Xinmin Society

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Xinmin Society was an early 20th-century Chinese intellectual and political study group that played a formative role in the development of revolutionary thought among young activists, including future Communist leaders.

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Xinmin Society canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese intellectual society
political study group
student organization
activity collective reading of progressive literature
discussion of politics and philosophy
promotion of social and cultural reform ideas
aimedAt cultivating new citizens for a modern China
transforming Chinese society
country China
dissolved early 1920s
foundedBy Cai Hesen
Mao Zedong
Xiao Zisheng
other young Hunan intellectuals
hasPurpose moral self-cultivation
national rejuvenation
social reform
study of new thought
historicalPeriod Republican era of China
surface form: Republican era China
historicalSignificance formative role in development of Chinese revolutionary thought
training ground for future Communist leaders
ideology anti-feudalism
anti-imperialism
revolutionary thought
inception 1918
influenced early Chinese Communist movement
formation of the Communist Party of China
political views of Mao Zedong
radicalization of young Chinese intellectuals
languageOfWork Chinese
locatedIn Changsha
surface form: Changsha, Hunan, China

Hunan Province
surface form: Hunan, China
member Cai Hesen
Mao Zedong
Xiao Zisheng
other Hunan students and teachers
movement May Fourth era intellectual movements
New Culture Movement
opposedTo traditional feudal hierarchy in China
warlordism in China
politicalOrientation progressive
revolutionary
relatedTo Hunan First Normal School
Qingnian zazhishe
surface form: New Youth magazine

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He Shuheng coFounded Xinmin Society