Yi Shu

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Names
	Given name	Pen name
Trad.	倪亦舒	亦舒
Simp.	倪亦舒	亦舒
Pinyin	Ni Yishu	Yi Shu
Cantonese Romanization	Ngi Yik Sue	Yik Sue

Yi Shu (born 1946) was a popular Hong Kong writer, likewise her elder brother, Ni Kuang. She had other pen names like Rose (玫瑰), Mui Qin (梅阡), Lok Hon (駱絳), and Luk Kok (陸國).

[edit] Childhood

Yu Shi, whose home town was Ningbo, Zhejiang, was born in Shanghai in 1946. She has five brothers. Her pet name was A-mei, and her siblings would call her "Xiao Mei'tao"; her second elder brother, Ni Kuang even called her "Xiao Mi". She came to Hong Kong with her parents and younger brother when she was five. After graduation from Kiangsu and Chekiang Kindergarten and Nursery, Yu Shi studied at Sir Ellis Kadoorie (Sookunpo) Primary School and, subsequently, Ho Tung Technical School For Girls (later known as Hotung Secondary School). She was a rather studious pupil, and got two distinctions and two credits in the HKCEE examination. In 1964, Yu Shi had completed her studies in her secondary school; her schoolmistress gave her a comment: "She was touchy, emotional, and easy to get into a lather…" Consequently, her mother re-named her as Ni Rong (倪容) (容 literally means "to tolerate"), in the hope of Yu Shi could become more calm and generous.

[edit] Writing career

She had been a journalist of "Ming Pao" at the age of 17 after graduation from her secondary school. When she was 27, she went to Manchester to study Hotel Management. She had been a PR manager of a hotel in Taiwan, and a top official of Information Services Department in Hong Kong, as well as a screenwriter. Now, Yi Shu has migrated to Canada, continuing with her writing career.