Liang Shiqiu was an outright critic of the New Culture Movement and the New Literature, which, in
his opinion, were superfluously emotional and romantic. To alleviate the adverse effects caused by these
movements and reach a balance between intellect and emotion, he engaged in literary activities such as
translating complete works of Shakespeare and creating Yashe Xiaopin. Ironically, six months after the
death of his loyal wife, the 71-year-old literary giant who had dedicated his whole life to opposing
romance and emphasizing moral values fell in love with a singer named Han Jinqing, who was twenty
eight years junior to him. Liang Shiqiu remarried after a year of being romantically involved with Han
Jingqing, even though he was continuously discouraged to do so. Such passionate emotion was
demonstrated in his love letters to Han Jingqing that it is almost difficult to distinguish between Liang
Shiqiu’s writing and those of the writers of the New Literature. Though Liang fervently denounced the
New Literature, which was adapted from American Neo-Humanism and soon brought to the mainstream of
Chinese literature in the 1920s, and tried to establish a restrained and wholesome cultural atmosphere, he
innately possessed a romantic personality. However, unlike more ostentatious forms of romance illustrated
by his contemporaries, Liang’s romance sought to overcome an era of revolutionary romanticism and
construct a new order through the voice of minorities in the literary world. The wholesomeness of his
romance served as the basis of his literary achievements as well as the source of his passion, which led to
ardent love that added another dimension to his work and life.