Chen Yuan

Chen Xiying

Chen Xiying (1896-1970), formerly known as Chen Yuan, was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. Literary critic and translator.

In 1912, he went to England to study in middle school, then went to Edinburgh University and London University. After returning to China, he became a professor of foreign languages at Peking University. In 1924, with the support of Hu Shi, he founded modern review weekly with Xu Zhimo and others. He served as the editor in chief of the literature and art department. He opened a "gossip" column in the magazine and published many essays. In 1929, he became a professor and Dean of Wuhan University.

In 1943, he worked for the Sino British Cultural Association in London and became the first permanent representative of the Kuomintang government to UNESCO in Paris in 1946. He retired in 1966 and lived in London. He died of illness in 1970.

Character experience

In 1908, he was admitted to Nanyang public school (the predecessor of Jiaotong University). He graduated from the primary school affiliated to Nanyang public school (now Nanyang Model middle school) in 1910. In 1912, with the support of his cousin Wu Zhihui, he studied in Britain, majoring in political economy at Edinburgh University and London University. In 1922, he returned to China and became a professor of foreign languages at Peking University. In 1924, with the support of Hu Shi, Chen, Xu Zhimo and Wang Shijie co founded modern review magazine and edited the column of gossip. During this period, Chen Yuan and Lu Xun formed a grudge, and the two broke out many pen battles. In 1921, he studied in high school in England, and studied political economy in Edinburgh University and London University. After returning to China in 1922, he became a professor of foreign languages at Peking University.

In 1924, with the support of Hu Shi, Xu Zhimo and Wang Shijie co founded modern review magazine, edited the column of gossip, published many essays and opposed the left-wing literary movement represented by Lu Xun, which was criticized by Lu Xun many times. He also made such comments on Lu Xun: "as soon as he wrote, Mr. Lu Xun wanted to frame other people's crimes. He either subtracted or added. He did not take it out of context and made up some facts. He is China's "authoritative person in the ideological circle" and can't be offended easily. " "I read his article and put it where I should go...". Chen Yuan and Lu Xun began to complain about the storm of Beijing women's Normal University in 1925. Chen Yuan and Lu Xun were tit for tat, and fought each other, especially later on publicly speaking Lu Xun's "history of Chinese Novels", "stealing" the Japanese scholar salt Valley Wen's "Introduction to the literature of China", which made the academic community's big * *. Of course, Lu Xun could not tolerate this. Chen Yuan's letter was published by Xu Zhimo in the morning supplement on January 30, 1926. Lu Xun's reaction was quite strong, and immediately wrote a long article in "not a letter" to refute it. According to Gu Chao, at that time, some people thought that Lu Xun was suspected of plagiarizing by referring to the books of Yan Guwen, and Gu Jiegang also held this view. He talked with Chen Yuan about it, and Chen announced it, which made Lu Xun and Gu Jiegang feud.

In 1927, she married Ling Shuhua, a female writer. After that, she supported Jiang and opposed the Communist Party. In 1929, he served as professor and Dean of the school of Arts of national Wuhan University. Later, he served as a member of the National Political Council. In 1943, he worked for the Sino British Cultural Association in London. In 1946, he became the permanent representative of the national government to UNESCO in Paris. In 1965, China and France established diplomatic relations and refused to leave Taiwan's "embassy" in France. Later, he was supported by the judicial police. He retired in 1966. Paralyzed in his old age, he died in London.

Main works

There are Xiying gossip, Xiying Houhua and the majority and the minority. He translated father and son, the trouble of Young Werther, etc.

Chinese PinYin : Chen Yuan