Study On Chen Jing-han (陈景韩) And His Novels

In the late Qing Dynasty, Chen Jing-han not only was a famous journalist, but also was a well-known novelist, in the article his novels will be discussed. There are four parts:The first part introduces the life of Chen Jing-han. It is divided into four stages, the younger life in Shongjiang, the study life in Japan, the Journalist life in newspapers circle and his later years. The time when he worked the press is the most important. He became an outstanding reporter in Shanghai.The second part stresses on his activity of novels. His first novel The War of Tomorrow (明日之战争 ) was published in 1903, and then he write novels for Xin Xin Novels ( 新新小说 ) , the All-story Monthly (月月小说 ) , Novel Times (小说时报 ) and Eastern Times ( 时报 ), brought about 118 books, was one of the high-yield novelists in modern times.The third part discuss on the three types of his novels, one is the stories about anarchist in Russian ( 虚无党小说 ) , one is the chivalrous novels ( 侠客小说 ) , the another is his own short-stories. All these keep concerns with the Chinese society.The last part desecrated his characteristic of his stories. He translates many European novels, much more than his original works, and the substance and style of newspapers had effect on his novels deeply.