Qian Jiangchun:：a multifaceted figure of New Culture Movement

Qian Jiangchun

QIAN Jiangchun, born in Songjiang Dis-trict, lived in Huayang Bridge area.

in 1916, he graduated from Jiangsu no. 3 Middle School and attended the preparatory course at Hangchow Uni-versity in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province.

After graduation, he worked as a clerk in the Jiangsu provincial council in nanjing in 1920.

The following year, he worked at the national association of the YMCa in China as a translator and editor for the monthly magazine “Youth Prog-ress,” which translated articles from English.

In his spare time, he attended the night classes of Soochow University’s law school for further education.

At the same time, he invested in and participated in the acquisition of Songjiang Jingxian Girls’ School with his friends.

Influenced by the new Culture Move-ment starting in 1915, Qian grew an interest in new literature.

In 1922 he co-founded the literary group “Mi Sa” (the English pronuncia-tion of “Muse”) with Hu Shanyuan and Zhao Zukang.

In March of the following year, the first issue of “Mi Sa Monthly” was pub-lished. after that, the group published a total of six issues.

As they did not want to get involved in the literary debates of the time, they clearly stated that their goal was to pub-lish literary works inspired by personal feelings and not for the purpose of dis-cussion or criticism.

Qian then began working at the Com-mercial Press as a translator, where he edited and published “The Encyclopedia for Youth” among other books.

He also co-founded the new Songjiang Society with Shen Lianbi and others.

In the fall of 1924, he co-founded Jiang Chun Middle School with Hou Shaoqiu and Zhao Zukang in the city.

The following year, he expanded the school facilities and changed the name to Private Songjiang Junior Middle School, where he served as the principal.

During the May 30th Movement in 1925, Qian participated in the Shanghai Teachers and Staff for national Salva-tion Comrades association, serving as a standing committee member for the publicity branch. He drafted and distributed anti-imperialist flyers and telegraphs.

Qian died of illness in 1927.