To many young Chinese people, Premier Zhou Enlai is known as a key founder of the New China. But fpeople know he once wrote a martial arts novel called Jin Guo Ying Xiong.
Recently, a Sina Weibo user mthis novel written by Zhou more than a century ago. Many young people showed a strong iin it and their admiration for the early pioneers of China. Another user posted the first page of the novel which Zhou wrote at the aof 16. It was published under Zhou's pseudonym(笔名) "Fei Fei" in a magazine beginning in October, 1914. However, the novel was never completed, but it can be found a. The Early Works of Zhou Enlai were published by the Central Party Literature Press in 1998.
Amany young people expressed the regret that Zhou did not go on with the novel, they said he played a more important role in China's history. One wrote "The novel was stopped but Premier Zhou went on to sthe Chinese nation out of danger!" Another added, "He gave up a novel, but he wrote a history of mChina." A 29-year-old computer engineer said, "The pioneers of China are spiritual leaders for me. Remembering them helped me build up the rvalues. When I face problems in life, I am always reminded not to fthe lives of those pioneers. The difficulties I face now are nothing compared with what they experienced."
