英文摘要 |
The May Fourth Movement saw rumors that two Peking University students, Fu Sinian and Luo Jialun, had been bribed by the Anfu Group to organize the resumption of classes, resulting in their expulsion from the Beijing Federation of Students. The rumor essentially originated from within the student association. Zhu Yi’e, a student at Peking University, had a personal grudge against Fu and Luo. His plans to go south as a student representative were repeatedly blocked by Fu and Luo. When he read the Beijing Daily’s report that the Anfu Group had invited students to organize a meeting to encourage the resumption of classes, he decided to frame Fu and Luo. The rumor then spread to Shanghai through the cooperation of Zhang Houzai and Xu Lingxiao. Fu and Luo, by virtue of their key positions in the Federation and their close ties with the Research Clique, used the name of the Beijing Federation to defend themselves and asked teachers and students at Peking University who knew them well, as well as figures in the Shanghai press, to clarify the matter, and even instructed others to spread false information about Zhu Yi’e. In the subsequent historical memory, Zhu, a great leader of the May Fourth Movement, gradually disappeared, while Fu and Luo became known as student leaders. The rumor about Fu and Luo was rooted in their cautious attitude towards the student strike. Later on, they called on students to stay out of politics and do their best in the “cultural movement” in an attempt to curb the student movement. However, there was already a tension between the cultural movement and the student movement, and students were given the new roles of “student politicians” and “student journalists” as they continued to intervene in social affairs and became the targets of political parties, thus torn between their studies and saving the country. The dispute between students’ personalities, the new faction and the old faction, the student strike and Resumption of Classes, and the partisanship were reflected in this disinformation affair. |