Hu Yepin, born on this day in 1903, was a leftist Chinese writer, poet, playwright, and prominent member of the League of Left-Wing Writers who was assassinated by the Kuomintang government. Hu Yepin was one of the "Five Martyrs" from the Left League executed in February 1931 by this regime.

Hu was the first husband of the celebrated writer Ding Ling, who was also a member of the League of Left-Wing Writers, and a close friend of the writer Shen Congwen. His works include "Where to Go", "A Pearl in the Brain", "To Moscow", and, authored shortly before his death, "A Bright Future".