Minduo Magazine

Minduo Magazine (simplified Chinese: 民铎杂志; traditional Chinese: 民鐸雜誌), also known as Minduo zazhi[4] or People's Bell Magazine[5] or The People's Tocsin,[6] was a large-scale comprehensive publication founded during the May Fourth Movement in Republic of China. It was launched in Tokyo, Japan, on 15 June 1916 and ceased publication in January 1931.[7]

Minduo Magazine
Chinese: 民鐸雜誌[1]
EditorLi Shicen
FounderAcademic Research Association[2]
First issue15 June 1916[3]
Final issueJanuary 1931
OCLC222717102

People's Bell Magazine issued a total of ten volumes, with a total of fifty-two issues. It was one of the most influential magazines during the May Fourth Movement, and its Nietzsche Monograph (尼采专号) was the only magazine at that time that systematically introduced Friedrich Nietzsche's life and works. [8]

History

On 15 June 1916, the Academic Research Association (学术研究会), a Chinese student organization in Japan, founded the magazine Minduo in Tokyo, [9] in response to the May Fourth Movement in China and the desire to contribute to the movement. Initially, the periodical was published quarterly, but later it was changed to monthly and bimonthly.[10]

In the early days, the idea of "Democratism" (民主主义) was the mainstay of Minduo Magazine, which had a strong political and patriotic flavor. The magazine was banned by the Japanese government for criticizing the Japanese military dictatorship, political chaos, and Japanese imperialist aggression. [11]

Since December 1, 1918, Volume 1, No. 5, Minduo Magazine moved to Shanghai, China, [12] and gradually became more academic, with fewer articles criticizing current affairs and opposing imperialism, and more academic articles. The magazine eventually became a purely academic journal.

From 1919 to 1928, Minduo Magazine was solely edited by Li Shicen, and became a publication that translated and introduced Western philosophical trends. [13] After 1928, the dominant idea of the magazine shifted to dialectical materialism and began to systematically introduce Hegel's dialectics and Feuerbach's materialism. In January 1931, the periodical was discontinued. [14]

References
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  2. Shanghai General History. Shanghai People's Publishing House. 1999. pp. 255–.
  3. Zhou Jiarong (1 February 2020). A 150-year history of Japanese Chinese newspapers. Joint Publishing. pp. 283–. ISBN 978-962-04-4574-3.
  4. Chu Ming-kin (2 January 2020). The Politics of Higher Education: The Imperial University in Northern Song China. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 244–. ISBN 978-988-8528-19-6.
  5. Chinese Studies in Philosophy. M. E. Sharpe. 1981. pp. 18-.
  6. Paul Bevan (14 April 2020). ‘Intoxicating Shanghai’ – An Urban Montage: Art and Literature in Pictorial Magazines during Shanghai’s Jazz Age. Brill Publishers. pp. 134–. ISBN 978-90-04-42873-7.
  7. Shanghai Municipal Archives (1999). Shanghai Archives Guide. China Archives Publishing House. pp. 908-. ISBN 978-7-80019-921-9.
  8. Yin Kige (2000). Nietzsche and Modern Chinese Literature. Nanjing Publishing House. pp. 29–. ISBN 978-7-305-03358-2.
  9. Song Yuanfang; Sun Yong (2000). Shanghai Publishing History. Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press. pp. 50–. ISBN 978-7-80618-820-0.
  10. Zhu Hanmin; Wang Xingguo (2015). General History of Huxiang Culture. Yuelu Publishing House. pp. 188-. ISBN 7-5538-0300-6.
  11. Records of the remains of Yang Xingfu. Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House. 2008. pp. 243-. ISBN 978-7-5326-2379-2.
  12. Hou Yangjun; Liu Binjie (2008). General History of Chinese Publishing: Republic of China Volume. China Book Publishing House. pp. 529-. ISBN 978-7-5068-1790-5.
  13. Zhang Lijun (2020). Qu Qiubai and Intercultural Modernity. The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. pp. 15–. ISBN 978-988-237-102-6.
  14. Liu Zengren (2005). Journal History of Modern Chinese Literature. Xinhua Publishing House. pp. 221-. ISBN 978-7-5011-7291-7.
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