Abstract: Xiangjiang Review is a weekly magazine of commenting current affairs started by young Mao Zedong influenced by the contemporary bourgeois scholars, by using periodicals to discuss the politics raised by the progressive intellectuals of the New Culture Movement and by the historical linguistic context of the literary revolution. In contents, Xiangjiang Review firstly inherited the notion and tradition of being concerned about the country and the people and brightening the time, then held high the banners of democracy and science and criticized imperialism, feudalism by enlightening peoples witness and propagandizing revolution. In formality, Xiangjiang Review not only adopted vernacular, but also took the example of new method in editing New Youth and Weekly Review.

Key words: Mao Zedong, Xiangjiang Review, discussing politics by using periodicals, literary revolution