Chen moved to his native Anhui province and launched a journal, in the mold of Liang Qichao in Japan. Chen’s Anhui Commong Speech Journal was influenced by the same Social Darwinist ideas running through the work of Yan Fu and Liang Qichao.

At the same time, Chen founded the Anhui Patriotic Society to help stir up patriotism and military zeal among his neighbors.

Issues of the Anhui Common Speech Journal are available online (in Chinese).

The Anhui Common Speech Journal