The Heavenly Fire Burns in China (Supplement Edition)

Author: Wang Guanquan
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: "The 'Heavenly Fire' Burns in China" is a significant work in the study of 20th-century Chinese intellectual history, focusing on the early introduction of Marxism to China from the late 19th century to the 1930s—the period known as the "Heavenly Fire." The methodology of the book is not to describe history but to verify it with solid historical evidence. Every historical event, figure, or social movement and its organizational conditions mentioned in the book are supported by detailed sources. The breadth of its citations and the depth of its insights provide readers with rich and unique gains. Since its publication in the early 1980s, the book has been highly regarded by scholars both at home and abroad. For this edition, the author has supplemented the work with new discussions based on his research over the past two decades, nearly equal in length to the original and even more substantial in content.