Intersecting minds: the impact of Tagore’s writings on Bing Xin’s exploration of love as a means to address China’s societal challenges

Abstract

Bing Xin, originally named Xie Wanying 谢婉莹, was a prominent figure in the field of modern Chinese literature. She made substantial contributions to the literary world from 1919 until her death at the age of 99. Over the course of her professional life, she created several outstanding pieces, devoting her energy to enhancing the Chinese literary domain. The viewers lauded the user's imaginative creations, including fiction, prose, and poetry. Bing Xin is widely recognised as a key pioneer and leading figure of the May Fourth Movement of the New Culture Movement among modern Chinese women writers and translators. In Bing Xin's writing, the phrase "love" is prominently present, setting it apart from the works of other May Fourth intellectuals. She showcases her distinctive voice and discerning attributes via a literary approach that is both evocative of the past and also advocates for women's rights. Bing Xin's literary translation exemplifies femininity and global perspective by using antipatriarchal ideology and inventive literary language. The poetry volumes Fanxing and Chunshui by Bing Xin seem to have been directly inspired by Rabindranath Tagore's poetry collection Stray Birds. Nonetheless, Fanxing and Chunshui are the product of both adoration and adoption, as well as the process of reinterpreting and innovating.