The scene of the seminar was photographed by Wang Jiguo
Beijing, April 25 (China News Network) -- Xu Jingeng's online seminar on long-form reportage "Wangdao" was held in Beijing on 24 April, which gave a panoramic account of the past and present lives of the first Chinese of the "Communist Manifesto" published in full translation.
"Wangdao" is the latest long-form reportage created by Xu Jingeng, winner of the "Five One Project" Award of the Central Propaganda Department, the Lu Xun Literature Award, and the Xu Chi Reportage Award, and was launched by Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House in December 2021. This book is the first reportage work in China to systematically and comprehensively examine the Communist Manifesto, which tells a panoramic account of the past and present lives of the first Chinese full translation of the Communist Manifesto, and firmly grasps the main line of translating the Communist Manifesto, portrays the "hopers" among intellectuals in the early twentieth century, and the influence on the first generation of leaders of the Communist Party of China and the significance brought to the Chinese revolution in the process of dissemination of the Communist Manifesto.
"Wangdao" book cover Courtesy of Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House
Wu Shulin, chairman of the Seventh Council of the Publishers Association of China and former deputy director of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, Shi Zhanjun, secretary of the Secretariat of the China Writers Association and editor-in-chief of "People's Literature"; Li Gao, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Zhejiang Provincial CPC Committee and director of the Information Office of the Provincial Government; Bao Hongjun, secretary of the party committee, chairman of the board, and president of the Zhejiang Publishing United Group; and Xu Fang, executive deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Ningbo Municipal CPC Committee, attended and delivered speeches.
Experts and scholars such as Bai Ye, Chen Tao, Cheng Shaowu, Fu Yichen, He Xiangyang, Hu Jun, Huang Chuanhui, and Li Bingyin attended the seminar.
Experts unanimously held that "Wangdao" stood at the ideological height of the great historical view, through clear sorting, made an in-depth comparison between the changes in the world situation and China's reality, examined the Chinese revolution in the overall pattern of the world revolution, and refined the theme and intention of the work; the writer consulted a wealth of materials, and on the basis of respecting historical facts, wrote the high passion of the times, the clear political viewpoint, and the firm critical stand of the "Communist Manifesto.". The powerful ideological appeal and the great spiritual force that changes the oppressed fate of the world proletariat; the whole book is full of thick historical ink, and it also has a vivid literary pen, depicting a large number of benevolent people represented by Chen Wangdao, with different gods, very different temperaments and temperaments, and vivid life, and better handles the relationship between the journalistic and literary nature of reportage literature, and reads it simply, naturally, smoothly and vividly.
Xu Jingeng said that the original intention of the creation was to write Chen Wangdao, and after repeated deliberation, he decided to write "Wangdao". This is because Chen Wangdao is the translator of the Communist Manifesto, not the author of the Communist Manifesto. Between the author and the translator, there is a long time tunnel, from west to east, rugged and rugged, and dangerous. A large number of aspirants, holding high this torch, have the ambition for change, look after the way of truth, and grope in the darkness. Chen Wangdao is one of the torch bearers, he is not alone, there are a number of "Wangdao" around him.
It is reported that since its listing, "Wangdao" has been well received by literary circles, publishing circles, readers and friends, and has been selected as a special funding project of the National Publishing Fund for "Looking Back at the Centenary of the Founding of the Party", a key work support project of the China Writers Association in 2021, a key publishing planning project of the "14th Five-Year Plan" of Zhejiang Province, and a theme publishing project of the Zhejiang Culture and Art Development Fund in 2021. (End)