Rains and Storms in a Lifetime Yang Hansheng (Book 2 of "Ba-Shu Culture Introducing to Households")

Author: Xu Zhifu
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Among the modern and contemporary cultural figures in China, Yang Hansheng is highly typical and legendary. His life's experiences can be said to be a miniature of the history of modern and contemporary revolutions and literature. The "two weapons" of revolution: the gun and the pen—he wielded both! He actively participated in many of the most famous events during the major revolutionary periods, such as the Chengdu student movement, the Shanghai "May Fourth" Movement, the struggles at the Whampoa Military Academy, the Northern Expedition, the Nanchang Uprising, initiating the left-wing literary movement, opposing the cultural "encirclement" by the Guomindang reactionaries, establishing the "Third Department" and the "Literary Workers' Union," preparing for the st National Literary Congress, and organizing the Fourth Literary Congress, among others. In some of these events, he was even the primary organizer and leader. This book mainly introduces his life's journey, including the early stages of self-discovery, joining the revolution and fighting north and south, and the relentless struggles while under house arrest in Nanjing.