May Fourth Hero (Luo Jialun's Biography)

Author: Chen Mingzhu
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Luo Jialun, styled Zhixi, pseudonym Yi, was born in Jiangtou, Keqiao, Shaoxing. His father, Chuanzhen, once served as the magistrate of several counties in Jiangxi and held relatively progressive views. Jialun was influenced by his father from a young age. In 1914, he entered Shanghai Fudan University, and after graduating in 1917, he joined the Department of Arts at Peking University, becoming a student of Cai Yuanpei. In 1919, with the support of Chen Duxiu and Hu Shi, he co-founded the New Tide Society with Fu Sinian and Xu Yanzhi, publishing the monthly magazine New Tide. During the May Fourth Movement, he personally drafted the only printed flyer, Manifesto of the Entire Beijing Academic Community, proposing the slogan "Fight for National Rights, Eliminate National Traitors." He also introduced the term "May Fourth Movement" in the Weekly Review on May 26, a term that has been used ever since. His major works include New National View, New Life View, Culture, Education, and Youth, Science and Metaphysics, The Flow of Time, A Study of the London Persecution of Sun Yat-sen, and Cai Yuanpei and Peking University.