# Hsü Ti-shan

> Xu Dishan was a Chinese author, translator and folklorist. He received his education in China, the United States, Britain, and India; while in school, he studied diverse topics in religion, philosophy, and literature. Upon his return to China, he was an active member of the May Fourth Movement, and published literary journals with his academic peers. He wrote a plethora of academic and fictitious works during his life, many of which he published under the pen name Luo Huasheng. He was best known for his short stories that focus on the people from the southern provinces of China and Southeast Asia. The protagonists of his stories were often women. Xu Dishan was a strong proponent of the Latinization Movement and believed that writing Chinese with a phonetic alphabet would greatly increase literacy. He died at age 47 from a heart attack.

*Chinese writer (1893-1941)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** 1893-02-03
- **Died:** 1941-08-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
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## Sources
- [許地山](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A8%B1%E5%9C%B0%E5%B1%B1)
- [اكسو ديشان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Xu Dishan](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Dishan)
- [Xu Dishan](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Dishan)
- [Xu Dishan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Dishan)
- [Xu Dishan](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Dishan)
- [Xu Dishan](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Dishan)
- [Сюй Дишань](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8E%D0%B9_%D0%94%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C)
- [许地山](https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%AE%B8%E5%9C%B0%E5%B1%B1)
- [Khó͘ Tē-san](https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh%C3%B3%CD%98_T%C4%93-san)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713079)

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