Lí Shū: Collected Works Outside the Collection

Author: Xu Zongmian / Huang Chunsheng (editors)
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Publishing Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This collection includes the posthumous manuscripts of Li She, which promotes ideological liberation and is essential for understanding and researching Li She. The majority of the texts included are not found in Li She's previously published works. Most of these writings were written after 1978, with over half of them never published before. This was primarily due to their content being considered "sensitive" at the time, making it difficult for them to be accepted by newspapers and magazines. Some were also internal opinions that were not yet suitable or necessary to be shared publicly. These two types of texts discuss issues that are quite important or even quite sharp, making them particularly valuable for studying Li She's thought.
Li She (1912-1988) was a native of Liling, Hunan. He joined the revolution in 1925 and the Communist Party of China in 1936. He graduated from the Business Department of the Peking University Law and Business College. Between 1937 and 1949, he served as the editor-in-chief of the Observation Daily and Kaiming Daily, the manager of the International News Agency, the chief writer of the Huaxi Evening News, the editor-in-chief of the Wen Cui weekly, the editor-in-chief of the Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong, and the editor of the Huashang Daily. From 1950 to 1988, he held positions such as the director of the Newspaper and Publishing Departments of the Central Propaganda Department, the director of the Reference Room, the head of the History Group of the Central Party School's Research Institute, the deputy director of the Institute of Modern History at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the editor-in-chief of the Historical Research. He conducted in-depth research and offered insightful views on Marxist theory, Chinese feudalism, the political and cultural history of modern China, and the historical role of the masses. His works include Chinese Politics Before and After the Xinhai Revolution, Marxism and Chinese Revolution, Further Reflections, On the Creation of History and Other Essays, Selected Works of Li She, and Early Years.
Li She was a renowned thinker, theorist, and historian of China. He dedicated his life to pursuing truth and contributed significantly to the development of social sciences in China. Although Li She passed away 15 years ago, research on his life and thought remains vigorous in the academic and theoretical community. The texts included in this collection are mostly unpublished, profound in thought, and unique in perspective, with some discussions being quite important or even quite sharp. Target Audience: Students and faculty in literature and history, theoretical publicity workers.