Han Xiao

Han Xiao (1929–1994), originally named Han Guoxian, was a Chinese military poet known as the "long-distance runner poet." His ancestral home was Penglai, Shandong, and he was born in Jilin City. He served as deputy director of the Culture Department of the Political Department of the Guangzhou Military Region and joined the Chinese Writers Association in 1956. His poetry collections include I Sing of My Motherland, From the Songhua River to the Xiang River, and Waves of the Songhua River; in total he published 38 poetry collections, selected poems, and prose collections. The library holds 11 of his works, spanning social culture, biography, programming and design, law, politics, and applied psychology, reflecting a diverse range of writing beyond his military poetry.