Wangdao: the Past and Present of the First Full Chinese Translation of the Communist Manifesto

2021 Coincides with the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. For a century, the Communist Party of China, guided by the spirit of the Manifesto of the Communist Party, has led the Chinese people to brave the wind and rain, seek happiness and liberation for the people, overcome rapids and dangerous shoals, and avoid turbulent waves. Now it has embarked on the broad road of high-quality development. Tracing the past and present of the first full Chinese translation of the "Communist Manifesto", understanding the impact of the "Communist Manifesto" on China's first generation leaders and the significance it brought to the Chinese revolution in the process of dissemination, comprehending the truth power of Marxism in reviewing the history of the party, and firming up Marxist beliefs while recalling the past is precisely the right time, is very necessary, and has strong practical significance. This book was selected for the "Looking Back on the Centennial of the Founding of the Party" National Publishing Fund special funding project, the 2021 Chinese Writers Association key works support project, the Zhejiang Culture and Art Development Fund 2021 theme publishing funding project, Zhejiang Province's "14th Five-Year Plan" key publishing planning project, the 2021 "Zhejiang Edition Media Good Books", and the December 2021 Chinese Good Books List. This book is a key topic to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the Party. It is the first reportage in China to systematically and comprehensively examine the "Communist Manifesto". It is an excellent realistic work rooted in the history of the Party. Using reportage techniques, this book goes in-depth from a small angle and traces its origins, from Marx and Engels writing the "Communist Manifesto" to the founding of the Communist Party of China, and then to the process of Chen Wangdao's translation of the Chinese version of the "Communist Manifesto". This main line depicts the "Wangdao people" among intellectuals in the early 20th century, as well as the influence on China's first generation leaders and the significance it brought to the Chinese revolution during the dissemination of the "Communist Manifesto".