文学改良刍议

文學改良芻議

Wénxué gǎiliáng chúyì

proper noun

Meanings

1 Some Modest Proposals for the Reform of Literature, Hu Shi's 1917 essay calling for writing in the vernacular

Characters

literature; writing

grass-cutter; humble

opinion; proposal

Examples

HSK 5

胡适的《文学改良刍议》发表在《新青年》上。

Hú Shì de 《 Wénxué gǎiliáng chúyì 》 fābiǎo zài 《 Xīn qīngnián 》 shàng.

Hu Shi's "Some Modest Proposals for the Reform of Literature" was published in New Youth.

HSK 7-9

《文学改良刍议》提出了八条主张，比如“不用典”。

《 Wénxué gǎiliáng chúyì 》 tíchū le bā tiáo zhǔzhāng, bǐrú " bú yòngdiǎn ".

"Some Modest Proposals for the Reform of Literature" put forward eight proposals, such as "do not use classical allusions".

Tips

history

胡适 published it in 《新青年》 in January 1917, while he was still a student in the United States. Its eight points include: say something real, do not imitate the ancients, avoid stock phrases, do not use allusions and do not shun colloquial words. 陈独秀 replied the next month with the bolder 《文学革命论》.

usage

刍议 "a grass-cutter's opinion" is a humble way to say "my modest proposals", so the title is far meeker than the essay's effect, which helped make 白话文 the standard written language.

Stroke Order

文 wén

学 xué

改 gǎi

良 liáng

刍 chú

议 yì