Secret Societies and the Chinese Democratic Revolution

Author: Zhou Jianchao
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: Research on the relationship between secret societies and democratic revolution, especially the relationship between the Communist Party of China-led New Democratic Revolution and secret societies, has already received attention from academia. However, from a comprehensive perspective, the research remains weak, and to date, there has been no systematic monograph on the subject. Comrade Zhou Jianchao chose "Secret Societies and Chinese Democratic Revolution" as his doctoral thesis topic. Based on extensive collection of archives, documents, and memoirs, guided by historical materialism, and employing theoretical methods of social history research, he conducted an in-depth and systematic study of the relationship between China's democratic revolution since the Xinhai Revolution and secret societies, resulting in a work of over 200,000 words. This is still a pioneering effort in academia. The significance and features of this research are at least as follows: , pioneering. Combining the study of secret societies with the study of democratic revolution can be considered a meaningful new attempt. Second, systematic. Based on existing research on the history of secret societies, this book provides a more comprehensive analysis of the occurrence and development of the democratic revolution. Third, relevance. Using the wisdom gained from historical reflection to identify the essence of problems in contemporary society and seek solutions is a sacred duty of every historian concerned with the fate of the nation.