Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t11.2

v2.c15.s2.t11.2

**Life** Su Xuelin was a descendent of Su Zhe, a renowned writer of the Northern Song Dynasty. When she was a little girl, she attended a private school and was never seen without a book in hand. In 1915, she went to Anqing to study at the Provincial Primary Normal School for Women. She was good at poetry and painting, and read all kinds of books, both ancient and modern, both Chinese and foreign. In 1919, she left Anqing for Beijing to study at Department of Chinese of the Beijing Advance Normal College for Women and under the supervision of great masters such as Hu Shi. Lu Yin, Feng Yuanjun and Shi Pingmei were her classmates. She published articles on ‘Xuedeng’ (a supplement of *Shishi Xinbao*), Xuehui (a supplement of *Guofeng Ribao*) and Fujuan (a supplement of *Chenbao*) which debated on social