Xu Jishen
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Summary
In lively and accessible language, the book introduces Xu Jishen's growth and revolutionary path. He gave his precious life to the Chinese revolution, and the text, woven together from representative stories, is highly compelling and educationally profound. It helps inspire Party members, cadres, and the masses to understand and study CPC history and is a vivid textbook for carrying forward the great founding spirit of the Party.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers with a strong interest in the history of the Chinese revolution and military history, especially the history of the Agrarian Revolutionary War.
- Amateur researchers or students who wish to understand in depth the early history of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Area and the Red Fourth Front Army.
- Readers seeking to understand macro-historical processes through the lens of specific individuals.
- General readers interested in the lives and deeds of early CPC military commanders.
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting light, entertaining biographies or novelistic narrative.
- Readers lacking basic background knowledge of modern Chinese history who may find the historical context and events difficult to understand.
Reading tips
- Before reading, it is advisable to gain a preliminary understanding of the background of the Great Revolution in China in the 1920s-1930s and the basic situation of workers' and peasants' armed independent regimes.
- The book may be read alongside biographies of other revolutionary commanders of the same period or works on the history of the relevant Soviet areas for a more three-dimensional historical understanding.
- Pay attention to the accounts of specific campaigns, army building, and inner-Party ideological struggles; these are key to understanding Xu Jishen's historical position.
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
- 中华先烈人物故事汇《许继慎》编委会
- 引子
- 01 勇立潮头唱大风
- 疾恶如仇敢担当
- “六二”学潮当先锋
- “拒李驱骆”战在前
- 02 砺炼成钢“黄埔”中
- 考入军校打基础
- 讨伐叛军见英勇
- 二次东征建殊功
- 03 北伐征战创奇迹
- 强渡汨罗取平江
- 跨过“双桥”攻武昌
- 坚守武汉平叛乱
- 辗转沪皖觅新方
- 04 献身革命见“精忠”
- 统领三师创一军
- 势如破竹战皖西
- 捷报频传鼓人心
- 不计得失反“围剿”
- “飘忽战略”威力大
- 大别山上挺如松
- 05 尾声
- 后记
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About the 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.
