Zheng Shiping

Zheng Shiping
Native name	郑世平
Born	1962 (age 61–62) Lichuan County, Hubei, China
Pen name	Yefu Tujia Yefu
Occupation	Poet, essayist, novelist
Language	Chinese
Alma mater	Wuhan University
Period	1978-present
Genre	Novel
Notable works	The Wolf Cries In The Night
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鄭世平
Simplified Chinese	郑世平
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhèng Shìpíng
Yefu
Chinese	野夫
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yěfū
Tujia Yefu
Chinese	土家野夫
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tǔjiā Yěfū

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zheng.

Zheng Shiping (Chinese: 郑世平), better known by his pen name Yefu (野夫) or Tujia Yefu (土家野夫), is a Chinese post, essayist, and novelist.

Pen name

According to Yefu's words, his pen name came from a Chinese Common Saying "Shancun Yefu"(Chinese: 山村野夫; lit. 'People in the mountains') from when he worked in the mountainous region in Hubei Province.

Biography

In 1962, Yefu was born in a village in Lichuan County of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei, China. His grandpa was a direct male-line descendant of chieftain (土司), his grandfather, Liu Jilu, who had graduated from Huangpu Military Academy, was a general and Chiang Kai-shek's bodyguard. After 1949, Yefu's parents stayed in Mainland China. They were cast as rightists, and suffered political persecution. Yefu's grandfather was brought to be persecuted. His grandfather and two aunts committed suicide due to such tough and hopeless life conditions. At the close of the Cultural Revolution in 1978, Yefu entered the Hubei Institute For Nationalities and started writing poetry. In 1982, Yefu organized a literary organization named BoZao Shishe (剥枣诗社), and used his pen name Yefu or Tujia Yefu to write articles. In 1986, Yefu entered the Chinese Department of Wuhan University, he studied under Yi Zhongtian, organized a literary organization named Houxiandai Shiren Shalong (后现代诗人沙龙), and published his collection of poems The Wolf Cries In The Night (狼之夜哭). In 1989, Yefu was arrested for cover the MDC people. In 1995, Yefu was let out of prison, and he set up shop as a bookseller in Beijing.

Works

• 江上的母親 [Mother on the River] (in Chinese). Taiwan: Southern Homeland. May 2009. ISBN 9789868279551.
• 拍剑东来还旧仇——野夫自选集 [A Personal Anthology of Yefu] (in Chinese). Beijing: Tiandi books. 2009. ISBN 9789882191167.
• 父亲的战争 [Father's War] (in Chinese). Beijing: Writers Publishing House. 2009. ISBN 9787506348416.
• 尘世·挽歌 [Elegy on Earth] (in Chinese). Beijing: New Star Press. 2010. ISBN 9787802258990.
• 乡关何处 [Where is the Hometown] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Citic Press. 2012. ISBN 9787508632971.
• 看不见的江湖 [Tales From A Troubadour] (in Chinese). Taiwan: Southern Homeland. 2012. ISBN 9789868831414.

External links

• Zheng Shiping on Weibo (in Chinese)
• Zheng Shiping on Sinablog
• Zheng Shiping on Tencent Weibo
• 野夫的博客首页 旁门兵栈（大陆网友需翻墙。作者已暂停更新）(in Chinese)
• 野夫对话 旁门兵栈（大陆网友需翻墙）(in Chinese)
• 江上的母親 旁门兵栈（大陆网友需翻墙）(in Chinese)
• 野夫新博客首页 旁门兵栈(in Chinese)