bstract:InherworkswrittenduringtheMay4Movement,FengYuanjun,afemalewriterofnewlitera—ture,whohascontributedthreenovelanthologies--HenandJ/e日“——focusesontheheroine’Spainduetoherhesitation,indecisionandstrugglebetweenherparent-childloveandloveforlovers.Thedestinyoftheheroine’Spainfulstrugglein“love’’isconsistentwiththeconflictbetweentheauthoress’rebellionundertheimpactofnewideasandherconversionbecauseofherloveforhermother.ThevacillationbetweenrebellionandattachmentreflectsexactlytheplightoffemaleintellectualsoftheMay4Movementwhohavejustmadeanappear—anceinsocietyintheperiodoftransition.JudgedfromthesecondandthethirdsectionsofherTaoSha,itisra—tionalandinevitablethatFengYuanjunshoulddepictherpainof“love”inahighlyautobiographicmanner.Keywords:anti—tradition;tradition;FengYuanjun;thepainof“love”42