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Author | Lao She |
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Language | Chinese |
Published | 1937 |
Publication place | China |
Rickshaw Boy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() "Rickshaw Boy ("Luotuo xiangzi") in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 駱駝祥子 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 骆驼祥子 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "Camel the Auspicious Lad" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rickshaw Boy or Camel Xiangzi (Chinese: 骆驼祥子; pinyin: Luòtuo Xiángzi; lit. 'Camel Auspicious Lad') is a novel by the Chinese author Lao She about the life of a fictional Beijing rickshaw man. It is considered a classic of 20th-century Chinese literature.[1]