Ye Shengtao

Ye Shengtao

Ye Shengtao (October 28, 1894 - February 16, 1988), male, formerly known as ye Shaojun, was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province on October 28, 1894. He is a modern writer, educator, literary publisher and social activist, known as "excellent language artist".

In 1907, he was admitted to Caoqiao middle school. In 1916, he taught in Shanggong school attached to Shanghai Commercial Press, and launched the first fairy tale scarecrow. In 1918, he published his first vernacular novel, spring banquet suotan. In 1923, he published the novel Ni Huanzhi.

After 1949, he successively served as vice minister of the Ministry of education, President and editor in chief of the people's education press, member of the all China Joint Committee of literary and art circles, consultant of the Chinese Writers Association, director of the Central Museum of literature and history, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, member of the Standing Committee of the first, second, third, fourth and Fifth National People's Congress, and chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party of China. He was elected vice chairman of the sixth CPPCC National Committee in 1983. He is a deputy to the first to Fourth National People's Congress, a member of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National People's Congress, a member of the first National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference.

On February 16, 1988, Ye Shengtao died in Beijing at the age of 94.

Life of the characters

He was born on October 28, 1894 in Wu County, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.

In 1907, he was admitted to Caoqiao middle school and became a primary school teacher after graduation. In 1914, he was excluded from school and began to write classical Chinese novels.

In November 1911, it was changed to Ye Shengtao, whose pen names include Ye Jin, Shengtao, STI, Guishan, Bingcheng, Yingsheng, etc. In the same year, he graduated from middle school and became a teacher of township primary school.

In 1915, he worked as a Chinese teacher in Shanggong School of Shanghai Commercial Press, compiling primary school Chinese textbooks for him.

In 1916, he entered Shanggong school attached to Shanghai Commercial Press to teach. The scarecrow, the first fairy tale in China, was written by him.

In 1917, he was employed to teach in the fifth higher primary school in Luzhi County, Wuxian county. He carried out educational reform and wrote new textbooks. In 1922, he began to write.

In 1918, he published his first vernacular novel "spring banquet suotan" in women's magazine, Vol. 4, No. 2 and No. 3.

In 1919, he joined the new trend society of Peking University and began to write vernacular literature, publishing novels, new poems, literary reviews and plays.

In 1921, Zhou Zuoren, Shen Yanbing, Zheng Zhenduo and others initiated the establishment of the "Literary Research Association" to jointly hold up the realistic literary banner of "for life". During the May 30th Movement, he and Hu Yuzhi founded axiom daily to carry out anti imperialist and patriotic propaganda, and later edited the semimonthly magazine Guangming of the Chinese Society for the needy. In the same year, he and Mao Dun, Zheng Zhenduo and others organized a "Literature Research Association" to promote "literature for life".

In the winter of 1921, little white boat was published, which expressed the idealism of "love" and "good".

In 1923, he entered the commercial press and published the novel Ni Huanzhi.

In 1930, he was appointed to Kaiming bookstore. After the September 18th Incident, he took part in the establishment of the anti imperialist and anti Japanese Alliance in the literary and art circles. In the same year, he transferred to Kaiming bookstore and hosted "middle school students" magazine.

In 1931, after the September 18th Incident, the "anti imperialist and anti Japanese Alliance in the literary and art circles" was founded.

During the Anti Japanese War, he went to Sichuan to continue to preside over the work of Kaiming bookstore. At the same time, he also participated in the initiation and establishment of the "anti enemy support association in the literary and art circles".

In 1939, he served as the director of the all China literary and art anti enemy Association.

After returning to Shanghai in 1946, he served as the director of the general affairs department of the all China literary and Art Association and the consultant of the Shanghai primary school teachers' Union and the Middle School Education Research Association.

In 1949, he arrived in Beiping, where he served as the director of the Textbook Editing Committee of the North China People's government, and later as a member of the all China Federation of literary and art circles.

After 1949, he successively served as vice minister of the Ministry of education, President and editor in chief of the people's education press, member of the all China Joint Committee of literary and art circles, consultant of the Chinese Writers Association, director of the Central Museum of literature and history, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, member of the Standing Committee of the first, second, third, fourth and Fifth National People's Congress, and chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party of China.

He was elected vice chairman of the sixth CPPCC National Committee in 1983. He is a deputy to the first to fourth NPC, a member of the fifth NPC Standing Committee, a member of the first CPPCC National Committee and a member of the fifth CPPCC National Committee.

On February 16, 1988, Ye Shengtao died in Beijing at the age of 94.

Anecdotes of characters

Ye Shengtao changed his name several times. His original name was Ye Shaojun. When he was 12 years old, he asked his husband Zhang boyin to take a word that he was determined to be patriotic and powerful. Mr. Zhang said, "your name is Shaojun. There is a poem saying 'Jun of Bingguo'. It's better to take 'Bingchen' as the word." He also taught him that if he wanted to love his country, he must first love his native land, know the history of his native land and the great deeds of his people. On October 15, 1911, Suzhou recovered in the revolution of 1911. The next day, ye Shaojun found Mr. Zhang boyin and said, "the Qing government has been destroyed and the emperor has been overthrown. I can't be a minister any more. Please change one word." Mr. Liu said with a smile, "your name is Shaojun. There is a poem that says" Saint Tao Jun is everything. "Take" Saint Tao "as the word." In this way, ye Shaojun left with satisfaction. On June 10, 1914, ye Shaojun published the classical Chinese novel the picture in the glass window in the second issue of novel series, which was signed "Shengtao". Later, he connected his surname "Ye" with his pseudonym "Shengtao" and became a famous pseudonym in the world.

Character contribution

Literary contribution

Ye Shengtao's first academic paper on children's literature, entitled the concept of children, criticizes the bad influence on Chinese children.

In fact, Ye Shengtao was the first author of fairy tales in 1920s. His work Scarecrow was published in 1923. This children's book is very popular among many teenagers. Another work, stone statues of ancient heroes, tells the story of a stone carved into the image of a hero. The moral behind this easy to read story is to laugh at the arrogance of experts and the numbness of people.

Ye Shengtao ardently advocated the standardization of modern Chinese, including the standardization of grammar, rhetoric, vocabulary, punctuation, simplified characters and the elimination of variant Chinese characters. He also compiled and standardized the Chinese characters of publications and stipulated the scheme of Chinese pinyin. His efforts have improved the quality and organizational structure of his work.

Most importantly, Ye Shengtao advocated the use of vernacular in the field of publishing. Most of his magazines and newspapers use vernacular, which greatly facilitates the reading of journalists and readers. All these contributions have promoted the development of China's journalism.

Educational contribution

Ye Shengtao's educational thought has made an original and systematic contribution to the modern educational theory with Chinese characteristics. Based on the practice of China's educational reform, this educational thought formed the materialist and dialectical theory of China's educational reform. In exploring and answering the practical problems of China's educational reform, it revealed the basic principles of China's modern education incisively and uniquely. In summing up and refining the practical experience of China's educational reform, it developed and innovated China's modern educational teaching theory.

personal works

Work style

The outstanding artistic achievement of Ye Shengtao's novels lies in his calm observation and objective description of "gray life", which shows the distinctive characteristics of realism. The writer's cool and objective style does not exclude the expression of his inner passion and subjective opinions. Calm observation and objective description are the most prominent factors in Ye Shengtao's novel style. With a pair of penetrating eyes, he calmly examined the insulted and damaged people crouching in the corner of old China. His heart is full of compassion, but at the time of writing, it is hidden and implicit, meaning is often seen outside the words, feelings are not exposed in the text.

Sympathy and satire are the basic characteristics of Ye Shengtao's pen to the intellectuals of the ordinary people. Under the pressure of life, he can't stand their timidity, emptiness, dereliction of duty and selfishness, so he wants to stab them and expect them to change. But he also knows their joys and sorrows, and the reasons for their bad performance are complex, sometimes they are self-conscious You can't control your own destiny. Therefore, while mocking, he pointed his pen to the dark reality system behind him, which made his critical realism reach a certain depth.

Character evaluation

Mr. Ye Shengtao is a senior in the field of literature and art and education in China. He is honest and polite. Zang Kejia, a famous poet, once said, "Wen, Liang, Gong, Jian and rang are virtues of life. I think Mr. Ye has both." (< I > Zang Kejia, Sina Online Review < / I >)

He is open-minded, approachable, resolute, conscientious and responsible. For example, he was not satisfied with compiling handouts and writing textbooks. Some people just copied them. He also pointed out that his own research should be included in them, with his own experience. This idea is a manifestation of his responsible spirit. Another example is the compilation of "Yinde", especially for large volumes of books. Although many people know that it is beneficial to academic research, they feel that it is work for others after all, and they can't stand the hard work and monotony in the process of work, so they are unwilling to try. However, ye Lao once compiled a huge volume of "Yinde" with the white text of the thirteen classics of the commercial press. At the beginning, he had many difficulties and lacked assistants. However, since he had determined that this work was beneficial to the readers, he did it year after year without fatigue and never gave up halfway. This is another manifestation of his responsible spirit in his work. (< I > China online review)

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