Zhou Yiqun

Name: Zhou Yiqun
ISBN: 9787514711233

PLA Party History and Military History Research Center, Academy of Military SciencesXuexi Publishing House · ChinaSep 2025

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Word count: 52K words
Chapters: 28
ISBN: 9787514711233

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Summary

This book is part of the Chinese Martyrs' Stories series. Zhou Yiqun was a founder of the Red Army and the Soviet areas in western Hunan and Hubei, who devoted his life to the Party with unwavering commitment. Through stories, the book portrays Zhou Yiqun's fighting life and celebrates his boundless loyalty to the Party and the revolutionary cause, writing an immortal chapter in the history of the Chinese revolution. Highly readable, it selects the most representative episodes of Zhou Yiqun's life and, in vivid and accessible language, introduces his growth and revolutionary trajectory. The narrative, woven from representative stories, is powerfully moving and profoundly educational, helping inspire readers to cultivate and practice core socialist values and carry forward the glorious traditions and fighting spirit of revolutionary pioneers.

Editor's review

Zhou Yiqun, compiled by the PLA Party History and Military History Research Center of the Academy of Military Sciences and published by Learning Press, is a rigorous biographical study of a figure from Party and military history. Its foremost value lies in its unquestionable authority. The compiling institution ensures that this is not a popular retelling but a research work grounded in solid historical sources—a reliable text for understanding the life of martyr Zhou Yiqun. Comrade Zhou Yiqun was one of the principal founders of the Hunan-Hubei-Western Revolutionary Base Area and the Second Red Army Corps. He fought alongside Marshal He Long; his revolutionary career was brief yet brilliant, ending in heroic sacrifice. The book systematically traces his entire course from embracing progressive ideas and joining the revolution to leading armed struggle, with detailed accounts of his arduous work after the failure of the Great Revolution, when he went deep into the Honghu region to lead guerrilla warfare and establish base areas. For readers, this is not merely an individual biography but a window onto how Chinese Communists explored the revolutionary path under extreme hardship in the early years of the Agrarian Revolutionary War. The strategic thinking, mass-work methods, and firm ideals and convictions presented in the book transcend individual narrative and carry profound inspirational significance. The prose is plain and restrained, grounded in historical fact and free of literary embellishment, making the reading experience closer to studying historical documents; it requires a degree of concentration and background knowledge. Overall, this is a work that fills a gap in public understanding and holds significant value for historical research and education.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Researchers and enthusiasts with a strong interest in CCP history, military history, and especially the history of the Hunan-Hubei-Western Soviet Area.
Readers who wish to systematically understand the life and revolutionary contributions of martyr Zhou Yiqun.
University students in history, political science, and related fields, as supplementary reading material.
Party and government organs, enterprises, institutions, and schools seeking materials for revolutionary tradition education.

Not a good fit for

Readers of popular books seeking light entertainment or novelistic narrative style.
Readers lacking basic knowledge of modern Chinese revolutionary history and patience for source-based historical writing.

Reading tips

It is advisable to first gain a preliminary understanding of the historical context from the late Great Revolution to the early Agrarian Revolutionary War, which will help in understanding the course of the figures' actions.
While reading, consult a map and locate Honghu and the Hunan-Hubei-Western region to build a more intuitive spatial understanding.
Read this book alongside biographies of He Long and other contemporary revolutionary figures to construct a more three-dimensional historical picture.

About the publisher

Xuexi Publishing House China · Founded in 1993

Xuexi Publishing House is a book, audio, and electronic publishing unit under the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, with its publishing focus on promoting and explaining the Party's innovative theories. It has 171 books in the database, commonly classified under law, politics, general biography, and documentary literature. Representative titles include the Study Outline of Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, the Study Outline of Xi Jinping Thought on Economics, the One Hundred Questions for Studying the Report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Study Questions and Answers on Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, and biographies of Tan Sitong, Qiu Jin, Ye Ting, and Peng Xuefeng. Its author resources include the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the Office of the Commission for Overall Law-Based Governance of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, as well as Zhang Haipeng, Zhao Xingsheng, and Cui Huajie — mostly institutions and researchers in relevant fields, reflecting a publishing profile that gives equal weight to theoretical works and biographies.

版权信息
中华先烈人物故事汇《周逸群》编委会
引子
01 救国救民求真理
勤奋少年郎
反军阀伸正义
创办《贵州青年》
02 革命军人的本色
黄埔军校显身手
创建“青军会”
贺龙军中的党代表
南昌起义建功勋
03 战斗在湘鄂西
荆江两岸播火种
在湘鄂边建军
心系洪湖游击队
重组鄂西特委
04 星火燎原于洪湖
开创洪湖苏区
创建红6军
任红2军团政委
殚精竭虑保苏区
游击战术显神威
05 钢铁般的意志
开辟洞庭湖特区
战斗到生命的最后一息
06 尾声
后记

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A search of major book platforms shows that this is a relatively specialized Party-history biography with a specific readership and low visibility on comprehensive reading communities such as Douban, where it has not generated broad rating data. Its value lies more in the authority and historical source value of its content.

What kind of institution is the author, the "PLA Party History and Military History Research Center of the Academy of Military Sciences"?

The center is an authoritative academic institution under the Academy of Military Sciences dedicated to the study of the history of the Chinese Communist Party's armed forces and Party history. Works compiled by it represent the official, orthodox research perspective and academic standards in this field, with reliable sources and rigorous argumentation.

Is this book suitable as an introductory reading for understanding Zhou Yiqun?

This book is the authoritative core reading for in-depth study of Zhou Yiqun. However, because of its strong academic and source-based character and its narrative style emphasizing factual exposition, it may be somewhat heavy for complete beginners. It is advisable to first read concise historical entries or introductory articles to establish basic knowledge, then use this book for systematic and in-depth study.

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About the author

PLA Party History and Military History Research Center, Academy of Military Sciences Author

The PLA Party History and Military History Research Center of the Academy of Military Sciences is a specialized research institution under the Academy of Military Sciences. Its full name is the PLA Party History and Military History Research Center, and it is affiliated with the Academy of Military Political Work. It mainly performs official duties in compiling history, writing biographies, and editing chronicles, and undertakes major compilation projects such as the Military History of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It is regarded as one of the "national teams" in Party and military history research. The center has 31 works in the database, focused on documentary literature and comprehensive biography. Its representative works cover figures such as Ye Ting, Peng Xuefeng, Mao Anying, Xiang Ying, Zhao Shangzhi, Zhu Rui, Xie Zichang, and Luo Binghui. Due to limited public information, details of its institutional evolution and staffing are unknown, but based on its existing works, the center emphasizes rigorous historical source organization in presenting the lives of revolutionary figures. Its writing style leans toward documentary and biography, and it has a certain influence in popularizing Party and military history.