The Translation and Dissemination of Classical Marxism Works Before and after the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party——Chen Duxiu's Patronage Identity as a Clue
Before and after the founding of the Chinese Communist Party,Chen Duxiu strived to patronize the translation,interpretation and dissemination of Marxism works in multi-faceted identities.As the organizer and leader of Marxism translation activities,Chen Dux-iu organized the translation and publication of Marxism classical works such as the Communist Manifesto;As a Marxism media person and publisher,Chen Duxiu founded the red front of public opinion centering on the New Youth,and the New Youth Publishing and the People's Publishing House,providing an ideal platform or distribution channel for the Marxism translations.As a Marxism writer,crit-ic and orator,Chen Duxiu published critical articles or speeches such as Marxism Theory and Methods and Beliefs of Social Transforma-tion,which sped up the popularization of Marxism.Chen Duxiu's patronage role in the translation and dissemination of Marxism works provided sufficient theoretical nourishment for the founding of the CCP and its early revolutionary activities.It has also laid a solid foun-dation for the Party's cause of the compilation,translation and publication of Marxism over the past hundred years.