| Taiwan culture field in the 1950 s was affected by various thoughts, and the situation was very complicated. Among them, the left-wing thought was suppressed. “Anti-communist literature” which advocated by the KMT government has become the main literature stream; At the same time,the liberalism idea standed by Hu Shi, Lei Zhen, Nie Hualing and the modernism literature advocated by Ji Xian formed the break and backwash effect to “Anti-communist literature”. Political culture magazine “Free China” dominated by Lei Zhen was founded in November 20, 1949 in Taipei, and it has always been to promote democracy and freedom for the purpose. The Arts and Literature Section was founded from the beginning to the final about 11 years, it published more than 480 literatures. Since 1953, it is worth noticing that Nie Hualing took over chief editor of the Arts and Literature Section, she selected the literature with serious principle--Liberalism. In her efforts, the Arts and Literature Section far removed from politics and art-based enhancements. Previous academic researches mainly focus on the political feature of the “Free China”, and the value of the Arts and Literature Section was lack of attention. Then, in the cultural and political horizon, reconsidering the development and achievement of “Free China” is not only bring us back to the history and literature field, but also be helpful to the development of contemporary literature on the methodology reference. Thus, this paper mainly discussed the following four parts.The first chapter introduces the political and cultural background of “Free China” and its founding process. The next three chapters will discuss based on this chapter.The second chapter is the most important chapter. This chapter focuses on the analysis of literary works from the Arts and Literature Section. This chapter is divided by the time of Nie Hualing took over the Arts and Literature Section, and it has undergone transformation from “anti-communist literature” to serious-literature. Specifically, literary works were very classic, such as priori female fiction, heterogeneity nostalgic writing, feminist prose and scholar prose, modernist poetry, drama and cultural commentary. And it select the authors like Nie Hualing, SiMa Sangdun, Lin Haiyin, Zhang Xiuya, Qi Jun, Wu Luqin and so on. And it analyses their spiritual journey and the meaning of modern and contemporary literature.The third chapter aims to analyze the liberal ideology of “Free China” and the Arts and Literature Section. There is no doubt that the articles promote the development of Taiwan’s liberalism, which published in “Free China” by Hu Shi and Yin Haiguang. In the other hand, Nie Hualing promoted new writers, participated in literary activities, and created literary works. She provided a platform for writers and enriched the connotation of liberalism.The fourth chapter introduces the communication of literary magazines between Taiwan and Hong Kong. Finally, after it has been discontinued, she launched “International Writers Program” in the U.S.A., she developed it into a great cause for global literature enthusiasts.In the conclusion of this article, it points out the meaning of “Free China”: it dares to contend with the centralized system and to strive for freedom of thought and expression; and “Free China” encourages us to consider liberalism’s relationship with China’s reality, crossroad and approach of liberalism intellectual. Especially, the Arts and Literature Section provides first-hand information for our returning to literary field. |
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