After the literary revolution was launched, it quickly gained scale and momentum, produced extensive social effects, and achieved significant achievements: First, the comprehensive promotion of vernacular literature.
The second is the widespread influx of foreign literary trends and the rise of new literary societies, presenting a situation of great ideological emancipation unprecedented in the history of our country. Third, the construction of literary theory has achieved initial results. Fourth, the creation has achieved remarkable results. In May 1918, Lu Xun published his first short story in vernacular, "The Diary of a Madman", using the words of a "madman" to accuse the feudal system and its "cannibalistic" nature of ethics and morality, and using modern techniques and styles. . Later, Lu Xun successively created novels such as "Kong Yiji" and "Medicine", all of which showed profound thoughts and complete characteristics of modern novels. As soon as Lu Xun's novels appeared, they were very mature artistically, giving the creation of new literature a very high starting point. In addition to Lu Xun, newspapers and periodicals such as New Youth, New Wave, and Xuedeng have successively introduced some new literature writers and their works. Among them are novels such as "This Is Also a Person" by Ye Shaojun, "The Fisherman" by Yang Zhensheng, "The Man Alone and Haggard" by Bing Xin, "The Bird of Life" by Xu Dishan, "A Night in the Spring Rain" by Wang Tongzhao, and "The Fall" by Yu Dafu. etc. Poems such as "Anthology" by Hu Shi, "Goddess" by Guo Moruo, "The Wind of Hui" by Wang Jingzhi, etc. Most of these works were published between 1919 and 1922. Although they are not mature enough, they are full of the spirit of individual liberation and national liberation. They pursue modern character from content to form, bringing a youthful atmosphere to the literary world.