陈铨与一同任职于西南联大和云南大学的好友雷海宗、贺麟、林同济以及何永佶等人创办了《战国策》半月刊,主张在抗战这样的民族存亡的关键时刻,要以“国家至上,民族至上”。而在《战国策》杂志的一众人等中,真正有能力将此“主旨”化为文艺作品的就是陈铨。作为吴宓的爱徒,早在清华读书时陈铨就已显示了自己的文学才能。作为一名戏剧家,陈铨也常用戏剧来思考和表达自己的生活立场。 Chen Quan, together with his friends Lei Haizong, He Lin, Lin Tongji and He Yonglian who worked at the Southwest United University and Yunnan University, founded the semi-monthly Warring States Policy, claiming that at the crucial moment of the nation’s survival such as the War of Resistance, “The supremacy of the country, the nation first”. In the “Warring States magazine” of a crowd, the real ability to translate this “theme” into literary and artistic works is Chen Quan. As Wu Mi’s disciple, Chen Quan had shown his literary talent as early as Tsinghua University. As a dramatist, Chen Quan also often used drama to think and express his own life position.