Attempt Collection is a collection of poems written by Hu Shi. It is the first vernacular poetry collection published in New Youth magazine during the New Culture Movement. Published on 1920. * * * Three parts.
The first part mainly focuses on old-style poems, while the second and third parts try to use free verse style and reform rhyme rhythm, which is the first vernacular poetry collection in the history of modern literature. The works either curse the dark rule of feudal warlords and the hypocrisy of old ethics, or express the spirit of individual liberation and positive enterprising, or praise the sacredness of labor.
Hu Shi was undoubtedly the first vernacular poet. His collection of attempts is full of contradictions, which shows the difficult process of being born out of traditional poetry, transforming, gradually finding and experimenting with new poetry forms.
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The creative background of "trying to collect":
The creation of Trial Collection began in July of 19 16. The first one was written while studying in the United States, and the last two were written after returning home. 1920, and sold 10,000 copies in two years. 1922 has published four new editions, and this edition is the most widely circulated. The first and fourth editions of Trial Collection are divided into three parts. The poems included in the appendix Qu Guoji are China classical poems written by Hu Shi before 19 16.
The Preface said: "Those who vowed to devote themselves to their so-called' living literature' deleted classical Chinese poems for six years, wrote them and saved them, and this collection was formed. The name is "going to the national collection." Therefore, the appendix "Going to the Countryside" is not only a farewell to Hu Shi's past, but also a background for the evolution of Hu Shi's thought.
Brief introduction of the author of Attempt Collection:
Hu Shi, who used the name heir, the word Jiang, the scientific name, was later renamed "Zi". Thinkers, writers and philosophers. Jixi people in Huizhou are famous for advocating "vernacular Chinese" and leading the new culture movement.
When I was a child, I studied in a private school in my hometown. 19 years old, admitted to boxer indemnity as an official student, studied in the United States, studied under the philosopher john dewey, returned to China in the summer of 19 17, and was employed by Professor Peking University. 19 18 joined the editorial department of "New Youth", vigorously advocated vernacular Chinese, preached individual liberation and freedom of thought, and together with Chen Duxiu, he was the leader of the New Culture Movement.
His article expounds the difference between old and new literature from the perspective of creation theory, advocates the creation of new literature, translates some works of French Dodd, Mo Bosang and Norwegian Ibsen, and takes the lead in creating vernacular literature. His vernacular poems published in 19 17 are the first batch of new poems in the history of modern literature.
Hu Shi's academic activities in his life were mainly in literature, philosophy, history, textual research, education and redology. His main works are Outline of China's Philosophy History (I), Trial Collection, History of Vernacular Literature (I) and Hu Cun (four episodes). His greatest academic influence is to advocate the method of "bold hypothesis and careful verification".
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