The publication also explained the origin of the name "Wenxing":

"As for the name 'Wenxing', it is because it has always been said that it is the star in charge of literary fortune, also known as "Wen Changxing". Du Fu's poem has the line: "The north wind follows the cool breeze, and the south fights against the Wenxing". There is also a god who is equivalent to the Chinese Wenxing in Greek mythology, named Apollo. It is said that he was a beautiful young man and was in charge of poetry. and music, that is, the god in charge of literature and art. We are going to take more responsibility in literature and art, so we collected Chinese and Western mythological stories to decide on this name."

As for the concept of "doing things without following rules", the editor means running this magazine without following rules. Because "Wenxing" has neither the backing of an official organization nor special financial support, it is a purely private and independent publication without color. Therefore, the editor said: "Those great people who made history, if everyone played according to the rules, there would not be so many great achievements." In the same way, if the management of "Wenxing" does not break away from the worldly conventions, it will There will be no innovation and development. In the first four years after the founding of "Literary Star" magazine (November 1957-October 1961, that is, the first to the 48th issue), it was in its budding and vigorous period. In the first and second years of "Literary Star" magazine "In its embryonic period, Wenxing tried not to touch the taboos of speech at that time, so it was quite restrained in the selection of manuscripts and devoted more to the introduction of literary creation and translation of Western literature (Lin Haiyin, Yu Lihua, Shaoxian, Yu Guangzhong , Xia Jing and other young writers have published works), but the length of the discussion text is relatively small. Comments on current affairs are mostly published in the form of submissions from readers, and there are many good articles criticizing current affairs. In the 3rd and 4th years of the growth period of "Wenxing", after the editorial policy of the 25th issue was changed from "life, literature, art" to "ideology, life, art", relevant ideological and academic treatises The number of articles gradually increased, clearly emphasizing ideological appeals. Remove "literary" and replace it with "ideological". The editor's explanation is to combine "literary" with art and life, so the proportion of "ideological" is strengthened, and "discussion of ideas" will be outside life and art. main editorial policy. As far as the cover design represents the appearance of the magazine, most of the cover characters of each issue of "Wenxing" have news value or contemporary significance. They include outstanding figures in literature, politics, philosophy, science, music... and other fields, and are accompanied by "cover character introductions", which is quite original. The cover characters selected by "Wenxing" are mainly "existing, first-rate, and not familiar to readers, and can match the news." The cover characters of "Wenxing" in the first four years were from the United States and the United Kingdom. Most of them are Chinese, including Hemingway, Somerset Maugham, Camus, Ivar Andrek, Pearl Buck (literary writer), Russell (philosopher), etc. There is only one Chinese, Mei Yiqi, and no other Asians. "Show your face". From this, we can see that the basic tendency of "Wenxing" has long been more towards Westernization, modernization, and not advocating tradition (but not yet anti-traditional) psychological factors. It can be seen that Xiao Mengneng and his wife have slightly different concepts in running "Wenxing Bookstore" and running "Wenxing" monthly magazine. This can be seen from the following appendix "100 Types of Wenxing Collection, First Series" reprinted by "Wenxing Bookstore" in the world's ancient and modern academic classics From a glance, in addition to the British and Americans, there are also many Asians. For example, the Chinese include Du Dingyou, Yuan Hongdao, Qian Jibo (literary), Zhu Guiyao, Jiang Xichang, Wang Chong, Xie Wuliang, Li Jiannong, Jiang Baili, Liu Haisu (Painter), Wang Guowei (Chinese Studies), Huang Kan (Chinese Studies), Wu Mei, Fu Zhenlun, Wang Fuzhi, Huang Xianfan (historian), Meng Sen (historian), Wu Yong, Zhang Xiaoruo, Rong Hong, Guo Dengfeng, etc. , as many as 50 people; the Japanese include Hattori Unoyoshi (psychologist), Yoshimatsu Toramachi, and Hashida Kunihiko (medical scientist); the Indians include Gandhi (politician). All these reflect that the Xiao Mengneng couple's philosophy of running "Wenxing Bookstore" focuses on promoting world academics and culture, and their philosophy of running "Wenxing" monthly magazine is obviously more reflected in advocating Westernization. This concept was further carried forward with the joining of Li Ao in 1961.

The "government" advocates appointing talents every day, but there is "no reasonable voting method"; it advocates "no need to hide it from yourself", but "there are more profiteers hoarding things than anyone else". He even said, "You are old. You have fought this battle, won, lost, and abandoned this battle." He asked "Master, please stop stumbling and get out of the way." He openly challenged the Kuomintang's ruling authority. , want the Kuomintang to step down. Li Ao also criticized some KMT dignitaries and celebrities by name, including Zhang Qiyun, Chen Lifu, Tao Xisheng, Hu Qiuyuan, Ren Zhuoyi, Zheng Xuejia, Qian Mu, Mou Zongsan, etc., which caused great shock in Taiwan society.

In response to Li Ao’s fierce criticism, Hu Qiuyuan, Ren Zhuojia, Zheng Xuejia and other named persons felt that their reputation and personality had been greatly humiliated, so they also wrote articles and counterattacked in the magazine "Wenxing". This started a lively debate. Among them, the debate between Li Ao and Hu Qiuyuan was the most intense. After the literary star ended in the 1960s, Xiao Mengneng switched careers and tried his hand at real estate. At that time, Xiao Mengneng, Zhu Wanjian, and Li Ao were called the "Iron Triangle of Literary Stars." Unexpectedly, the "Iron Triangle of Literary Stars" later became entangled in lawsuits and met behind bars. In desperation, Xiao Mengneng avoided overseas. In 1987, Xiao Mengneng settled in the United States. In July 2001, Xiao Mengneng went to Shanghai. On July 23, 2004, Xiao Mengneng died in Shanghai due to cardiopulmonary failure.

Xiao Mengneng is a princeling of the Kuomintang. His father, Xiao Tongzi, has been the president of the Kuomintang's "Central News Agency" since 1932 and is known as "Mr. Xiao".