Pu Xiuxiu(This life is boundless and vast)

Author: Yuan Donglin
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: Pu Xixiu, the second older sister of Peng Dehuai's wife Pu Anxiu, was an "outstanding people's journalist." In her youth, she advocated women's liberation and pursued independent, fearless of oppression, and dared to expose the truth. She was severely beaten by secret agents, arrested, and nearly lost her life. After the liberation, she wrote extensively about the new society and its new appearance with great enthusiasm. During the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, Mao Zedong praised her as a "journalist who had been in prison." During the Cultural Revolution, however, she was involved in political turmoil due to personal connections. This book was written by her daughter Yuan Donglin, describing her vibrant yet tragic life. It is a character biography book that highlights historical photographs and visual materials. Set against the backdrop of Pu Xixiu's life, it selects life fragments that best showcase her character and fate. The text is concise, the images are rich, and each life scene, portrait, and page of manuscript is accompanied by her own accounts, others' evaluations, lively captions, offering a richer and more unique experience than typical textual descriptions, more engaging and inspiring the reader's imagination. Readers can gain a multi-layered, multi-faceted understanding of Pu Xixiu's life.