The Young Companion

*The Young Companion*
	First issue, 15 February 1926, featuring actress Hu Die
Editor-in-Chief	Zhang Yiheng
Former editors	Ma Guoliang; Liang Desuo; Zhou Shoujuan; Wu Liande;
Frequency	Weekly
Founded	1926
First issue	15 February 1926
Final issue	October 1945
Country	China
Based in	Shanghai (Hong Kong and Chongqing during WWII)
Language	Chinese, English

The Young Companion, known as Liángyǒu (Chinese: 良友; pinyin: Liángyǒu; Wade–Giles: Liang-yu) in Chinese, was a pictorial with captions in both Chinese and English, published in Shanghai beginning February 1926.^[1] Although the direct translation of Liangyou is "Good Companion", the magazine bore the English name The Young Companion on the cover.^[2] Called an "iconic magazine" and "a visual shortcut for 'old Shanghai'", the magazine has proven useful in modern times to examine the glamorous side of colonial-era Shanghai.^[2] It may have been the most influential large-scale comprehensive pictorial in the 1920s, at least in Asia. It ceased publication in 1945. There were 174 issues in total, which includes the two special issues not given monthly issue numbers, the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Special Issue and the Eighth Anniversary issue.^[3] Since 1945, it has been repeatedly reestablished, but the impact has not been the same.

The magazine ran a mixture of content, including photography, art, literature and sports.^[1]^[4]

^ ^a ^b "艺志的样式《良友》画报 [translation: Art Style "Friends" Illustrated]". cnarts.net. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b Mo, Yajun (2015). "Liangyou: Kaleidoscopic Modernity and the Shanghai Metropolis, 1926-1945. Edited by Paul G. Pickowicz, Kuiyi Shen, and Yingjin Zhang (Leiden: Brill, 2013) xi, 287 pp. ISBN 9789004245341 [Modern Asian Art and Visual Culture, v. 1]". The Trans-Asia Photography Review. 5 (2). hdl:2027/spo.7977573.0005.209. Volume 5, Issue 2: Vital Signs: Photography and Eco-Activism in Asia, Spring 2015
^ "[trams;atopm"Liangyou·film special issue]". Retrieved 31 July 2018. It was published in Shanghai in February 1926, and was published in October 1941 until the 171st issue. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in October 1945, the 172nd issue was published. In 1926 and 1934, two special editions of "Sun Yat-sen Memorial Special Issue" and "The Eighth Anniversary Magazine" were published. A total of 174 issues were issued.
^ Cunningham, Maura Elizabeth (January 2013). Brill Online Books and Journals, The Modern Girl in Motion: Women and Sports in Liangyou, Overview. Brill. doi:10.1163/9789004263383_006. ISBN 9789004263383. Retrieved 27 June 2018. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

[pictorialexamples-1] "艺志的样式《良友》画报 [translation: Art Style "Friends" Illustrated]". cnarts.net. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

[bookreview-2] Mo, Yajun (2015). "Liangyou: Kaleidoscopic Modernity and the Shanghai Metropolis, 1926-1945. Edited by Paul G. Pickowicz, Kuiyi Shen, and Yingjin Zhang (Leiden: Brill, 2013) xi, 287 pp. ISBN 9789004245341 [Modern Asian Art and Visual Culture, v. 1]". The Trans-Asia Photography Review. 5 (2). hdl:2027/spo.7977573.0005.209. Volume 5, Issue 2: Vital Signs: Photography and Eco-Activism in Asia, Spring 2015

[3] "[trams;atopm"Liangyou·film special issue]". Retrieved 31 July 2018. It was published in Shanghai in February 1926, and was published in October 1941 until the 171st issue. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in October 1945, the 172nd issue was published. In 1926 and 1934, two special editions of "Sun Yat-sen Memorial Special Issue" and "The Eighth Anniversary Magazine" were published. A total of 174 issues were issued.

[brill-4] Cunningham, Maura Elizabeth (January 2013). Brill Online Books and Journals, The Modern Girl in Motion: Women and Sports in Liangyou, Overview. Brill. doi:10.1163/9789004263383_006. ISBN 9789004263383. Retrieved 27 June 2018. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

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