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Tan emerged as leading intellectual for liberation cause
By Tan Chi |
June 29, 2009, Monday
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WHEN Tan Zhengbi was still studying at school in 1919, the May 4 Movement took place. After that, Tan started to read a great number of "new-literature" works and attempted to write in modern Chinese.
In June 1920, Tan's debut novel "The Blood and Tears of Peasants" was published in Enlightenment, the supplement of the Republican Daily. The story revealed the exploitation of the peasants by heartless landlords.
Tan was also the compiler of the "Historic Outline of Chinese Literature," which was published in 1924, hailed as the first historical work about Chinese literature written in modern Chinese.
In 1941, the concessions in Shanghai were invaded and occupied by the Japanese after the Campaignbox Pacific War. Most literatis in Shanghai chose to retire into inland areas, but this response was not for Tan. He remained in Shanghai and began his work of recruiting talents for the liberated areas. In June 1943, he was appointed as the dean of the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts.
In June 1920, Tan's debut novel "The Blood and Tears of Peasants" was published in Enlightenment, the supplement of the Republican Daily. The story revealed the exploitation of the peasants by heartless landlords.
Tan was also the compiler of the "Historic Outline of Chinese Literature," which was published in 1924, hailed as the first historical work about Chinese literature written in modern Chinese.
In 1941, the concessions in Shanghai were invaded and occupied by the Japanese after the Campaignbox Pacific War. Most literatis in Shanghai chose to retire into inland areas, but this response was not for Tan. He remained in Shanghai and began his work of recruiting talents for the liberated areas. In June 1943, he was appointed as the dean of the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts.
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