Famed Chinese writer Wei Wei died of illness on Sunday. He was 88.
The largely self-taught writer was best known for reporting from the front lines of the Korean War in the 1950s.
His masterpiece, "Who Is the Most Lovable", an eulogy of the heroism and revolutionary spirit of the Chinese People's Volunteers serving in the Korean War, has been read by and influenced generations of Chinese people.
"The most lovable" has become a title to address Chinese soldiers.
Born in 1920 in a poor family in Zhengzhou, capital of central Henan Province, Wei joined the Eighth Route Army at the outbreak of the War of Resistance against Japan in 1937 and became a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1938.
He was called a "noble-minded writer", a "dogged solider" and also a "most lovable person" at online forums after people got the news of his death.
Source: Xinhua
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