Biography of Jian Bozan

Author: Zhang Chuanxi
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Publish Date: 1998-06-01
Features: This biography provides a detailed introduction to the life of Jian Bozan. Many historical events from his life have been little known and are highly legendary. Jian Bozan, a Uyghur from Taoyuan, Hunan, was a staunch communist revolutionary fighter, one of the main founders of Marxist historiography in China and a prominent educator. His ancestors originally lived in what is now Xinjiang, but migrated to the interior during the Yuan Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang granted them the surname Jian and they settled in Hunan. In his youth, Jian Bozan studied abroad in the United States, participated in the Northern Expedition, and later joined the Communist Party of China. Before and during the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, he mainly engaged in united front work and theoretical publicity in places like Shanghai, Nanjing, Chongqing, and Hong Kong, making significant contributions to the establishment of new historiography. This biography is well-documented, has clear perspectives, and is written in fluent language, making it valuable for historians, cultural scholars, teachers and students in middle and high schools, as well as the general public.