The first version of the Chinese translation of "Capital" translated by Guo Dali, an alumnus of Daxia University, the lyrics of "March of the Volunteer Army" composed by Tian Han, the Zhaode Monument erected by Guanghua University to thank the trustees for donating land to help students, Chairman Mao Zedong's annotation of Mr. Feng Qi's book "How to Know the World", Academician Chen Jiyu's proposal to the Shanghai Municipal Government for the construction of Pudong Airport, and Mr. Dai Jiaxiang's manuscript of "Jin Wen Da Zidian"... As the 70th anniversary of the founding of East China Normal University approaches, today (October 8), the renovated History Museum of the University is reopened. The above-mentioned precious exhibits were all unveiled in the New School History Museum, many of which were made public for the first time.
The total construction area of the new school history museum is 4,000 square meters, of which the main body covers an area of more than 400 square meters. Through pictures, videos, objects, interactions and other methods, the new museum presents the cultural traditions, achievements and social contributions of East China Normal University in the past 70 years and 142 years since its establishment. The New School History Museum has introduced new ideas in both the way and the content of the exhibition. In the exhibition space, the school history exhibition implements the "1+1 plan", that is, the school history is displayed in the school history hall, and the characters are displayed in the Qunxian Hall.
The University History Museum is a unique cultural space on the university campus, which is the epitome and portrayal of the historical development of the university. The History Museum of East China Normal University is located in the oldest building area of Zhongshan North Road Campus, and forms an organic whole with Qunxian Hall, Dacaoping and SiqunTang built in 1930, forming the historical style area of East China Normal University. In order to welcome the 70th anniversary of the founding of East China Normal University and further inherit the spirit of East China Normal University, two years ago, East China Normal University decided to rebuild the School History Museum, re-plan the school history hall and the Qunxian Hall area, and use the Qunxian Hall as an organic extension of the school history museum.
According to the school, this new school history museum, which took more than a year to build, is an important measure for the school to pay tribute to the sages and masters, inherit the red gene, and strengthen the cultural construction of the university. The school will take the opening of the school history museum to the outside world as an opportunity to continue to make good use of the school history resources, carry forward the cultural traditions, and inherit the spirit of the university.
Shi Ping, a 111-year-old veteran soldier of the New Fourth Army, the former party secretary of East China Normal University, inscribed the name of the museum, and through the unveiling of the cloud, together with Zhang Jishun and Tong Shijun, the former party secretaries of the school, Zhang Ruikun, Wang Jianpan and Yu Lizhong, the former principals of the school, mei Bing, and the principal Qian Xuhong, who were at the opening ceremony, jointly unveiled the new school history museum.
Let's take a look at some of the highlights of the exhibition at the New School History Museum:
Guo Dali's first Chinese the first edition of the complete translation of Capital
In the physical section of Daxia University, the New School History Museum focuses on the first full translation of the first Chinese translated by alumni Guo Dali, "Capital". In 1938, after years of hard work by Guo Dali, an alumnus of Daxia University, the predecessor of East China Normal University, the first full translation of capital Chinese came out.
Capital is hailed as the greatest theoretical work of Marx's life and a brilliant scientific masterpiece in the treasure house of Marxist theory. The complete translation of the Chinese capital greatly promoted the spread of Marxist theory in China, so that this great work of Marx played an important guiding role in the revolution, construction and reform led by the Communist Party of China.
During his time at Daxia University, Guo Dali majored in philosophy and met many progressive people. Especially under the influence of the philosopher Li Shicen, Guo Dali began to contact Marxism and tried to translate Capital. The failure of the first domestic revolution made Guo Dali deeply feel the importance of Marxist theory to the Chinese revolution, and he was determined to translate Marx's important work "Capital" into a complete translation to the Chinese people.
Although Guo Dali's translation of Capital was fraught with hardships and hardships—both the suppression of the Kuomintang authorities, the torment of homelessness, poverty, and disease— and the disaster of the translation being burned in the fire of the Japanese Kou, he completed the translation work against all odds. From August to September 1938, the first full translation of capital translated by Guo Dali and Wang Yanan Chinese was published in Shanghai, and the classic Work of Marxism, Capital, was finally displayed in full form in front of Chinese people.
Donated land to run the school: Guanghua University,"Monument to Mr. Wang Shengsan and Mrs. Fei Peicui Zhaode"
The History Museum of the New School of East China Normal University focuses on the "Monument of Mr. Wang Shengsan and Mrs. Fei Peicui's Wife Zhaode" in the physical part of Guanghua University.
This stele is the earliest historical stele relics found by East China Normal University.
This monument is a memorial pavilion and monument erected on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the founding of Guanghua University, the predecessor of East China Normal University, on June 3, 1930, which was erected in recognition of the donation of the Huxi family field by the three couples of diplomat Wang Shengsan to commemorate the longevity of the school.
The stele is 153 cm high, 66 cm wide and 11 cm thick; the inscription is written by Qian Jibo, a professor of the Department of Chinese Literature of Guanghua University and the father of Qian Zhongshu, and written and sealed by Tong Fei (Zi BoZhang). The inscription is intact, with only a few inscriptions obscured; the stele was originally erected in a pavilion on the campus of Daxi Road of Guanghua University (now Donghua University). In 1937, the "Songhu Anti-Japanese War" broke out, Guanghua University suffered a devastating bombing by the Japanese army, and the monument pavilion, monument and campus building were bombed, and the stone monument was also missing. On May 24, 2019, East China Normal University alumni Guo Tingfang and Zhang Shu donated this monument to the school.
Author: Wu Jinjiao
Editor: Chu Shuting
Photo: Courtesy of East China Normal University