Creation Society

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| full_name = Creation Society

| native_name = 創造社

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| image = Chuangzaoshe Chubbanbu Jiuzhi.JPG

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| caption = 1811 Sichuan Road North, the site of the Creation Society press

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| established = 1921

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| founding_location = Tokyo, Japan

| dissolved = 1929

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| purpose = Literary society

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| key_people = Guo Moruo
Yu Dafu
Zhang Ziping
Tian Han
Zheng Boqi
Cheng Fangwu

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{{Chinese

|t=創造社

|s=创造社

|w=Ch’uang-tsao she

|p=Chuàngzào shè

|y=Chong jouh séh

|j=Cong3 zou6 se5

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The Creation Society was a left-wing cultural organisation in China to encourage literary and cultural exploration. The founders wished to establish a 'society of art for art's sake'.{{cite web |title=Chinese literature - Modern Chinese literature {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/Chinese-literature/Modern-Chinese-literature#ref321104 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}} The Society was established by a group of students who were studying in Japan,{{cite web |last1=LIU |first1=WANMING |title=Nostalgic Creation Society writers built new image of homeland-SSCP |url=http://www.csstoday.com/Item/6853.aspx |website=www.csstoday.com |publisher=Social Sciences in China Press |access-date=10 March 2022}} such as Guo Moruo, Yu Dafu, Zhang Ziping, Tian Han, Zheng Boqi, and Cheng Fangwu.{{cite web |title=Guo Moruo {{!}} Chinese scholar {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guo-Moruo#ref846601 |website=www.britannica.com |date=8 June 2023 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Yu Dafu {{!}} Chinese author {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yu-Dafu#ref224845 |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Zhang Ziping {{!}} Chinese author {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zhang-Ziping#ref171548 |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 March 2022 |language=en}} The Society was banned by the Nationalist government in 1929.