Founder of the Modern Chinese Encyclopedia: The Life of Jiang Chunfang

Author: Yang Zhe, Song Min
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: He was an underground worker of the Communist Party of China who operated under a pseudonym and danced with wolves; He was an entrepreneur who started from scratch and repeatedly achieved remarkable success; He was a renowned Chinese translator, editor, publisher, and social activist. During the turbulent times, he was wrongfully imprisoned for seven years, enduring physical and mental torment, nearly losing his sight, yet he tirelessly sought the roots of the Cultural Revolution, determined to eliminate feudalism, superstition, and ignorance, and to elevate the cultural quality of the Chinese nation. He made the grand aspiration to edit and publish the Great Encyclopedia of China to achieve this goal. After his release, he endured countless hardships, gathered outstanding talents from all walks of life, organized the publication of the Great Encyclopedia of China, and fulfilled this fundamental cultural and scientific construction in China. This book tells the true and legendary life of "the camel in the desert," the founder of modern Chinese encyclopedic endeavors—Jiang Chunfang.