Duck_Butterfly

Mandarin Duck and Butterfly Movement
The Mandarin Duck and Butterfly Movement (鸳鸯蝴蝶 yuānyang húdié ) is a label originally used in 1918 to describe love stories in parallel prose, which is an elaborate, rhythmic, and euphamistic style of writing. It became a derogatory term used by members of the May 4th Movement because they believed that these works were socially irresponsible and frivolous. Today, the meaning of the term has been widened to include love stories as well as detective and knight-errant novels. Successful writers of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly Movement include Li Hanqiu, Xu Zhenya, Su Manshu, Bao Tianxiao, and Zhou Shoujuan.

Works Cited:
Xu Xueqing. "The Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School." Literary Societies of Republican China Project. 