Li Zhengzhong

Li Zhengzhong (Chinese: 李正中; 16 April, 1921 – February 23, 2020), sometimes known by his pen names Ke Ju and Wei Changming was an ethnic-Chinese Manchukuoan author, calligrapher, jurist, attorney, and novelist based in Manchukuo. Li was married to fellow author Zhang Xingjuan, together they were considered one of the "Northeast's four famous husband-wife writers". At the age of sixteen he published his first collection of writings, Yu Yin guan shi cun (Yu Yin Pavilion Poems), which is considered to be a lost literary work. Some poems from the text were recovered through local newspapers published in Manchukuo. He then attended Datong University (now Utopia University) in Shanghai from 1939 to 1941, earning a law degree. The two later married in 1943 and had three children. His final wish was to donate a total of 500 rare books and pictures to Jilin City No.1 Middle School, which was fulfilled by his family in 2021.