Li Jinxi

He participated in the China Alliance Committee in his early years and launched the Jiusan Society in 1946.

[2] After his graduation, he took the editor of Changsha Daily (长沙日报),[2] and in the same year, he joined the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance led by Sun Yat-sen.

He chose Journey to the West as the text when compiling the teaching materials, to the surprise of the educational circles.

[3] Li Jinxi studied modern Chinese grammar theory, and advocated the Mandarin revolution.

This book, the summary of his long years’ Chinese teaching experience, was applied to the high school education, so it produced a lasting effect on student generations in China from 1920s through 1950s.

When Li Jinxi devoted himself in proceeding the reform of Mandarin, he especially focused on promoting the alphabetic writing invented by Zhang Binglin and advocated by Wu Zhihui, for adult literacy project (扫盲运动) and children literacy education.

He often asked Mao Zedong and other students to help transcribe manuscripts in order to get a certain reward.

Decades later, Li Jinxi said, "When I was starting newspapers in Hunan, three young people helped transcribe manuscripts.

Mao Zedong used to visit Li Jinxi’s home and engage in fruitful discussions.

Later, because of security reasons, Mao Zedong had to invite Li Jinxi to Zhongnanhai, and conversed about education and language reform.