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...Xia wrote several plays, including Sai Jinhua (1936), the story of a Qing dynasty courtesan, and Shanghai wuyanxia (1937; Under Shanghai Eaves), a naturalistic depiction of tenement life that became a standard leftist work. After the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, Xia worked as a journalist while continuing...
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