On this day, 107 years ago, on May 2, 1918 (March 22, 1918, the poet monk Su Manshu died early. On May 2, 1918, the poet monk Su Manshu died of illness in Shanghai. Su Manshu's name was Xuanying, also known as Zigu, and later became a monk, with the Buddhist name Manshu. At the age of 15, he traveled east to Japan with his cousin to study and participated in revolutionary activities organized by Chen Tianhua and others. After returning to China, he served as a compilation of Shanghai's "Republic of China Daily", making friends with Chen Duxiu, Zhang Binglin, Liu Yazi and others, and participating in Nanshe. After becoming a monk, you cannot forget about the world and live a half-monk and half-secular life. Su Manshu is good at painting and is proficient in English, French, Japanese and Buddhist languages. He is especially good at seven romantic poems, with a melancholy style and is known for its purity and ease. He has written 6 love novels, pioneering the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School. His autobiographical novel "The Story of Duan Hongling and Lingyan" was very popular. He also translated the works of Shakespeare, Byron, and Shelley, and introduced the poems of Li Bai, Du Fu, and Li He to foreign countries. Due to long-term addiction to alcohol and gluttony and feigned madness to play the world, he died of illness in Shanghai.