Liu Bannong argued for using the character 她 for women.
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history
In 1920 he wrote the poem 《教我如何不想她》, 'How can I help thinking of her', one of the first to use 她. Set to music by 赵元任, it became a well-known song. He also took a doctorate in phonetics in Paris and collected folk songs.
culture
In 1918 he and 钱玄同 staged a fake exchange of letters in the magazine 《新青年》: Qian wrote as a stuffy scholar defending the classical language, and Liu tore him apart in reply. The stunt drew wide attention to writing in the vernacular.
