Chen Duxiu
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Authors, Writers, Teaching, Teachers, Media, Journalism, Journalists, Communism, Communists
- Curriculum: Asian History
Article abstract: As the editor of a groundbreaking literary journal and Dean of Arts and Letters at Peking University, Chen Duxiu was a central figure in the Chinese “literary renaissance” of 1915-1921 and in the May Fourth Movement of 1919. He founded the Chinese Communist Party with Li Dazhao in 1921 and served as its chairman from 1921 to 1927.
Early Life
Chen Duxiu’s (Ch’en Tu-hsiu) formative years spanned a time of great political, social, and intellectual ferment in the last decades of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). Foreign incursion,...
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