May Fourth literary movement; New Literature Movement
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Literary Revolution; the New Literature Movement (c. 1919)
formalHistorical term referring specifically to the May Fourth period movement that promoted vernacular Chinese (baihuawen) over classical Chinese (wenyanwen) and advocated anti-imperialist, anti-feudal themes in literature.
Wén文
xué学
gé革
mìng命
biāo标
zhì志
zhe着
Zhōng中
guó国
xiàn现
dài代
wén文
xué学
de的
kāi开
duān端
。
The Literary Revolution marked the beginning of modern Chinese literature.
Hú胡
Shì适
hé和
Chén陈
Dú独
xiù秀
shì是
wén文
xué学
gé革
mìng命
de的
zhǔ主
yào要
chàng倡
dǎo导
zhě者
。
Hu Shi and Chen Duxiu were the main advocates of the Literary Revolution.
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Zhè这
chǎng场
wén文
xué学
gé革
mìng命
tí提
chàng倡
yòng用
bái白
huà话
wén文
dài代
tì替
wén文
yán言
wén文
。
This Literary Revolution advocated replacing classical Chinese with vernacular Chinese.
Wén文
xué学
gé革
mìng命
duì对
hòu后
lái来
de的
wén文
huà化
fā发
zhǎn展
chǎn产
shēng生
le了
shēn深
yuǎn远
yǐng影
xiǎng响
。
The Literary Revolution had a profound impact on subsequent cultural development.
Wǔ五
sì四
shí时
qī期
de的
wén文
xué学
gé革
mìng命
fǎn反
duì对
fēng封
jiàn建
zhǔ主
yì义
sī思
xiǎng想
。
The Literary Revolution of the May Fourth period opposed feudalist ideology.