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With all his friends scattered, Lusheng shut himself in his room and became a chain-smoker. Soon thereafter, his father saw that he had drawn a picture of a man with a long knife to his neck, and became concerned that he may be contemplating suicide. The family took him to a mental institution, and
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generation - educated youth who were sent to the countryside during the cultural revolution. This underground poetry movement continued over the next 30 years, and he inspired several modern movements including the
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