A Ying's manuscript

Author: Ai Ying (Author)
Publisher: Guangling Book Society
Publication Date: 1998-05-01
Features: Ai Ying, originally named Qian Defu, used pen names such as Qian Xincun, Qian Qianwu, and Ai Ying. He was a renowned modern Chinese literary theorist, critic, and historian. During his youth, he participated in the May Fourth Movement and later joined the Communist Party of China. After the failure of the First Revolutionary War, he entered Shanghai to engage in revolutionary literary activities. He co-founded the Sun Society with Jiang Guangci and others, advocating for proletarian revolutionary literature, and was elected as a standing committee member of the Chinese League of Left-Wing Writers in 1930. Ai Ying devoted his life to writing, producing a wealth of works. He conducted extensive research on modern and contemporary Chinese literature, politics, economy, and culture, achieving remarkable accomplishments. The manuscript compiled by this society collects ninety-two letters written by Ai Ying to sixteen relatives and friends. All of these letters have never been published before, providing valuable materials for the study of modern and contemporary literary history.