Xiong Foxi (; 1900 − 26 October 1965) was an American-educated Chinese playwright famous for his experimental drama in the Ding County,

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(1932–37). His ambition was creating the peasants' drama of educative value. One of the plays, ''Sleeping on Brushwood and Tasting Gall'' (Woxin changdan) popularized the topic of "national humiliation" through the image of

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, the Yue king of the Spring and Autumn period. He was the first President of the

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Paul A. Cohen, Speaking to history: the story of King Goujian in twentieth-century China. 2009. 1900 births 1965 deaths Chinese dramatists and playwrights Writers from Jiangxi {{China-writer-stub