Chronicle Of Zou Tao

Zou Tao(1850-1931),courtesy name Hanfei,waiter of Xiaoxiang Pavilion,poet of thin cranes,wine beggar,etc.,was born in Wuxi,Jiangsu.In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China,in the conflict and fusion of Chinese and Western cultures,a group of scholars not only possessed traditional qualities and persistence,but also devoted themselves to the modernization process of social transformation.The specific performance in literary creation is the simultaneous presentation of traditional literature and literary creation with modern characteristics,such as Han Bangqing,Lin Shu,etc.Zou Tao is one of them.He has created novels with modernity such as "Shadows of Dust on the Sea".Zou Tao received systematic training in Confucian classics since he was a child.Like most traditional literati,he took the imperial examinations as his return and ideal in life.The era he lived in was a period of social upheaval in which Chinese and Western cultures clashed and merged,and many new businesses appeared.The emergence of new publishing industries such as newspapers and periodicals has broken the time and space constraints of poetry and writing among literati;with the development of all aspects of society,new publishing industries such as newspapers and periodicals have become rapidly developing industries at that time,and new groups of newspaper people have also been born..After he came into contact with newspapers,Zou Tao was also keen on composing poems with literati and literati from all over the world.He even went to Shanghai in the seventh year of Guangxu(1881)to work in Yiwen News,becoming a real newspaper reporter.During this period of time,he received a lot of knowledge of Western learning,and joined groups such as the Puzzle Club to promote Western learning;at the same time,the reality of failing to pass the ten exams also dampened his confidence in taking the imperial examination,and he stopped taking the exam.So far,both in terms of identity and thought,Zou Tao has the characteristics of a new type of modern intellectual.However,the influence of Confucianism on Zou Tao was not eroded by his experience in the newspaper industry.In his later years,Zou Tao not only founded the Baocui School to spread the idioms,but also founded the literati group "Xi League" with Gao Taichi to jointly promote the national quintessence.In his later years,Zou Tao returned to his hometown and died angrily in poverty and loneliness.At the same time,Zou Tao can be regarded as one of the basic representatives of the foreign talents in that era,and has the common learning and value standpoint of the life of foreign talents in that era.They met friends with poetry and wine,went to and from the brothel to find solace,and used their words to dispel loneliness and anger.In this way,taking Zou Tao as a case,through the chronological analysis of Zou Tao’s family life,exchanges,creations,etc.,supplemented by the important activities and biographies of his friends,major historical events,and literature that had a direct impact on Zou Tao.The events,as detailed as possible,restore all the activities of Zou Tao,the master of the genealogy,and the tree-like relationship of related historical figures,which provides a relatively solid foundation for the study of Zou Tao.Construct a diverse picture of the social culture of the era in which they live.