novels in the Chinese literary tradition.

• SinologyRelated: Literary study reveals changing genres, ideas, and cultural practices.

• Ding LingNarrower topic: Ding Ling’s changing styles and political circumstances form a distinctive chapter in its modern history.

• Mao DunNarrower topic: Mao Dun belongs to the transformation of Chinese writing into modern fiction.

• Hundred Flowers CampaignRelated: The crackdown curtailed literary debate and constrained what writers could publish.

• Liu XiaoboNarrower topic: Liu began as a literary critic, writing about modern Chinese literature before becoming a prominent activist.

• Anti-Rightist CampaignRelated: Purges and censorship narrowed the subjects writers could safely address.

• Luo GuanzhongNarrower topic: Luo’s reputation rests on a foundational work in the vernacular Chinese tradition.

• Ba JinNarrower topic: Ba Jin’s career spans major transformations in modern Chinese writing and publishing.

• Cao XueqinNarrower topic: Cao’s novel occupies a central place in the Chinese literary canon.

• Lao SheNarrower topic: Lao She remains a major figure in the modern Chinese literary canon.

• Scar literatureNarrower topic: Scar literature renewed modern Chinese writing after a decade of disruption.

• Mo YanNarrower topic: Mo Yan’s international prominence brought renewed attention to contemporary Chinese fiction.

• National Library of ChinaNarrower topic: The library’s collections provide primary sources for studying this broad literary tradition.

• Gao XingjianNarrower topic: His writing belongs to Chinese literary history even though much of his later work was written in French.

• Tang XianzuNarrower topic: Tang’s plays and poetry occupy a lasting place within this literary history.

• Ueda AkinariRelated: Chinese stories and literary conventions supplied important models for Akinari’s tales.

• Wu Cheng'enNarrower topic: His writing belongs to a long tradition of Chinese literary forms and storytelling.

• Xiao HongNarrower topic: Xiao Hong’s work belongs to modern Chinese literature and reshaped its portrayals of rural life.

• Pearl S. BuckNarrower topic: Buck’s novels became a prominent Western entry point to stories set in China, though they are not Chinese literature.

• Shen CongwenNarrower topic: His fiction became a lasting part of the modern Chinese literary canon.

• Shi Nai'anNarrower topic: Shi Nai'an’s traditional place in its canon rests chiefly on Water Margin.

• Simon LeysNarrower topic: Leys’s translations and criticism connect readers with both classical texts and modern Chinese writers.

• Ye ShengtaoNarrower topic: Ye’s modern fiction and educational writing belong to this broader literary tradition.

• Yu HuaNarrower topic: Yu Hua’s career belongs to the contemporary history of Chinese-language fiction.

• Zhang LepingNarrower topic: Zhang’s comic storytelling belongs to the broader modern Chinese cultural record.