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“Li Jing’s Drama 𝑅𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑌𝑖’𝑠 𝐶𝑜𝑎𝑡: Addressing China’s Moral Crisis”

Li Jing (李静, b. 1971) is a prominent Chinese playwright and literary critic, currently serving as the editorial director of Beijing Daily (北京日报). Her third play, Rong Yi’s Coat (戎夷之衣, 2022), is now available in translation by Dr. Andreea Chirita, a Chinese Studies lecturer at the University of Bucharest.

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Chinese History Reimagined: Li Jing’s 𝑀𝑟 𝐿𝑢 𝑋𝑢𝑛 (2015)

Li Jing describes her drama Mr Lu Xun (2015) as “a one-act non-historical drama” (无场次非历史剧)—a fictional re-imagining of history that speaks candidly to the present. Introduced and translated by scholar Andreea Chirita, the selected fragments in this version are from the play’s conclusion.

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