Gao Junyu
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Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Researchers or enthusiasts interested in the early history and figures of the Communist Party of China
- Readers who wish to understand social thought and youth activities from the May Fourth Movement to the Great Revolution
- Readers of biographical literature seeking both historical authenticity and compelling personal stories
- University students in history and political science, as supplementary reading
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking light entertainment or purely fictional literary stories
- Readers completely unfamiliar with and uninterested in modern political history
Reading tips
- Read alongside background materials on the May Fourth Movement and the period around the First National Congress of the CPC for a fuller understanding of the era.
- Pay attention to the primary documents cited in the book (such as letters and article excerpts); they are key to understanding the trajectory of Gao Junyu's thought.
- Read this book in comparison with biographies of other revolutionaries of the same era (such as Li Dazhao and Mao Zedong) to grasp the full historical picture.
About the publisher
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.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 引子
- 01 生逢乱世
- 02 北大的摇篮
- 03 在五四的风暴中
- 04 建党前后
- 05 无悔的选择
- 06 “要为真理而斗争”
- 07 爱情与革命
- 08 “勇敢的海燕”
- 09 孙中山的秘书
- 10 “死如彗星之迅忽”
- 11 尾声：“在天愿作比翼鸟”
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About the author
Zhang Shujun, born in October 1957 in Laiwu, Shandong, is a former member of the Council and a research fellow at the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee, and a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He has long engaged in research on the history of the Communist Party of China and participated in compiling basic Party history works such as The History of the Communist Party of China and A Brief History of the Communist Party of China. He is the author of The Great Turning Point: A Record of the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, Zhang Guotao, and The History of the Red Army's Long March, and has received the National Book Award and the Five-One Project Award. The collection includes 18 of his works, mainly biographies of figures such as Zhang Guotao, Wang Ruofei, Deng Zhongxia, He Shuheng, Mao Zemin, Liu Hulan, Zhao Shiyan, and Deng Enming, as well as documentary literature. Drawing on important Party figures and events, these works emphasize factual accuracy and plain narrative, combining scholarship with readability and helping readers understand the revolutionary course and Party history figures.
Wang Xiangkun was born in 1963 in Xinye, Henan, and holds a graduate degree in law. He previously served in the military and has worked at the Party History Research Center of the CPC Central Committee since 2005; he is now deputy director of the Research Planning Department at the Institute of Party History and Literature of the CPC Central Committee, focusing on CPC history during the democratic revolution. His writing centers on figures and major events in Party history. He is the author of works such as Understanding Liu Shaoqi, CPC Leaders in Crisis Management, and A Record of Mao Zedong's Complete Victory over Chiang Kai-shek, and has written biographies of revolutionary figures including Wang Ruofei, Deng Zhongxia, He Shuheng, Mao Zemin, Liu Hulan, Zhao Shiyan, Deng Enming, and Chen Tanqiu. Mostly classified as general biography and documentary literature, these works seek to reconstruct people's lives and historical scenes on the basis of solid sources, with plain narration that balances scholarship and readability. The library holds 17 of his works.
Ding Shouwei is an author whose work focuses mainly on documentary literature and biography. Publicly available information about him is currently limited, and details of his life remain unclear. Judging from the five works held in the collection, his writing centers on important figures in modern Chinese revolutionary history. His representative works include Zhao Shiyan, Mao Zemin, Gao Junyu, Qu Qiubai, and Li Dazhao. These biographies take real historical figures as their narrative core, tracing their experiences against the background of their times and presenting the spirit and historical contributions of early revolutionaries. In his choice of subjects, Ding Shouwei favors biographies of revolutionary figures and documentary-style narrative. His approach is plain and objective, emphasizing the clear arrangement of historical facts rather than fictional dramatization. His works offer general readers an accessible entry point for understanding these historical figures and are representative within the categories of comprehensive biography and documentary literature. Because no public record of the author's own background or identity has been found, this introduction is based solely on information about his works.
