Research On The Early Spread Of The Communist Manifesto In China1899-1921

The Communist Manifesto is one of the most important classical works of Marxism. Since its publication, The Communist Manifesto went through high tide and low tide of international workers’movement, with the growing influence, it become "the most widely used social and political literature", its profound thoughts, the language influence and the theoretical discrimination, is indispensable element of Marxism popularization.The ultimate goal of social practice of Marxism popularization is to make the basic principle of the Marxism for people to understand, grasp and guide people’s social practice. As the most spread international work in socialist literature, The Communist Manifesto play a very important role in the popularization of Marxism in China.The Communist Manifesto has great influence in its early spread in China. Firstly, to the revolutionary leaders such as Sun Zhongshan, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, especially to Chinese Communist Party leaders, it became the most important learning literature to guide them to the Marxism; Secondly, it promotes Marxism’s early popularization spread in China, the Marxism gradually win support among people; Thirdly, it pushed forward the establishment of the Chinese Communist Party."Chinese revolution had great change" ever since Chinese Communist Party was established.The Communist Manifesto has three characteristics at its early spread in China. Firstly, The Communist Manifesto was spread when modern China intellectuals seek truth to save the nation. Chinese needs a revolution to develop and achieve a prosperous and strong nation, therefor, need weapon to fight imperialism. The Marxism is the right doctrine and weapon, and The Communist Manifesto is more like a brochure, it explains what Marxism can do, and how to do; Secondly, The Communist Manifesto communication has diversified characteristics. Since the late nineteenth Century, The Communist Manifesto started its early diversification in China, the spread subject includes the bourgeois reformists, revolutionaries and anarchists,also includes the early Marxism. Based on the social historical conditions at that time, different communication subjects has different translation and translation motivation to The Communist Manifesto; thirdly, The Communist Manifesto spread mainly focus on the intellectual community.Research on the early spread of The Communist Manifesto in China has significance for the popularization of Marxism in new age:firstly, value Marxism’s classic literature’s translation, learning and research;secondly, spread Marxism’s classic literature to young students, so that they become the reliable successors to Chinese socialism; thirdly, popu-larization of Marxism must adhere to the combination of theory and practice,so as to get popularization of Marxism truly.