Li Dazhao and Modern Chinese Scholarship

Author: Wu Hanquan
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Publish Date: 2002-11-01
Features: Li Dazhao is a key figure in the study of the history of the Communist Party of China and the field of modern Chinese history. Scholars from China and abroad have made significant achievements after years of effort. However, few have systematically and comprehensively examined Li Dazhao as a scholar from the perspective of the history of modern Chinese academic development. Conducting a specific and in-depth study of Li Dazhao's explorations in various academic fields, showcasing the richness and depth of his academic thought, analyzing the relationship between Li Dazhao's academic thought and modern Chinese academia, and thereby scientifically evaluating his position in the history of modern Chinese academic development would undoubtedly represent a profound breakthrough in Li Dazhao studies, holding academic significance. The pioneering of Chinese Marxist aesthetics was an inevitable development in the progress of Chinese academia after the spread of Marxism in China during the May Fourth Movement. Under the influence of the October Revolution, Li Dazhao elaborated on the idea that labor creates beauty. In the process of spreading Marxism, he not only introduced Marxist aesthetic principles but also introduced Western aesthetic thought to China. Based on Marxist aesthetic theory, he made fruitful explorations in numerous fields of aesthetics. Li Dazhao was the pioneer of Chinese Marxist aesthetics.