Red Army Long March Chronicle

Author: Ding Ling
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Publishing Date: 2006-09-01
Features: A book of cultural-historical value, a book of military-historical value, a book of historical documentary value, and a book of literary-historical value! A book that records the Long March of the Chinese Red Army! The style of this book is plain and unadorned, yet the language is exceptionally vivid. The works in the book are concise and refined, with no superfluous brushstrokes. A few words can outline a character who embodies both spirit and form, shaping a vivid and colorful personality. This is an epitome of the spirit of a nation, and the beginning of a military force's transformation from weakness to strength! After 60 years, its mystery has been unveiled. The Red Army Long March Chronicle was edited by Ding Ling in February 1937 and originally titled Twenty-Five Thousand Li. Due to the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan and other reasons, it was not until 1942 that the General Political Department renamed it The Red Army Long March Chronicle and printed it for internal reference. It is now rare to find. In 2002, the Harvard-Yenching Library at Harvard University discovered a rare copy of The Red Army Long March Chronicle signed by Zhu De and gifted to the renowned journalist Edgar Snow, drawing widespread attention. The Red Army Long March Chronicle is an extremely valuable book and the earliest, most authentic, and culturally distinctive documentary literary work in the history of our Party and army. The Long March changed Mao Zedong, and Mao Zedong changed the Red Army and the entire China. In the spring of 1936, the Shanghai North China Daily News wrote about the Long March, saying: The Red Army's long journey across half of China is a great epic, but only after this book was written did it gain value. This imperialist-backed media outlet broke the norm by acclaiming the Red Army's miracles while mockingly dismissing its "rough and uncultured" nature. Therefore, as soon as the Red Army reached northern Shaanxi, Mao Zedong instructed Yang Shangkun to establish an editorial committee in the General Political Department and personally drafted a call for contributions, urging officers and commanders who had participated in the Long March to write "selective and engaging excerpts" from their "combat experiences, local customs, and extraordinary anecdotes." The Red Army Long March Chronicle not only demonstrates that Mao Zedong's political character originates from a cultural matrix but also proves that the Red Army was a force capable of both literary and martial prowess. The Long March was unprecedented in history and will forever be recorded in military history. From the perspective of literary creation, The Red Army Long March Chronicle was a product of the first great liberation of literary thought in China's Red Revolution and a liberation of humanistic thought. The style of this book is plain and unadorned, yet the language is exceptionally vivid. The works in the book are concise and refined, with no superfluous brushstrokes. A few words can outline a character who embodies both spirit and form, shaping a vivid and colorful personality. The Red Army Long March Chronicle has been rediscovered, and its cultural-historical value, military-historical value, historical documentary value, and literary-historical value will attract attention and discussion. In the life of a book, the most important moment is undoubtedly how it is received when it reaches the hands of readers. May this book, like the previously published Before the Westward March, Westward March, Continuation of the Westward March, and Northward March, be favored by a wide readership. A book of cultural-historical value, a book of military-historical value, a book of historical documentary value, and a book of literary-historical value! A book that records the Long March of the Chinese Red Army! The style of this book is plain and unadorned, yet the language is exceptionally vivid. The works in the book are concise and refined, with no superfluous brushstrokes. A few words can outline a character who embodies both spirit and form, shaping a vivid and colorful personality. This is an epitome of the spirit of a nation, and the beginning of a military force's transformation from weakness to strength! After 60 years, its mystery has been unveiled. The Red Army Long March Chronicle was edited by Ding Ling in February 1937 and originally titled Twenty-Five Thousand Li. Due to the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan and other reasons, it was not until 1942 that the General Political Department renamed it The Red Army Long March Chronicle and printed it for internal reference. It is now rare to find. In 2002, the Harvard-Yenching Library at Harvard University discovered a rare copy of The Red Army Long March Chronicle signed by Zhu De and gifted to the renowned journalist Edgar Snow, drawing widespread attention. The Red Army Long March Chronicle is an extremely valuable book and the earliest, most authentic, and culturally distinctive documentary literary work in the history of our Party and army. The Long March changed Mao Zedong, and Mao Zedong changed the Red Army and the entire China.