A preliminary discussion of literary reform

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Towards literary reform (also translated as A preliminary discussion of literary reform [1] etc.) is an article published by Hu Shih on 1 January 1917 in the Chinese journal La Jeunesse volume 2, issue 5. Hu was a graduate student at Columbia University at the time, and the editor of the journal was Chen Duxiu.

Contents

Hu proposed 8 theses to reform Chinese literature: [2]

  1. The writing must be concrete.
  2. Don’t imitate ancient writers.
  3. Respect grammar. [3]
  4. Don’t moan without cause.
  5. Get rid of clichés.
  6. Avoid literary references.
  7. Symmetry is not mandatory.
  8. No need to avoid colloquialism.

References

  1. ↑ Yu, Laiming (June 7, 2023). Yu, Laiming (ed.). The Discovery of Chinese Literature (Wenxue). Springer Nature. pp. 81–97. doi:10.1007/978-981-99-4233-6_5 – via Springer Link.
  2. ↑ "Language Log » Hu Shih and Chinese language reform".
  3. ↑ 李, 婉薇; Li, Yuen Mei Fanny (December 20, 2019). "「須講文法」再思". 神戸市外国語大学外国学研究 (93): 55–69 – via kobe-cufs.repo.nii.ac.jp.

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