He Jingzhi (born November 1924), also known by his pen names Aimo () and Jingzhi (), is a politician and poet of People's Republic of China. He was a standing committee member of the 8th

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, a standing committee member of the 7th National People's Congress, and a member of the 12th and 13th CCP Central Committee. He served as Minister of Culture of the People'e Republic of China and deputy head of the

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Biography

He was born in Yi County,

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in 1924. He went to Yan'an in 1940, he graduated from Department of Literature of Luxun Art Academy of Yan'an in 1942, where he majored in Chinese Literature. He joined the

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at the age of 17. He continued writing from the 1940s, such as ''Collection of Fangge'' (), ''Selected of He Jingzhi Poetry'' (), ''Return to Yan'an'' (), ''Song of Leifeng'' () and ''China's October'' (). He wrote ''

The White Haired Girl ''The White-Haired Girl'' () is a Chinese opera, ballet, (later adapted to Beijing Opera and a film) by Yan Jinxuan to a Chinese libretto by He Jingzhi and Ding Yi. The folklore of the white-haired girl is believed to have spread widely in the are ...

'' () with Ding Yi in 1945.

Personal life

He married Ke Yan (; 1924-2011) in October 1953, who was also a poet.

Works

* ''Collection of Fangge'' () * ''Selected of He Jingzhi Poetry'' () * ''Return to Yan'an'' () * ''Song of Leifeng'' () * ''China's October'' () * ''

'' ()

References

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