 Ye was also an editor in PuShe (樸社, 1923).In 1921, Ye, Mao Dun and Zheng Zhenduo founded the earliest literary society of the New Literature Movement, the "Wenxue Yanjiu Hui", (文學研究會 "Association for Literary Studies"), advocating realism art but rejecting the principle “Art is for Art's Sake”.In 1936, Ye, Mao Dun and Hong Shen () established the "Chinese Literature and Art Society" ("Zhongguo Wenyi jia Xiehui" 中國文藝家協會).