Complaint letter

Author: Zhang Binglin
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Publish Date: 2002-01-05
Features: Introduction
"The Book of Grievances" (Revised Edition) is an academic and political essay collection written by the bourgeois revolutionary and thinker Zhang Binglin in his early years. The main content explores the essence of Chinese studies, elaborates on ideological insights, promotes anti-Qing revolution, and advocates social reform. The author explains that the meaning of "The Book of Grievances" is "urgent words spoken in dire circumstances," indicating the urgent need for words in a impoverished and pressing social environment. Therefore, "The Book of Grievances" primarily addresses the modern Chinese national conditions and current situation, aiming to awaken the urgency and sense of crisis among the Chinese people to save the nation from peril. The publication of "The Book of Grievances" provided the historical basis and practical theoretical weapons for the bourgeois democratic revolutionary faction in China, and was hailed as "fighting essays" during the period of old bourgeois democracy revolution in China.