On Modern Chinese Literature

Author: Hu Shi, Zhou Zuoren
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Publish Date: 2002-06-04
Features: Reading is one of the greatest joys in the world. To ponder through the ages and traverse across countries, is it not delightful! Reading classical works is one of the greatest beauties in life. To meet the sages and inspire wisdom, is it not beautiful! Reading the Pocket Library Series is everyone's greatest pleasure. To pick them up at will and find contentment, is it not wonderful! This book includes two important essays on modern literature by Hu Shi and Zhou Zuoren. Zhou starts from the Ming Late and , while Hu begins from the Tongcheng - Xiangxiang after the death of Zeng Guofan. This is the era they believed traditional literature began to change (it had to change), where new ideas developed within the old system, and new literature was nurtured into existence amidst the "collapse of rituals and the disintegration of music."