How Steel Is Made (Shanghai Translation)

"The most precious thing for a person is life..." "How the Steel Was Tempered" is an excellent novel that describes the growth process of new people and reveals their excellent qualities, written by the author based on personal experience. It reflects the broad picture of struggle before and after the October Revolution, the period of civil war, the period of national economic recovery and the early stage of socialist construction. It creates the noble character of the protagonist Paul Korchagin who is persistent in his beliefs and perseveres. Paul Korchagin was seriously injured in the war, and later contracted typhoid fever and pneumonia, and eventually became blind and paralyzed. With a high degree of political awareness and tenacious revolutionary will, he overcame the unbearable pain for ordinary people, persisted in self-study, engaged in literary creation, and made valuable contributions to the cause of socialism. The novel tells people that revolutionaries are made into steel through struggle, and one's life should be spent like Paul Korchagin. Paul Korchagin's famous saying, "The most precious thing for man is life..." Has inspired generations of readers to strive for the cause of human progress.