''Ming Pao Monthly'' () is a Chinese-language intellectual journal in

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, covering the humanities, scholarship, culture, politics, and thought in the

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History

''Ming Pao Monthly'' was founded by

Jin Yong Louis Cha Leung-yung (; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (), was a Hong Kong wuxia novelist and co-founder of '' Ming Pao.'' Cha authored 15 novels between 1955 and 1972 and became one of the most pop ...

in 1966, hoping to pass on the torch of

traditional Chinese culture A tradition is a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examp ...

. He recalled: After the founding of ''Ming Pao Monthly'', Jin Yong appointed himself as the editor-in-chief. Later, Hu Juren served as the editor-in-chief for 13 years. In 1991, Pan Yaoming began to take over as the editor-in-chief of ''Ming Pao Monthly''. Starting in the summer of 1967, the journal published the ''Collection of Documents on the Cultural Revolution of the Chinese Communist Party'' (), which consisted of six volumes and contained more than three million words. It also published

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's "My Memoirs". China's earliest

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, such as "Big Blue Fish", "County Magistrate Yin", and "Geng Er in Beijing" written by Chen Ruoxi, were all published in ''Ming Pao Monthly'' in the 1970s. Nie Hualing's "Sang Qing and Tao Hong" was serialized in Taiwan's ''

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'', but was cut short for political reasons. It was also published in full in ''Ming Pao Monthly''. From 2014 to 2018, ''Ming Pao Monthly'' received funding from the

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to add a cultural supplement for totaling 49 issues. From 2022 to 2023, ''Ming Pao Monthly'' received support from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council's to add the ''Ming Yue Bay'' cultural supplement for totaling 12 issues, with the title of the publication written by

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Editorial stance

Different from the daily newspaper ''

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'', ''Ming Pao Monthly'' was endowed with a strong academic nature from the beginning, similar to the mainland China's ''

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'' magazine. ''Ming Pao Monthly'' is not a radical journal with a clear advocacy, which is due to its creed of "independence, freedom, and tolerance". ''Ming Pao Monthly'' has been committed to the long-term exploration of certain academic topics such as

Redology Redology () is the academic study of Cao Xueqin's '' Dream of the Red Chamber'', one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China. There are numerous researchers in this field; most can be divided into four general groups: the first group are the ...

and

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versus Western Medicine. The journal's primary focus is on culture and scholarship; when it comes to politics, it claims to never be a mouthpiece for any party.{{Cite web , title=卌载文化路一轮"明月"光 , url=https://news.sciencenet.cn/sbhtmlnews/2008/10/211971.html , access-date=2024-02-28 , website= ScienceNet

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