Analysis Of Qu Qiubai The Student Revolutionaries Of The Spiritual Journey

In the history of China, Qu Qiubai is both a litterateur and a revolutionist. His double roles and double characters in himself finally leads to the inside tragedy in his life. The article tries to studies his spiritual progress.Qu Qiubai's spiritual resource comes from two parts: one is the Chinese traditional culture, dominated by Confucianism and contains both Taoism and Buddhism, the other one is Marxism. The two spirits come into one in him, embodied in every part of his life. He tried to combine Buddhism with Marxism. On the other hand, Taoism and Buddhism's essence, to stand aloof from worldly affairs, affects him a lot, and contributes to his double character.Qu Qiubai's culture thought and aesthetics also shows a kind of conflict, symbolized by the connection between literature and prolegomenon. His thought put great emphasis on politics and the popularity of literature. This finally leads to the view of new realistic literature, setting a stable basis for the literature thought of Mao Zedong. But this has gone too far from the inside idea of beauty in his mind and this is showed in his creation.Qu Qiubai's life is turned from literature to politics. This has something to do with the political influence on intellectuals. After the May Fourth Campaign, most intellectuals realize their political dream by propaganda instead of doing their own job well. So it is decided by the trend that Qu Qiubai turned to politics for help and it is surely a pity.Self — talk is the song of swan by Qu Qiubai. It is valuable in evaluating Qu Qiubai' s mind and based on the insight into his own mind. Its special style of writing clearly described the writer's disappointment with the lofty dream of politics and set up a moving figure of sincerity and magnanimousness.