Writing to Connect Minds: Bing Xin as a Feminist Rhetorician

The article discusses the May Fourth Movement (1919-1925) which reveals the group of modern Chinese women writers in the early twentieth century. It includes the historic mission of enlightenment by essayist Bing Xin who shared her belief in the power of language that can be equally acquired by men or women. It adds that Bing Xin has been relegated as less important writer in the modern Chinese literature histories despite her sigificant literary accomplishments.