瞿秋白
While at Yenching University, Xu Dishan was an active part of the May the Fourth Movement and the New Culture Movement; he participated by attending meetings and organizing conversations with his fellow students. Xu Dishan, Qu Qiubai, and Zheng Zhenduo edited "Xin shihue xunkan ("New Society Thrice Monthly), a journal that was in publication from November 1919 to May 1920. In 1921, Xu Dishan, Zheng Zhenduo, Mao Dun, and Ye Shaojun founded the literary society "Wenxue yanjiu hui" (Literary Research Association)"." Also in 1921, Xu Dishan and Zheng Zhenduo established the "Taige'er yanjiu hui" (Tagore Research Society), which operated as a subsidiary of the Literary Research Association. Among other duties, the Literary Research Association was responsible for editing "Xiaoshuo yuebao" (Fiction Monthly), the magazine in which Xu Dishan published his first short stories. Xu Dishan published his writing under the pen name Luo Huasheng.