But I Wish To Point Out That

On July 26, 1916, I Announced To All My Friends In America That From Now On I Resolved To Write No More Poems In The Classical Language, And To Begin My Experiments In Writing Poetry In The So-called Vulgar Tongue Of The People.

Whenever You Do Something Without Asking Yourself, "why Am I Doing This?"-that Is Meaningless Life... . The "why" Of Life Makes It Meaningful... . Only When An Answer Is Given Is One Living Life As A Man.

Life And Human Society Are The Chief Concern Of Confucianism And, Through It, The Chief Concern Of The Chinese People.

Within My Own Life, I Read All The Beloved Novels By Lamps Of Vegetable Oil; I Saw The Standard Oil Invading My Own Village, I Saw Gas Lamps In The Chinese Shops In Shanghai; And I Saw Their Elimination By Electric Lights.

In The Year 1915 A Series Of Trivial Incidents Led Some Chinese Students In Cornell University To Take Up The Question Of Reforming The Chinese Language.