Friendly Essays: 1926--1945

Author: Cheng Depai, Guo Yuanbao, Yang Yang (editors)
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The main purpose of our selection work, to be honest, is to select without editing, avoiding arbitrary judgment or deletions, and striving for completeness. The advantage of these books may lie in preserving more historical authenticity and saving readers the trouble of searching. Most articles originally published in Liangyou are included here, and readers can judge the literary taste of this fashion magazine, which had a significant impact on modern Chinese publishing history, based on their own reading. During its twenty-year history in mainland China, Liangyou evolved from initially catering to the Nationalist government to later actively participating in the war and sympathizing with the left wing. However, Liangyou was always a purely private publication from the start, and the shift in political tone was merely a fashionable mask shared by most private publications at the time. Its true nature was relatively moderate and pragmatic, which can be seen from its consistent twenty-column design. Later, Liangyou expanded or even changed its focus on political reporting, but this was still determined by a sense of fashion. Of course, interviewing famous CCP figures and senior officers of the Eighth Route Army, as well as reporting on Ding Ling’s Northwest War Zone Service Corps, etc., did reflect a certain left-wing stance. However, this was still a trend at the time and should not be simply interpreted as a political inclination.