Same sentiment, my personal first choice is Zhu Ziqing
Zhu Ziqing (1898.11.22-1948.8.12) was originally named Zihua, also known as Qiushi, and later changed his name to Ziqing, with the courtesy name Peixian. . Originally from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, he was born in Donghai, Jiangsu, and later settled in Yangzhou with his grandfather and father. He studied in a private school when he was young and was influenced by traditional Chinese culture. He entered a higher primary school in 1912 and was admitted to Peking University Preparatory School after graduating from middle school in 1916. "Sleep, Little One" written in February 1919 was his first new poem. He was a participant in the May 4th patriotic movement and was influenced by the May 4th wave and embarked on the path of literature.
After graduating from the Philosophy Department of Peking University in 1920, he taught middle schools in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and actively participated in the New Literature Movement. In 1922, he founded the monthly "Shi" with Yu Pingbo and others, which was the earliest poetry magazine during the birth of new poetry. He is a member of the Early Literature Society. The long poem "Destruction" was published in 1923. At this time, he also wrote beautiful prose such as "The Qinhuai River in the Shadow of the Sound and Lantern".
In August 1925, he taught at Tsinghua University and began to study Chinese classical literature; his creations were mainly prose. "Back View" and "Moonlight over the Lotus Pond" written in 1927 are both popular masterpieces. In 1931, he studied in England and traveled around Europe. After returning to China, he wrote "Miscellaneous Notes on European Travels". In September 1932, he was appointed director of the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University. When the Anti-Japanese War broke out in 1937, he moved south to Kunming with the school and served as a professor at Southwest Associated University, teaching courses such as "Song Poetry" and "Literary Studies". During this period, he wrote the prose "Semantic Shadow". In 1946, he returned to Beijing from Kunming and served as director of the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University.
On the eve of the liberation of Beijing, he died of stomach disease.
Bibliography of works:
"Snow Dynasty" (poem collection) 1922, Business
"Traces" (poetry and prose) 1924, Yadong Library
p>"Back View" (Collected Essays) 1928, Kaiming
"Miscellaneous Notes on Travels in Europe" (Collected Essays) 1934, Kaiming
"You and Me" (Collected Essays) 1936 , Business
"London Miscellaneous Notes" (Collected Essays) 1943, Kaiming
"Chinese Teaching" (Collected Essays) 1945, Kaiming
"Classics" (Collected Essays) 1946, Wenguang
"Shi Yan Zhi Bian" (Poetry Theory) 1947, Kaiming
"New Poetry Miscellanies" (Poetry Theory) 1947, Writer's Bookstore
p>"Standards and Measures" (Collected Essays), 1948, Wen Guang
"Chinese Shiling" (Collected Essays), 1948, Mingshan Bookstore
"On Elegance and Popularity***" "Appreciation" (Collection of Essays) 1948, Observation Society
"Collected Works of Zhu Ziqing" (Volume 1-4) 1953, Kaiming
"Collection of Essays on Zhu Ziqing's Classical Literature" (Volume 1-2) 1981, Ancient Books
"Collection of Zhu Ziqing's Prefaces and Postscripts" (Collected Essays) 1983, Triplet
"Selected Prose of Zhu Ziqing" 1986, Baihua
"The Complete Works of Zhu Ziqing" (1- Volume 3) 1988, Jiangsu Education (not yet published) ----