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'''Yu Pingbo''' ([[Chinese]]:俞平伯)whose former name was Yu Mingheng, was born in Deqing, [[Zhejiang]] on [[January 8]], [[1900]]. He was a modern poet, essayist and scholar. He graduated from [[Peking University]] with a liberal arts degree in [[1919]].

In 1922, Yu, Zhu Ziqing (Chinese:朱自清) and Ye Shengtao (Chinese:叶圣陶) founded ''Poetry'', the first poetry publication since [[May 4]], 1919. His major poems were ''Winter's Night'', ''Xi Huan'', and essays ''Za Baner'', ''Gu Huai Meng Yu'' and ''Yan Zhi Cao'', among others. Then, in [[1923]], Yu published ''Debating A Dream of Red Mansions'' (later redistributing it under the title ''Researching A Dream of Red Mansions'') which was representative of a new school of [[redology]]. He became a professor at Peking University and the researcher at the Literary Research Institute of the [[Chinese Academy of Social Sciences]] in [[1952]].

On [[CIIC:Selected anniversaries/October 15, 2009|October 15]], [[1990]], at 90 years of age, Yu died of illness in [[Beijing]].

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