He is recognized as the first and only person to translate the Communist Manifesto into Chinese completely so far.

He found a job teaching Chinese literature at then Chekiang Provincial No.1 Normal School.

Meantime, Chen spread the New Culture with colleagues whose passions coincided with his own.

Thereafter, he assented to the request of Dai Jitao to translate the Communist Manifesto.

Later, he set up a group on the communist campaign in Shanghai, together with Chen Duxiu, Li Hanjun et al.