Li Dazhao, courtesy name Shouchang, was born in Leting, Hebei Province on October 29, 1889. In 1907, Li Dazhao was admitted to Tianjin Beiyang Vocational School of Law and Politics. After graduating from Beiyang Vocational School of Law and Politics in 1913, Li Dazhao traveled east to Japan and studied politics at Waseda University in Tokyo. In the era of war and turmoil, Li Dazhao developed a sense of concern for the country and the people and a calm and strong character from an early age. In 1915, the Japanese imperialists proposed the "Twenty-One Measures" to destroy China, and Li Dazhao actively participated in the protests of students studying in Japan. The telegram "Warning to the Elders of the Nation" he drafted spread throughout the country, and he became a famous patriot. "Iron shoulders bear moral responsibility, and skillful hands carry out articles." After Li Dazhao returned to China in 1916, he served as director of the library and professor of economics at Peking University. He actively participated in the emerging New Culture Movement and became a leading figure in the New Culture Movement. The October Revolution brought Marxism-Leninism to China. The victory of the Russian socialist revolution greatly encouraged and inspired Li Dazhao. Using "New Youth" and "Weekly Review" as his positions, he successively published "A Comparative View of the French and Russian Revolutions", "The Victory of the Common People", "Boer There are a large number of famous articles and speeches that promote the October Revolution and Marxism-Leninism, such as "The Victory of Shivism", "My View of Marxism", "Rediscussing Issues and Doctrine", etc., expounding the significance of the October Revolution and praising the achievements of the October Revolution. Victory, he clearly criticized reformism, actively led and promoted the development of the May Fourth Patriotic Movement, and became the pioneer of Chinese communism and the earliest person to spread Marxism in our country. In early 1920, Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu met and organized activities in Beijing and Shanghai respectively to prepare for the founding of the Communist Party of China. In March of the same year, Li Dazhao organized China's first Marxist theory research meeting at Peking University, gathering a group of young intellectuals with communist ideas such as Deng Zhongxia, Gao Junyu, Zhang Guotao, Huang Rikui, He Mengxiong, Luo Zhanglong, etc. to prepare for the founding of the party. . Li Dazhao also met with representatives of the Communist International many times in Beijing to discuss preparations for the establishment of the Communist Party of China. In the autumn of the same year, he led the establishment of the early Communist Party organizations in Beijing and the Beijing Socialist Youth League. Echoing Chen Duxiu in Shanghai, he actively carried out activities, expanded propaganda, developed organizations, and actively promoted the establishment of a nationwide Communist Party. Communist Party organization. "Chen from the south and Li from the north meet to build the party" has become a good story in the history of the Chinese revolution. In July 1921, the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held, announcing the establishment of the Communist Party of China. From then on, the face of the Chinese revolution changed. Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu became the main founders of the Communist Party of China. After the founding of the Communist Party of China, Li Dazhao was responsible for the party's overall work in the north and served as director of the Northern District Branch of the China Labor Combination Secretary Department. At both the Third and Fourth National Congresses of the Party, Li Dazhao was elected as a member of the Central Committee. From 1922 to early 1924, Li Dazhao traveled frequently across the country, held talks with Sun Yat-sen on behalf of the Communist Party many times, and worked hard to establish a revolutionary united front. In January 1924, Li Dazhao, as one of the five members of the presidium of the congress, attended the first national congress of the Kuomintang in cooperation with the Kuomintang. He was designated by Sun Yat-sen as a member of the presidium of the congress and participated in the drafting of the conference declaration, etc., in order to realize the He made important contributions to the cooperation with the Kuomintang and was elected as a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang. After that, he directly assumed the actual leadership work of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China in the north. Under the organization and leadership of the Northern District Committee of the Communist Party of China led by Li Dazhao, the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggle in the northern region flourished. In November 1924, Beijing launched a massive campaign to support Sun Yat-sen's march northward and oppose the Beiyang warlord government. After the May 30th Movement broke out in 1925, Li Dazhao, Zhao Shiyan and others organized a demonstration of more than 50,000 people in Beijing, which effectively supported the people of Shanghai. the anti-imperialist struggle; in March 1926, under extremely dangerous and difficult circumstances, Li Dazhao actively led and personally participated in the March 18th Movement against imperialism and the Beiyang warlords in Beijing, calling on people to use the spirit of May 4th and the spirit of May 30th They unite with passion and regardless of boundaries to resist the joint attack of imperialism and oppose the traitorous behavior of warlords. Li Dazhao's revolutionary activities were hated by the Beiyang warlords, who ordered Li Dazhao wanted. On April 6, 1927, Feng clique warlord Zhang Zuolin colluded with imperialism. More than 80 people including Li Dazhao were arrested in Beijing. In prison, Li Dazhao was tortured, but he always strictly kept the party's secrets, upright and unyielding. On April 28, the Beiyang warlord government ignored the strong opposition and condemnation of public opinion and strangled 20 revolutionaries including Li Dazhao in the Jingshi Detention Center in Xijiaominxiang. Before his execution, Li Dazhao said impassionedly: "Just because the reactionaries hanged me today, we cannot hang the great communism. Communism will surely win a glorious victory in China." He shouted "Long live the Communist Party!" and died heroically at the age of 38. Before the liberation of the country, although some of Comrade Li Dazhao's works were compiled by his relatives and prefaced by Mr. Lu Xun, they were never published under the reactionary rule. It was not until 1959 that the People's Publishing House published the reedited "Selected Works of Li Dazhao". In 1981, People's Literature Publishing House published the updated "Selected Poems and Prose of Li Dazhao". In 1984, the People's Publishing House published the "Collected Works of Li Dazhao" with more than 1.1 million words.
Comrade Li Dazhao is infinitely loyal to the liberation cause of the Chinese people, his belief in Marxism and the revolutionary future of the proletariat.
His fearless dedication to creating and developing the communist movement in our country will always be a shining example for all revolutionaries. Comrade Dazhao and countless other martyrs fell gloriously, but their sacrifice did not stop the Chinese revolution. On the contrary, the Chinese revolution continued to advance in the pool of blood of the victims until it achieved a great victory. As an outstanding son of the Chinese people and a great proletarian revolutionist, Comrade Dazhao's achievements will always be remembered and revered by the Chinese people.
In order to commemorate Comrade Li Dazhao and carry forward his great communist revolutionary spirit, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China conferred him and his wife Comrade Zhao Renlan (1st) on March 18, 1983. The coffin of 1883-1933) was moved to the newly built Martyr Li Dazhao Cemetery. After Li Dazhao died, he was buried in Wanan Cemetery in 1933 by the party's secret organization in the White Area. After the founding of New China, memorial halls for Li Dazhao were successively built in places where Li Dazhao lived and fought, such as Leting in Hebei and Beijing. In October 1983, the Martyr Li Dazhao Cemetery was built in Wanan Cemetery in Beijing. Leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China personally participated and held a grand inauguration ceremony. [1]?
Main Contributions
Comrade Li Dazhao was born in Laoting County, Hebei Province in October 1889. At that time, China was in the midst of a serious disaster caused by the intensified aggression of the imperialist powers and the increasingly decadent feudal rule. The country and nation were on the verge of danger. Entering the 20th century, the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911 and the rise of the New Culture Movement, especially the May 4th Movement, brought about the first signs of change in Chinese society. It was against this historical background that Comrade Li Dazhao embarked on the path of exploring the path of saving the country and the people. In 1913, he traveled east to Japan and studied at Waseda University in Tokyo, where he began to be exposed to socialist thought and Marxist theory. After returning to China in 1916, he actively participated in the New Culture Movement, promoted democracy and scientific spirit, criticized old ethics and morality, and launched a fierce struggle against the stubborn feudal forces. The determination and passion of him and his comrades to transform old China effectively inspired the vitality and enterprising spirit of the Chinese youth at that time. After the victory of the Russian October Revolution in 1917, Comrade Li Dazhao was inspired and published articles and speeches such as "A Comparative View of the French and Russian Revolutions", "The Victory of the Common People", "The Victory of Bolshevism", and "New Era" with enthusiasm. Praise for the October Revolution. With his keen eyesight, he deeply realized that this revolution would have an epoch-making impact on the course of world history in the twentieth century, and he also saw in it the hope of the Chinese nation to strive for independence and the Chinese people to seek liberation. In the process of publicizing the October Revolution, his own consciousness improved rapidly, and he transformed from a patriotic democrat to a Marxist, and became the earliest communicator of Marxism in our country. In 1919, the great May Fourth Movement broke out. This was the first completely and uncompromising patriotic movement against imperialism and feudalism in modern Chinese history. Comrade Li Dazhao enthusiastically devoted himself to and participated in the leadership of the May 4th Movement. During and after this movement, he became more committed to Marxist propaganda and did a lot of work. His "My View of Marxism" published in "New Youth" systematically introduced Marxist theory, which had an important influence on the ideological circles at that time and made ideological and organizational preparations for the establishment of the Communist Party of China. . In March 1920, Comrade Li Dazhao initiated the Marxist Theory Research Society at Peking University. In the autumn of the same year, he led the establishment of the early organization of the Communist Party of China and the Beijing Socialist Youth League in Beijing, and actively promoted the establishment of a nationwide Communist Party organization. In 1921, the Communist Party of China was proclaimed. This was an unprecedented event in China's modern history. The face of the Chinese revolution took on a completely new look. Comrade Li Dazhao made a vital contribution to the founding of the Communist Party of China.
After the founding of the Communist Party of China, Comrade Li Dazhao guided the party's work in the northern region on behalf of the Party Central Committee, led the publicity of Marxism, carried out workers' movements, and established party organizations in the vast northern regions. From August 1922 to early 1924, he was entrusted by the party and traveled between Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou several times to discuss Kuomintang cooperation with Mr. Sun Yat-sen, in order to establish a national revolutionary united front and realize the first Kuomintang revolution. *Cooperation has made significant contributions. He led the northern party organizations to mobilize the masses and launched a vigorous anti-imperialist and anti-warlord struggle, violently attacking the imperialist forces and the rule of the Beiyang warlords.
In April 1927, during the white terror of the reactionary warlords, Comrade Li Dazhao was arrested and imprisoned in Beijing. He suffered all kinds of torture and torture, but remained unyielding and upright. He was brutally killed by a reactionary warlord and was only 38 years old when he died.
We should follow nature, base ourselves on reality, and seek the light of life. We should not fall into a state of reluctance and hypocrisy, and destroy the true life.
------Li Dazhao
I think the best way to find happiness in life is to respect labor. All happiness can be obtained through labor, and all suffering can be relieved by labor.
------Li Dazhao
Knowledge is the candle that guides life to the realm of light and truth.
------Li Dazhao
Youth is the king of life, the spring of life, and the splendor of life.
------Li Dazhao
Everything must be done in a down-to-earth manner, not resting on daydreams, not pursuing false claims, but only doing solid work with an attitude of seeking truth. .
If you study with this attitude, you can understand the truth, and if you work with this attitude, you can achieve success.
------Li Dazhao
Advancing civilization to the world, creating happiness for mankind, using my youthful self to create a youthful family, a youthful country, a youthful nation, and a youthful nation. Humanity, the earth of youth, the universe of youth, are qualified to enjoy their boundless life.
------Li Dazhao
Love between the sexes is the most important part of life. His freedom, sanctity, and sublimity should be maintained, and he should not be forced, insulted, slandered, or suppressed, causing him to lose his beautiful value in human society.
------Li Dazhao
Looking at the world of the future, it must be a world of red flags!
------Li Dazhao
The most precious thing is today, and the easiest thing to lose is today.
------Li Dazhao
He has an iron shoulder to bear moral responsibility and a skillful hand to write articles.
------Li Dazhao
The highest ideal in life is to seek the truth.
------Li Dazhao
Those who have no patriotism will perish their country.
------Li Dazhao
The civilization of youth is also the civilization of struggle. Struggle with circumstances, struggle with the times, and struggle with experience. Therefore, young people are the king of life, the spring of life, and the splendor of life.
------Li Dazhao
There is no word "difficulty" in the dictionary of youth; there is no word "obstacle" in the spoken words of youth; only leaps forward are known, and heroic flight is known , only knowing one's own free spirit, strange thoughts, keen intuition, and lively life, to create the environment and conquer history.
------Li Dazhao
When we are alive, we should not be tired of the "now" and only think about the "past" and dream of the "future" to waste our efforts in the "now" . Nor can we be self-sufficient in our “today” situation and make no efforts to seek “future” development. It is advisable to make good use of "now" and work hard to create "future".
------Li Dazhao
Whoever is stingier with time will be more generous with time. If you want time to live up to you, you must first live up to time. Those who abandon time will also be abandoned by time.
------Li Dazhao
Love between the sexes is the most important part of life. We should maintain his freedom, sanctity, purity, and nobility, and do not force him, insult him, slander him, or suppress him, causing him to lose his beautiful value in human society.
------Li Dazhao
With my youth, I create a youthful family, a youthful country, a youthful nation, a youthful humanity, a youthful earth, and a youthful universe. , to enjoy his endless life.
------Li Dazhao