Selected Translations of Xia Gangzun's Prose

Author: Xia Hongning
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: Spring Light Middle School, with its call for patriotism and democracy, gathered numerous erudite scholars to the shores of Baima Lake. It not only launched a fierce critique against the traditional educational thought and methods of old China, as well as the conservative, backward, and reactionary attitudes of the education authorities, but also achieved remarkable accomplishments in educational reform. At the same time, it also yielded substantial gains in literary and artistic creation, forming a body of works and a group of writers characterized by simplicity, tranquility, natural flow, and profound meaning—collectively known as the Baima Lake style. These literary works, created over seventy or eighty years ago, still hold significant ideological and artistic value even when read today.