Wenrun Pavilion · Zhihu ⑦ 丨 The English version of the Communist Party in 1888

Zhejiang News Client reporter Lin Jing

The "Communist Declaration", a well -known work, has been launched in 1848. It has opened a new era of the Communist movement, affects the world, has been translated into more than 110 texts, and has published more than 2,400 versions. Among them, the first Chinese translation was translated by Chen Wangdao in his hometown of Yiwu pond in his hometown in 1920.

It can be said that the "Communist Declaration" has a long history of Zhejiang. Today, in the Hangzhou National Version, you can see 36 languages ​​and more than 1,000 versions of the Communist Declaration published from 1888 to 2018.

On November two years ago, on the 200th anniversary of Engels's birthday, a multi -language donation ceremony caused a sensation in the Zhejiang collection and party history circles. The content of the donation version includes books, comics, audio, etc., which basically covers various languages ​​published by the world from 1888 to the present. Among them, the English version of 1888 was written by Engels himself. There were very few stocks in the world, and it was an early rare version.

How precious is this version of the preface? It is reported that there are 7 famous prefaces in the "Communist Declaration". The first two are written by Marx and Engels, and the last 5 articles are written separately after Marx's death. The role of explanation, perfection, correction, and supplementation is also the theoretical basis and essence of the Communist Manifesto.

The donors of these precious collections are Jin Liang, chairman of Zhejiang Outlet Square Co., Ltd. He said the encounter with this precious red literature due to a coincidence. At the end of 2019, a book transfer message in the book collection circle attracted his attention. A Beijing Tibetan friend who has studied the "Communist Declaration" for many years has been found to find a "good destination" for more than a thousand "Communist Manifesto" for more than a thousand "Communist Declaration" for more than 20 years. Golden Liang, who has more than 50,000 books, keenly realized that these collections are of great value.

During the contact process, Tibetan friends and Jin Liang reached an agreement: although each Tibetan bookmaker hopes to have his own private Tibetan library, good collection should not be tied up, and it is worthy of its value.

In August 2020, the long -awaited collection was mailed from Beijing to Zhejiang, with a full 8 boxes. During the check, Jin Liang found that some books published by the Communist Party published before the 20th century had a trend of aging and corrosion. In order to complete the wish of Tibetan friends as soon as possible, and to protect these collections as soon as possible, Jin Liang contacted relevant departments to discuss donations for the first time, hoping to find a suitable home for him.

From the perspective of relevant people, this time Jin Liang donated the "Communist Manifesto" version of the "Communist Manifesto" version, high quality, and strong systematic, filling the gap of the full system collection of the Communist Declaration at home and abroad, and also opened a new new one for the relevant researchers. space.

Behind the collection of the Hangzhou National Edition Pavilion, countless donors are surging with Jin Liang's general enthusiasm for civilization. It is also this enthusiasm to retain the seeds of countless cultures and ignite the torch of civilization.

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