"May 4th @ 100: Culture, Thought, History" Author: David Wang et al. Publisher: United Publishing Company

On the 100th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement, we look back at the May Fourth Movement in the history of literature and thought!
51 scholars re-examine the May Fourth Movement and its impact from the perspectives of literature, thought, style, and characters.

On the 100th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement, the movement and its impact are analyzed from various perspectives, and the literature, history, and thought since the May Fourth Movement are reviewed and reflected upon.

Return to the scene of the May Fourth Movement and calmly watch the legend of the May Fourth Movement. The May Fourth Movement is not over yet. Its success and failure still hurt us who are living in numbness, obedience, anxiety, and loss of ideals. The May Fourth Movement is not over yet, because it is not the history of the past, but the history of the future.

One hundred years after the May Fourth Movement, apart from academic reflections, the memory of the May Fourth Movement in society has been lost in the river of time. At the same time, the deliberate intervention or neglect of the authorities shows the traces of the politicization or depoliticization of the May Fourth Movement. The political potential of the May Fourth Movement has been buried.

The significance of May Fourth should not stop here. Although May Fourth happened not long ago, it is necessary to study it. May Fourth @ 100: Culture, Thought, History invites 51 scholars from different fields to reveal the problematic and controversial nature of May Fourth from different perspectives. This book aims to review the May Fourth in the history of culture, literature and thought. These three are closely related and constitute the basis of the discourse and imagination of May Fourth, which has triggered various social practices and even revolutions.

"May 4th @ 100" echoes the spirit of the May 4th Movement in the form of a cacophony of voices: express your own opinions and express yourself freely. Looking back at the past 100 years of unrest in China and the Chinese-speaking world, we have witnessed all kinds of possibilities, both the best and the worst. Looking back at the May 4th Movement, we understand that our position may not be different from that of the May 4th Movement: shouting and hesitation, passion and disillusionment, myths of the May 4th Movement or not, they are intertwined and lead to the next round of thinking and action.

Author and editor profile

Wang Dewei

Edward C. Henderson Professor of East Asian Studies and Comparative Literature at Harvard University, USA. His research fields include modern Chinese literature, modern literary theory, comparative literature, etc. His major works include "Novel China: Chinese Fiction from Late Qing Dynasty to the Present", "Methods of Imagining China: History, Novel, Narrative", "Repressed Modernity: A New Theory of Late Qing Fiction", "Mao Dun, Lao She, Shen Congwen: Realism and Modern Chinese Fiction", "History and Monsters: History, Violence, Narrative", "Lyrical Voices in the Epic Age: Chinese Intellectuals and Artists in the Mid-Twentieth Century", etc.

Song Mingwei

Associate Professor of East Asian Culture at Wesleyan College, USA. His research fields are modern Chinese literature and science fiction. He has written books such as The Sorrow of the Floating World: A Biography of Eileen Chang and Young China: Youth Culture and Coming-of-age Novels.

About the Author

Chen Sihe

Senior Professor of Liberal Arts, Fudan University, Shanghai, Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor

Wang Fansen

Academician of Academia Sinica, Distinguished Researcher of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

Chen Pingyuan

Peking University Boya Chair Professor

Chen Jianhua

Zhiyuan Chair Professor, School of Humanities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Wang Feng

Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University; Associate Professor and Researcher of Modern Literature Teaching and Research Section

Dai Yan

Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University, Shanghai

Yang Zhende

Researcher at the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica

Peng Xiaoyan

Researcher at the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica

Ying Lei

PhD in East Asian Languages ​​and Civilizations from Harvard University, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Literature and History, Fudan University, Shanghai

ISHII Tsuyoshi

Professor, Graduate School of Cultural Studies, University of Tokyo

Ji Jin

Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Suzhou University

Yang Yang

Professor of Shanghai Theatre Academy

Hu Xiaozhen

Researcher and Director of the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica

Yang Lianfen

Professor, School of Literature, Renmin University of China

HAMADA Maya

Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University

Mei Jialing

Professor and Chair of the Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University

Zhang Lijun

Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Lei Xianglin

Associate Researcher, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica

Lee Seok-hak

Researcher at the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica

Ji Jianqing

Researcher at the Institute of Culture, Beijing Academy of Social Sciences

Zheng Yuyu

Academician of Academia Sinica, Chair Professor of National Taiwan University, Distinguished Professor of the Department of Chinese Literature

Chiu Yi-hsuan

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University

Xia Xiaoyu

PhD candidate, Department of East Asian Languages ​​and Cultures, University of California, Berkeley

Wu Shengqing

Associate Professor, Division of Humanities, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Li Xiaoti

Director of the Chinese Culture Centre, City University of Hong Kong

Wang Pu

Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, Brandeis University

Ge Zhaoguang

Distinguished Senior Professor of the Institute of Literature and History and the Department of History, Fudan University, Shanghai

Gao Jiaqian

Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University

Chen Jingqiao

Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages ​​and Cultures, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Fu Guangming

Researcher at the Museum of Modern Chinese Literature

Ma Xiaolu

Assistant Professor, Division of Humanities, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Chen Xiangyin

Associate Researcher, Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica

Lin Chen

Associate Professor, College of Literature, Nankai University

Chen Guoqiu

Professor of Literature and Culture, The Education University of Hong Kong, Director of the Chinese Literature and Culture Research Center

Pan Guangzhe

Researcher, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica

Huang Kewu

Distinguished Researcher, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica

Peng Chunling

Associate Researcher, Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Xia Xiaohong

Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University

Tu Hang

PhD candidate in East Asian Languages ​​and Civilizations at Harvard University

Qian Liqun

Senior Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University; Adjunct Professor at the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Tsinghua University

Gao Yuanbao

Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University, Shanghai

Zhang Lihua

Professor of Modern Literature Department, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University

Li Yuyang <br data-mce-fragment="1">　　<br data-mce-fragment="1">　　PhD candidate, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University

Tie Xiao <br data-mce-fragment="1">　<br data-mce-fragment="1">Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages ​​and Cultures, Indiana University Bloomington

Zhang Xinying

Professor of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University, Shanghai

Yuan Yidan

Associate Professor, College of Literature, Capital Normal University

Jiang Hanyang

PhD candidate in Theatre and Film at the University of British Columbia

Wong Ying-che

Professor, Department of Contemporary China Studies and Graduate School of Chinese Studies, Aichi University

Chen Xiaoming

Professor and Dean of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University

(Names are arranged in order of the catalog)

Preface by Wang Dewei and Song Mingwei: Chen Sihe’s Spirit, Avant-garde Culture, and the Centennial of the May Fourth Movement
Wang Fan-sen's Two May Fourth Movements and Their Influence Chen Pingyuan's Touching History and Entering the May Fourth Movement Wang De-wei Without the May Fourth Movement, how could there be the late Qing Dynasty?
Chen Jianhua "Republic" discourse Wang Feng ideological revolution Dai Yan new literature and old tradition Yang Zhende theory, doctrine and real society - re-exploring the "problem and doctrine" debate Peng Xiaoyan May Fourth's anti-enlightenment: philosophy of life and emotionalism Lei modern consciousness Ishii Takeshi "Guogu" monthly magazine - the aborted "revival of ancient learning"
Ji Jin's Re-evaluation of Xueheng
Yang Yang's Different Theory of the May Fourth Movement in the North and South - A Reflection on the Construction of Shanghai's Values ​​in the May Fourth New Culture Movement Hu Xiaozhen Discovering Words, Imagining Songs: The Contemporary Implications of May Fourth Scholars' Research on Non-Han Folk Songs and Their Historical Narration Yang Lianfen The Birth of the "New Woman" Maya Hamada May Fourth and Female Student Mei Jialing Discovering Youth, Imagining a New Country Zhang Lijun May Fourth Youth's "Ways of Suicide"
Lei Xianglin: The Invisible Mr. Sai - Taking the History of "Sexual Facts" as an Example Li Shixue: Vernacular Chinese Ji Jianqing: Literature Zheng Yuyu: National Revolution Qiu Yixuan: The Bass of the Strokes - The May Fourth Movement in Old Poetry Xia Xiaoyu: The New Old Crow Wu Shengqing: "I Want to Immerse My Soul in Your Soul": May Fourth Love Letters Li Xiaoti: The May Fourth New Culture on Stage Wang Pu: Inspiration (Smoker Piri Chun)
Ge ZhaoguangThe Japan of Love and Hate: An Observation on the Period before the May Fourth MovementChen JingluThe Sunshine of GreeceFu GuangmingShakespeare in Two "Storms"Ma XiaoluThe Russian Literature RecountedChen XiangyinIf You Are Not Crazy, You Can't Live: "Learning from Russia"-Anchored ModernityLin ChenouZhanGao JiaqianCarvings and Warriors: Lu Xun's Woodcuts and Essays in Southeast AsiaChen GuoqiuThe May Fourth Movement and "New and Old Culture" in Hong Kong
Pan Guangzhe "May Fourth" and Taiwan Huang Kewu Yanfu and May Fourth: The Inner Nature of Chinese Modernity Zhang Li Peng Chunling Kang Youwei: The Retreat of the Saint Xia Xiaohong Liang Qichao during the May Fourth Movement Tu Hang Aesthetic Education Replaces Religion: Cai Yuanpei and the Origin of Modern Chinese Aesthetics Qian Liqun Lu Xun and the May Fourth New Culture Movement Gao Yuanbao A newspaper clipping, two eras of Zhang Lihua legends, the source is from the strange story? -- Chen Yinque and Lu Xun's "A Brief History of Chinese Fiction" Li Yuyang Another "New Youth": Feng Youlan before and after the May Fourth Movement Xiao Tie "I am the crowd; the crowd is me": Zhu Qianzhi's self-writing and revolutionary imagination during the May Fourth Movement Zhang Xinying Shen Congwen and May Fourth Movement Yuan Yidan May Fourth: "Culture" or "Military"?
The May Fourth Movement in Jiang Hanyang: A Drama of Spring and Autumn
Huang Ying-che The practice of the May Fourth Movement in Taiwan: Wei Jiangong and the national language movement in post-reconstruction Taiwan Chen Xiao-ming The "numbness" and "awakening" of rural peasants: the problem from Lu Xun to Jia Ping-ao Song Ming-wei Back to the future: May Fourth and science fiction