Xu Lizhi (poet)
Xu Lizhi (, 1990 – 1 October 2014) was a Chinese poet and Blue-collar worker, factory worker. Xu worked for Foxconn and attracted media attention after his suicide, after which his friends published his collection of poems. His poetry is featured in ''Chuang 1'' ("Dead Generations"), a collection of essays published by AK Press and authored by Chinese Communists who have become disillusioned in or disappointed with the results produced by the Chinese Communist Party. Life Early life Xu Lizhi was born in a farmer's family on 18 July 1990 in Jieyang. He was the youngest of the three sons. Xu's mother was a Christian who used to relate biblical stories to Xu. Xu Lizhi showed great interest in reading books in his childhood, especially literature, though he did not have a lot of access to books. While Xu was in high school, he wanted to enter a university, but his scores on the national entrance exam were not good enough to allow it. This failure saddened Xu tremendously. Acc ...
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Xu (surname)
Xu can refer to the following Chinese surnames that are homographs when Romanized using their Mandarin pronunciations: * Xu (surname 徐) * Xu (surname 許) * Xu (surname 須) The tones of these surnames are different in Mandarin, but if the tone diacritics are omitted then both surnames would be spelled Xu in pinyin, and Hsü in the Wade–Giles Wade–Giles () is a romanization system for Mandarin Chinese. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Francis Wade, during the mid-19th century, and was given completed form with Herbert A. Giles's '' Chinese–English Dictionary'' of ... system or Hsu if the diaeresis is also omitted. {{DEFAULTSORT:Xu (surname) Chinese-language surnames Multiple Chinese surnames ...
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