The scalpel is a weapon -- The Story of Bethune

Author: (Canada) Ted Allan, Sedna Gordon
Translator: Wu Ningkun
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Any hero of an era is one who, with astonishing loyalty, determination, courage, and skill, accomplishes the important tasks set before everyone. Norman Bethune was such a hero. He was one of those who helped us gain freedom. His cause and his fame will forever live among us. — Song Qingling
Bethune was a unique Canadian, a unique person, yet he was also shaped by his country and the contemporary world. He was truly a figure of a new Renaissance, driven by the urgent need to experience and enrich all of life. Although Bethune initially gained international fame as a thoracic surgeon, he was also, to varying degrees, a painter, poet, soldier, critic, teacher, orator, inventor, medical writer, and theorist. For Bethune, the Chinese people were like family. He loved the Chinese people sincerely and deeply. May his spirit of dedication and self-sacrifice continue to inspire the great Chinese people. — (Canada) Ted Allan, Sedna Gordon
Half a century ago, Mr. Ba Jin and Ms. Xiao Shan recommended the English original of this biography of Bethune to me. This Canadian friend, in his selfless dedication to supporting the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in China, devoted himself to the cause until the very end, and his heroic deeds deeply moved me. This biography records the entire process of Bethune's growth: Bethune's life was one of continuous exploration and pursuit of truth. He grew as he pursued truth and generously sacrificed for it. The Bethune portrayed in this biography is not a legendary hero of iron will, nor a perfect human being, but an ordinary, flesh-and-blood person. — Wu Ningkun
The author of this biography, Ted Allan, was a close friend of Bethune. With simple and vivid prose, he truthfully narrates the extraordinary and unique life of Bethune. The Bethune depicted by the author is not a legendary hero of iron will, nor a perfect human being, but an ordinary, flesh-and-blood person, and the reading is deeply moving. Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House has revised and reissued this edition, selecting numerous illustrations from recently discovered materials in Canada, presenting Bethune's extraordinary life in a richly illustrated manner, and has also invited the translator to write a new postscript for this edition.