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- ↑ The Oxford Dictionary of Musical Works - Page 181 Alison Latham - 2004 "Wolf Cub Village. Chamber opera in four scenes by Guo Wenjing to a libretto by Zeng Li and the composer after Lu Xun's story Kuangren riji ('Diary of a Madman', 1918) (Beijing, 1994)."
