In August 1920, in the "New Printing House" no. 12 Chengyuli in Shanghai, the first full translation of Chinese the communist manifesto translated by Chen Wangdao was officially published. As soon as the thin pamphlet was published, it sold out quickly and was reprinted more than a dozen times in a matter of months. For more than a hundred years, the Communist Manifesto has become the most printed Marxist classic on the mainland Chinese single-line book, known as the "first book of red China".
Tracing the past and present lives of the first Chinese full translation of the Communist Manifesto, the first reportage "Wangdao" in China to systematically and comprehensively examine the "Communist Manifesto" was recently published, created by Xu Jingeng, the winner of the "Five One Project" Book Award of the Central Propaganda Department and a writer, and selected as a special funding project of the National Publishing Fund for "Looking Back at the Centenary of the Founding of the Party" and the 2021 Key Works Support Project of the China Writers Association.
At the online seminar, the industry commented that this excellent realistic theme work with deep roots in the history of the Party, from a small angle, went deep into the roots, from Marx and Engels's "Communist Manifesto", to the founding of the Communist Party of China, and then to the process of Chen Wangdao's translation of the Chinese full translation of the "Communist Manifesto", a panoramic account of the past and present lives of the first Chinese full translation of the "Communist Manifesto", and firmly grasped the main line of translating the "Communist Manifesto", portraying the "hopers" among intellectuals in the early 20th century, and in the "Communist Manifesto" In the process of disseminating the Communist Manifesto, the influence on china's first generation of leaders and the significance brought to the Chinese revolution have strong practical significance in understanding the truth power of Marxism and strengthening Marxist belief in the past.
For example, when writing about the details of the translation process, the book gives an example - thanks to the profound Chinese skills, Chen Wangdao pays attention to the rhythm of rhythm, straightforwardness and vivid image. For example, "the same industry combination, the employed person", he changed to the short "xingdong, domestic worker"; "camp, scum, revolutionary elements", replaced by the image of "camp, warts, revolutionary seeds". In this way, imagination and understanding are greatly enhanced. Some words that were originally abstract and difficult to remember, such as "the revolution in the organs of production, social organization, agriculture", were replaced by concrete and easy to understand "the means of production, the state of society, the agrarian revolution", which was easy to understand and easy to remember. In particular, the concept of "agrarian revolution", after being integrated into the ideas of the Communist Manifesto, made the "Manifesto" like a textbook, and in the later revolutionary practice, it had a direct practical guiding effect, and its influence was extensive and far-reaching.
Talking about the original intention of creation, Xu Jingeng frankly said that the thin pamphlet "The Communist Manifesto" has the power to shake the earth and the earth, ignite a new flame of hope for the Chinese nation that has suffered greatly, directly gave birth to the founding of the Communist Party of China, and nourished generations of Chinese communists. "The title of the book, 'Hope the Way,' is not a noun, but a verb, taking the meaning of the way of seeking truth. Tracing back to the original source and not forgetting the original intention is not only my original intention, but also my attitude towards life. ”
"Wangdao" is of great and far-reaching significance for looking back and summing up the history of party building and struggle, feeling the vicissitudes and great changes witnessed by the "Communist Manifesto," and feeling the arduous and extremely arduous course of struggle, which is of great and far-reaching significance for further studying the history of the development of Marxism and constantly promoting the study and education of party history. Critic Pan Kaixiong believes that the author Xu Jingeng has made great efforts to screen a large number of historical materials, draw his own conclusions through analysis, and complete wonderful reportage works based on the imagination of real history.
Immersed in the ink of history and with a vivid literary pen, "Wangdao" depicts a large number of portraits of benevolent people represented by Chen Wangdao in the context of the world communist movement and the Chinese revolution, truly and delicately showing his search for revolution and his unremitting pursuit of faith, and analyzing the soul-casting and guiding role played by the Chinese version of the "Communist Manifesto" on the birth of the Communist Party of China and the victory of the Chinese revolution from multiple angles. In the view of Bao Hongjun, chairman of Zhejiang Publishing United Group, "Wangdao" makes people deeply feel the power of faith, the light of ideals, the difficulty of mission, and the key to responsibility, and the author shows the ability to examine historical materials, ideological and theoretical background, and literary creation skills. Wu Shulin, chairman of the China Publishing Association, believes that the plot of "Wangdao" is touching, the party history has been deeply excavated, and the difficult theory and vivid stories have been organically combined and explored, which has strong practical significance.
"This is a red memory, but also a national memory, a national memory." Li Chaoquan, vice president of the China Reportage Literature Society, believes that this documentary work that organically combines history, records, and biographies has made a true and objective record of the creation, dissemination, translation, and influence of the Communist Manifesto.
Reportage has the ability to enter the depths of party history, has the ability to grasp the regularity of party history, and embodies ideological skills and solid theoretical foundations behind insights. Shi Zhanjun, editor-in-chief of "People's Literature", summarized the characteristics of "Wangdao" - it established a grand historical outlook, which is of great significance to communists; its academic skills and cognitive ability are impressive; and the writer's attitude and feelings are admirable. He Xiangyang, director of the Innovation and Research Department of the China Writers Association, believes that the author writes himself as a member of the "Hopes" in the new era, and his writing is research-style and in-depth life, and it is worth affirming that he writes in the grand historical process and background.
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Editor-in-Charge: Fan Xin
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