Zhu Zhixin | |
Birth Date: | 12 October 1885 |
Birth Place: | Panyu, Guangdong |
Nationality: | Chinese |
Occupation: | Revolutionary and author |
Known For: | First Chinese translation of The Communist Manifesto |
Zhu Zhixin (Chinese: c=|p=Zhū Zhíxìn|j=Zyu1 Zap1 Seon3|s=朱执信|t=朱執信; 12 October 1885 – 21 September 1920) was a Chinese revolutionary author and close colleague of Sun Yatsen. He was a member of the Tongmenghui. Zhu made a name for himself for a series of written debates with reformist Liang Qichao, where he advocated a single land tax, revolution against the Qing dynasty, and the establishment of a Chinese republic.[1] [2] In 1905 he provided the first Chinese translation of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels's The Communist Manifesto.[3] In 1918 he decided to forgo further military affairs and follow cultural and ideological pursuits. Zhu was a gifted writer and polemicist known among other writers. Zhu and Liao Zhongkai helped Sun Yat-sen negotiate an alliance with the Soviet Union in 1920, eventually giving rise to the First United Front.[4] After his untimely death in 1920, Wang Jingwei helped establish the Zhixin Memorial School in Guangzhou.[5]
On 14 May 2021, asteroid 256698 Zhuzhixin, discovered by astronomers Quanzhi Ye and Hung-Chin Lin with the Lulin Sky Survey in 2008, was by the Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature in his memory.[6]