Abstract
At the turn of the 20th Century, Chinese international and domestic situation were both considered catastrophic. Active educated part of the society was disappointed by slow modernisation and weakness of the Chinese state.
It was nevertheless no longer only state bureaucrats and educated elite, who felt obliged to address this situation, other members of the society felt the urge to be politically and socially active too: One of the most interesting and famous members of this newly emerged active group is undoubtedly revolutionary and feminist Qiu Jin (1875-1907). She was well educated daughter from a prosperous family; her fate was later deeply affected by unhappy marriage.
It was this personal experience, which motivated her to escape from the traditional social role of mother and wife and became politically and socially active. During her studies in Japan, she became a fervent revolutionary and proponent of women's rights and emancipation.
Her main goal was to safe China and to change the role of women in modern society. In Qiu Jin's eyes, it was possible to safe China only through liberation of women.
She wrote journal articles, gave lectures and taught lessons in schools for women. This short presentation is focusing on her newspaper work dated between 1904 and 1907.
In these writings she tried to awake her fellow compatriots, mainly women, to elevate patriotic emotions and interest for the national affairs. We are focusing not only on her patriotic demands and ideas, but on the language used in these articles as well.