Zhou Shoujuan

Zhou Shoujuan 周瘦鵑 (30 June 1895 – 11 August 1968), born Zhou Zufu, courtesy name Guoxian, also known by his English name Eric Chow, was a Chinese novelist, screenwriter, literary editor, and English–to-Chinese literary translator.

Career From 1911 to 1947, Zhou translated around 200 short stories from English into the Chinese language. Zhou introduced the works of Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Washington Irving, Harriet Beecher Stowe and many others to Chinese readers. In September 1913, Zhou was the editor of Unfettered Talk, a supplement of Shenbao. Zhou wrote hundreds of stories and some film scripts. Zhou edited magazines including "Weekly" weekly magazine, Dadong Bookstore "Half Moon" magazine (later renamed "Violet" and "New Family"), "Purple Orchid", and "Liangyou pictorial".

Zhou was a significant figure in the Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies genre. Zhou defended the style in the 1920s when it was heavily criticised.

Filmography Zhou Shoujuan wrote the screenplays for these films: