Contemporary Review (Chinese magazine)
{{Short description|Chinese literary magazine (1924–1928)}}
{{distinguish|The Contemporary Review}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Contemporary Review
| editor = Wang Shijie ({{lang|zh|王世杰}})
| editor_title = Editor-in-chief
| category =
| language = Chinese
| publisher = Contemporary Review Publisher
| country = China
| frequency = Weekly
| firstdate = December 13, 1924
| finaldate =December 1928
}}
{{Chinese
|order=ts
|t=現代評論
|s=现代评论
|p=Xiàndài Pínglùn
|w=Hsien4-tai4 P'ing2-lun4
}}
Contemporary Review ({{lang-zh|t=現代評論|s=现代评论|p=Xiàndài Pínglùn|first=t}}) was a weekly Chinese literary magazine published from December 1924 to December 1928.
Publication history
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Established in Beijing, Contemporary Review began printing weekly editions on December 13, 1924. {{Cite web |last=Abrahamsen |first=Eric |title=Contemporary Review |url=https://paper-republic.org/publishers/contemporary-review/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Paper Republic |language=en}} The publication featured work from new literature writers, covering topics such as politics, economics, law, philosophy, education, science, and the arts. Many scholars affiliated with the magazine had studied in Europe or the United States, including Hu Shih ({{lang|zh|胡適}}), Gao Yihan ({{lang|zh|高一涵}}), Tang Youren ({{lang|zh|唐有壬}}), Chen Yuan ({{lang|zh|陳源}}), and Xu Zhimo ({{lang|zh|徐志摩}}). After 209 issues, the magazine ceased publication in December 1928. During its run, it produced 3 extra issues and a series of specials.
In the January 24 and January 31, 1925 issues, Zhang Dinghuang ({{lang|zh|張定璜}}) published "Mr. Lu Xun" ({{lang|zh|魯迅先生}}), a two-part review of Lu Xun's (鲁迅) writings.{{Citation needed|reason=where did you get this info?|date=September 2024}}
Early Republic of China journals such as Contemporary Review, Fiction Monthly (founded in 1910), New Youth (Xin Qingnian) (founded in 1915), Creative Quarterly (founded in 1921), and Tattler (founded in 1924) were published during a period of significant change in written Chinese. These publications featured writers and scholars who lived through the 1911 Xinhai revolution, which marked the end of the Chinese monarchy and the establishment of the Republic of China.{{Citation needed|reason=where did you get this info?|date=September 2024}} Hu Shih (胡適) later served as Education Minister for the Republic of China and Cheng Fangwu ({{lang|zh|成仿吾}}) of Creative Quarterly worked on the Red Army education system.{{Citation needed|reason=where did you get this info?|date=September 2024}}
Representative issues
= First Issue Table of Contents =
- Editorial—Current Events
- Government by Law and Revolution by Yan Shutang
- The Critical Moment by Wang Shijie
- Generous Settlement Terms for the Qing Imperial Family
- "Beggar," a novella by Xi Lin
- "November 3rd" a novel by You Dafu
- "Difficulties of Translation" by Hu Shih
- "Philistines" by Xi Gu
References
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{{cite book|last=Hockx|first=Michel|title=Questions of Style: Literary Societies and Literary Journals in Modern China, 1911-1937|publisher=Brill Publishers|date=2003|isbn=9789004129153|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3tJQxYtyjQkC|accessdate=17 March 2013}}
{{cite book|last=Shiao Ling|title=From Woodblocks to the Internet: Chinese Publishing and Print Culture in Transition, Circa 1800 to 2008|editor=Cynthia Brokaw, Christopher A. Reed|publisher=Brill Publishers|date=2010|chapter=Culture, Commerce and Connections: The Inner Dynamics of New Culture Publishing in the Post-May Fourth Period|isbn=9789004185272|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XITYuqGFaUC&pg=PA220|accessdate=17 March 2013}}
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Category:Magazines established in 1924