A Study Of Shutong Chen:A Shift From Being A Hanlin In Late Qing Dynasty To A Democrat

Shutong Chen experienced three periods in his life: the late Qing Dynasty,the Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China.In the turbulent years,he never stopped pursuing the bright path.After seeing that Japan’s comprehensive national strength was becoming stronger and stronger due to the Meiji Restoration,he resolutely gave up the splendor and wealth that the position of editor of the Imperial Academy could bring,and moved eastward to Japan to study at the National Cheng Chi University.After returning to China,he was elected as an elected member of the Capital Council,joined the Constitutional Friends Association and the Restoration Society,founded Zhejiang Law and Politics Private School,initiated the establishment of the Civil Association,and so on.After being disappointed and tired of politics,he accepted the invitation of his friends to work at the Commercial Press.During his tenure,he helped the Commercial Press establish a highest decision-making body for unified scheduling and coordination of the three institutes,which promoted the development of the publishing industry.Sincere,kind and fond of making friends,Shutong Chen has been using poetry,calligraphy and painting to represent and reflect his rich ideological and spiritual world all his life.After the founding of New China,he actively devoted himself to the torrent of opposing civil war,fighting for peace,opposing dictatorship and fighting for democracy.As vice chairman of the first,second and third CPPCC National Committee,chairman of the first,second and third sessions of the all-China Federation of Industry and Commerce,and vice chairman of the Committee for the Defense of World Peace,Shutong Chen made important contributions during the socialist revolution and construction,including preparing for the new political Consultative Conference,promoting the work of the CPPCC,and assisting the government in carrying out socialist transformation of capitalist industry and commerce.Expose the crimes of US imperialist aggression,safeguard world peace and stability,and so on.From Hanlin in the late Qing Dynasty to patriotic Democrats,from pursuing reformism to loving socialism,he finally found his own foundation in the historical gap between radicalism and conservatism by virtue of the sober rationality and sensibility of cultural people.grow into an advanced intellectual.Mr.Shutong Chen’s noble patriotism and precious moral sentiment have become the precious wealth of future generations.