Hu Qiaojiu Collection (Volume 2)

Author: Editorial Committee of the Collected Works of Hu Qiaojiu
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Publishing Date: 1995-09-01
Features: When the second volume of the Collected Works of Hu Qiaojiu was handed over for typesetting, Comrade Hu Qiaojiu had passed away, and we could not see its publication. During the editing process, he originally wanted to write a preface for this volume, but due to his worsening condition, he was unable to fulfill his wish. This is truly a great loss. Unlike the first volume, which was a collection of publicly published commentaries and articles from newspapers and magazines, more than half of the articles in the second volume were speeches delivered at Party conferences and have now been published for the first time after being compiled. Comrade Hu Qiaojiu placed great importance on the editing of this volume's manuscripts, considering it the most intellectually significant of his three volumes of collected works. The selection of topics, classification, and revision of the articles in this volume were carried out under his direct guidance and were personally approved by him. Only a few titles and textual refinements were not submitted for his review in time (these titles are marked with an asterisk). In accordance with his wishes, this volume is divided into two parts based on the content of the articles: the first part (which is contiguous with the first part of the first volume and is called the second part) belongs to the historical section of the Party, while the second part (called the third part) belongs to the theoretical and policy section. Most of these articles were delivered by Comrade Hu Qiaojiu as the leader of the central ideological and publicity front when he was responsible for drafting important documents for the central leadership and guiding ideological and publicity work. Most of them were produced during the critical moment of the Party's great historical turn in 1978 and thereafter. These articles provide many incisive explanations and discussions on the right and wrong aspects of important experiences, lessons, theoretical, and policy issues in the Party's historical development. Especially regarding the "Cultural Revolution" and the "Leftist" errors the Party committed before it, these articles offer sharp and profound analyses. In many respects, the content reflects the understanding of the central leadership of the Party (such as Some Issues Regarding the Class Struggle in the Socialist Period and Several Problems in the Current Ideological Front, which have been included in the selected important documents of the Party since the Third Plenary Session). Readers will see that many of the wise ideas in these articles not only play an important guiding role in the study of Party history, national history, and Mao Zedong Thought but also provide valuable insights into the formation and development of the theory and line of building socialism with Chinese characteristics. It should be said that the entire Collected Works of Hu Qiaojiu is a precious spiritual legacy left to the Chinese people by this outstanding Marxist theorist, one that deserves our serious study and inheritance.