Abstract：The suicide of Liu Lian-bin, a female student from Sichuan, aroused the widespread attention in society in 1923. Her fellow natives from Sichuan took action to build highly efficient networks centered on Shanghai to show solidarity. Media followed their action and reported continuously. At the time against the background of women's liberation movement, different people saw Liu's suicide differently. People who were influenced by the New Cultural Movement regarded Liu Lian-bin a feminist movement representative. However, the majority of her fellow Sichuan villagers actually described her as a female martyr who died for esteeming her chastity. Another noteworthy aspect of the incident was the identity of her murderer, He Kang, a university professor, an intellectual who had crossed the border of morality. His crime had not only undermined the image of intellectuals but also left room for the public to question the motives of "new cultural personages" in their promotion of women's liberation.
周宁. 同乡、媒体和新女性——刘廉彬自杀案再审视[J]. 妇女研究论丛, 2011, 0(2): 64-73.
ZHOU Ning. Fellow Natives, the Media and the New Women: Reexamining the Case of Liu Lian-bin's Suicide. , 2011, 0(2): 64-73.
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