Mao Dun Former Residence

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  • Address
    13 Houyuan Ensi Hutong, Dōngchéng
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  • Phone
    6404 4089
  • Transport
    underground rail: Andingmen

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Deep in the heart of the historic hútòng quadrant southeast of the Drum and Bell Towers is this small and unassuming museum. Mao Dun was the pen name of Shen Yanbing (1896-1981), who was born into an elite family in Zhèjiāng province but educated in Běijīng. In 1920 he helped found the Literary Study Society, an association promoting literary realism. The museum is typically parsimonious and low-key.

Mao Dun joined the League of Left Wing Writers in 1930, becoming solidly entrenched in the bureaucracy after the communists came to power. He lay low during the Cultural Revolution, but briefly returned to writing in the 1970s.