In February 1917, Chen Duxiu published "On Literary Revolution" in New Youth.
Introduction
"On Literary Revolution" is an article written by Chen Duxiu. It was first published in "New Youth" Volume 2, No. 6, in February 1917, and was later included in In "Duxiu Wencun".
The core idea of ??"On Literary Revolution" is to overthrow the polished and flattering aristocratic literature and build a civilian and lyrical national literature; to overthrow the stale and extravagant classical literature and build a fresh and sincere literature. Realistic literature; overthrow the obscure and difficult mountain and forest literature and build clear and popular social literature.
Taking a critical and negative attitude towards the old feudal literature from content to form and attacking the old literature from the perspective of enlightenment are mutually responsible for the "flattery, exaggeration, hypocrisy and pedantic national character", which shows a more determined literary revolution. position, clearly put forward the "three major doctrines" as the goal of new literature, and advocated innovative literature as the way to innovate politics and transform society.
About the author
Chen Duxiu (October 9, 1879 - May 27, 1942), formerly known as Chen Qingtong, Chen Qiansheng, courtesy name Zhongfu, No. Shi'an, was born in Huaining, Anhui , the advocate, initiator and main standard-bearer of the New Culture Movement, the "Commander-in-Chief of the May Fourth Movement", one of the main founders of the Communist Party of China and the main early leader of the party.
In 1920, the Communist Party of China initiating group was established in Shanghai to carry out party building activities. In July 1921, at the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China held in Shanghai, he was elected Secretary of the Central Bureau.
Leading the May 30th Movement in 1925. In the late period of the First Civil Revolutionary War, because the right-leaning ideas represented by Chen Duxiu within the party developed into right-leaning opportunist errors and took up a dominant position in the party's leading organs, the party and the people were unable to organize effective resistance, causing the revolution to fail. .
In 1927, he was dismissed from the post of general secretary at the "August 7th" meeting of the Communist Party of China. Later, he insisted on the city-centered National Assembly movement and workers' movement, opposed the armed struggle in rural areas, and organized Trotskyist organizations. In November 1929, he was expelled from the Communist Party of China. Later, he established the Trotskyist organization "Proletarian Society" in Shanghai and published the magazine "Proletarian" to promote Trotskyist views.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he supported the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang and the leadership of the Kuomintang in the resistance against Japan, and broke with the Trotskyist Central Committee. In 1938, he was framed as a Japanese spy by Wang Ming and Kang Sheng. In May 1942, he died of illness in Jiangjin, Sichuan. His main works are included in "Duxiu Wencun", "Chen Duxiu's Selected Articles", etc.