Wen Yiduo (November 24, 1899 - July 15, 1946), Han nationality, originally named Wen Jiahua, also known as Duo, Yiduo and Yiduo, with the courtesy names Yousan and Youshan. A great modern Chinese patriot, a staunch democracy fighter, an early leader of the China Democratic League, a close friend of the Communist Party of China, a poet, a scholar, and a democracy fighter. A representative poet of the Crescent School, his works are mainly included in "The Complete Works of Wen Yiduo".
Yiduo’s original name is Jiahua, with the courtesy name Yousan. He was born in 1899 in Wenjiapu Village, Bahe Town, from a scholarly family. He entered a private school at the age of five, entered Wuchang Lianghu Normal University Affiliated Higher School at the age of ten, was admitted to Tsinghua School (the predecessor of Tsinghua University) in 1912, and studied in the United States in 1922, specializing in fine arts.
He returned to China in 1925 and served successively as provost and dean of literature at Beijing Art College, Wusong Political University in Shanghai, Sun Yat-sen University in Nanjing, Wuhan University, Qingdao University, Tsinghua University, Southwest Associated University, etc. Director of the Chinese Department and professors of the Foreign Languages ??and Chinese Departments. He joined the China Democratic League in 1944 and was elected as a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Voter League the following year. He was assassinated by the Kuomintang reactionaries in Kunming on July 15, 1946. He died at the age of 47.
Wen Yiduo longed for romantic love, but accepted an arranged marriage. At the end of 1921, letters urging him to go home and get married were sent to Tsinghua University from his hometown of Xishui County, Hubei Province, putting Wen Yiduo into extreme distress. It turned out that nearly ten years ago, in 1912, when the fourteen-year-old Wen Yiduo was admitted to Tsinghua School (the predecessor of Tsinghua University), his parents got engaged to him. Their name was Gao Xiaozhen. She was born in an official family in 1903, and The Wen family is still a distant cousin. Extended information
Wen Yiduo was born on October 22, the 25th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (November 24, 1899), Qishui County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province (today’s Xishui County, Huanggang City) He comes from a scholarly family in Bahe Town and has been interested in classical poetry and fine arts since childhood. He entered a private school for enlightenment at the age of five. At the age of ten, he went to Wuchang to study at the Higher Primary School Affiliated to Lianghu Normal University.
In 1912, when he was thirteen years old, he was admitted to Beijing Tsinghua Preparatory School for Studying in the United States (the predecessor of Tsinghua University) with the first place in the re-examination of Hubei University and spent ten years as a student in Tsinghua. I like to read ancient Chinese poetry collections, poetry talks, history books, notes, etc. When he entered school, his name was Wen Duo, and his classmates nicknamed him the homophonic English word "widow".
At that time, Wen Yiduo’s revolutionary idea was to abolish his surname and call him by his first name among his friends. Pan Guangdan suggested that he change his name to Yiduo. He followed suit and immediately laughed. He studies hard, has excellent grades, and has a wide range of interests. He likes to read ancient Chinese poetry collections, poetry, history books, notes, etc.
In 1916, he began to publish a series of reading notes in "Tsinghua Weekly", collectively known as "February Lu Comics". At the same time, he wrote old-style poems, and served as the editor of "Tsinghua Weekly" and "Xinhua Journal" and on-campus Head of the editorial department.
When the May 4th Movement broke out in 1919, Wen Yiduo followed the trend of campus movements. Unable to suppress his excitement, he wrote Yue Fei's "Man Jiang Hong" in handwriting and posted it in front of the school dining hall. After that, he resolutely devoted himself to this great struggle, gave speeches, wrote new poems, and became one of the pioneers in the "May 4th" New Literature Garden. 1. As a representative of Tsinghua University students, he went to Shanghai to attend the founding conference of the National Federation of Students.
Reference: Wen Yiduo-Baidu Encyclopedia