Touchstone of History: New Exploration of Modern Chinese Figures

Author: Yuan Xiaolun
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Reading history is like touching an elephant; the fruits of exploring history are the imprints of touching the elephant, basically the reflections of reading. It is like the blind men describing the elephant, as long as what they say is true, it is valuable and irreplaceable. For example, the interpretation of Chen Shouchong's 1948 letter to Ma Xulun, Huang Yanpei's three late-life topics, examining Liu Yazi's late-life political views from The Sword Polishing Room Literary Records, understanding Ye Jianying in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China from his documents, reading Ye Jianying's Passing the Wutai Mountain and the history of land reform in northern Shanxi, the contradictions in the wartime Hong Kong literary circle and Zhou Enlai's attitude, Qiao Guanhua's in wartime Hong Kong, Yu Guangyuan's youthful footsteps left in Lingnan, the reasons for Xiao Qian's northward journey, whether the Guangzhou defenders in 1938 collaborated with the enemy, Li Chunqing's Fifty Years of Writing and Japanese issue research, and more. This book explores modern Chinese figures, sorts out historical storms, and strives for objectivity and truthfulness.