La Jeunesse

E216771

La Jeunesse was an influential early 20th-century Chinese magazine that championed vernacular literature, science, and democratic and anti-traditional ideas, helping to spark the New Culture and May Fourth movements.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
La Jeunesse canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese periodical
intellectual journal
literary magazine
magazine
advocated critique of Confucian tradition
democratic politics
scientific thinking
use of vernacular Chinese in literature
alternateName New Youth
countryOfOrigin China
editor Chen Duxiu
Hu Shi
Li Dazhao
Liu Bannong
Lu Xun
Mao Dun
Qian Xuantong
editorInChief Chen Duxiu
endTime 1926
founder Chen Duxiu
historicalSignificance key platform of the New Culture Movement
major catalyst of the May Fourth Movement
influenced Chinese Communist movement
Chinese youth intellectuals
May Fourth Movement
New Culture Movement
modern Chinese literature
influencedBy French Enlightenment
Western liberalism
modern science
language Classical Chinese
vernacular Chinese
locationOfPublication Beijing
Shanghai
mainTheme anti-Confucianism
cultural modernization
democracy
literary reform
science
social reform
vernacular literature
youth emancipation
nativeName New Youth
surface form: 新青年
notableWorkPublished Diary of a Madman
surface form: Lu Xun’s “Diary of a Madman”
originalLanguage Chinese
politicalAlignment anti-traditionalist
progressive
radical
publicationFrequency bimonthly
monthly
publisher Qingnian zazhishe
startTime 1915
targetAudience Chinese intellectuals
Chinese youth

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.