ISBN：10位［7800052834］13位［9787800052835］
出版社：新世界出版社
出版日期：1995-1-1
定價：￥48.00元
內容提要
ThisisabiographyofSoongChingLing(Mme.SunYatsen).Widowofthehistoricrevo-lutionarywholedintheoverthrowofthemil-lennialmonarchyin1911,shewasmuchmore.Survivinghimthrough56yearsofperilsandtriumphs,associatedcloselywithmajoreventsandpersonalitiesdomesticandforeign,shediedin1981asHonoraryPresidentofthePeople'sRepublicofChina.Trulyagreatwomanofourcentury.Tolearnaboutheristolearnaboutthetimeswhichproducedher.
TheaimofthisfirstextensivebiographyofSoongChingLinginEnglish,writestheauthor,"istohavethereadermeetthesubject.Wher-everpossible,thestoryistoldinherownwords,drawnfromallavailablewrittenmaterial,in-cludinghundredsofpersonalletters,thetesti-monyofparticipantsandeyewitnessesandmyownrecollectionsoverfourdecades."
Broughtupinwealth,SoongChingLingjoinedtheranksoftheplainandthepoor.ApatrioticChinese,shewasalsobi-cultural,andtheEnglish-languagereadercanexperiencedi-rectly,notthroughtranslation,theringingcon-victionofherpublicwritingsandthewarmthandwitofherpersonalcorrespondence.
HercombinationofdeepcommitmentandunusualpersonalqualitiespromptedZhouEnlaitocallher"gemofChina"andMaoZedongtodescribeheras"aphoenixflownoutoftheSoongfamilynest."Othertributescamefrommanyquarters,fromherfellowstudentsinherU.S.collegedaystoherlateracquaintancesandassociatesinvariouscauses--JawaharlalNeh-ruoflndia,novelistRomainRollandofFrance,andmanyothers--includingnotedjournalistslikeEdgarSnowandpolitical-militaryfiguresliketheU.S.General"Vinegar"JoeStilwelLHerfriendswerelegion.
SoongChingLingcanbesaidtobeanepitomeofamodernChinese,relevantnotonlytohertimebuttothisgenerationandperhapssometocome.SinceChinaisaquarterofmankind,thisisimportanttoeveryone.
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作者簡介：
IsraelEpstein,bornin1915inPoland,wasbroughtupinChinaandtherebeganhisjour-nalisticwork,publishingalsointheUnitedStatesandothercountries.HisfirstassociationwithSoongChingLingwasin1938-45inthewartimeChinaDefenseLeagueinHongKongandChongqing(Chungking).In1951sheinvit-edhimandhiswife,thelateElsieFairfax-Cholmeley(1905-84),toreturnfromtheUnit-edStates,wheretheythenlived,tohelpsetupthemagazineshefoundedinBeijing,"ChinaReconstructs"(now"ChinaToday")ofwhich,atSoongChingLing'sdeathin1981,Epsteinwaseditor-in-chief,having,inthemeantime,be-comeacitizenofthePeople'sRepublic.
Fromthelate1970s,shehadaskedhimseveraltimestowriteherbiographyaftershedied.Followingretirementfromthemagazine,hespentseveralyearsinresearchingandwrit-ingthisbookwhichappearedonthecentenaryofSoongChingLing'sbirth.
PreviousbooksbyEpsteinincludeThePeo-ple'sWarinChina,London,VictorGollancz,1939;TheUnflnLshedRevolutioninChina,Bos-ton,LittleBrown,1947;FromOpiumWartoLiberation,Beijing,NewWorldPress,1956withsubsequenteditionsin1964and1980inBei-jingandHongKong(byJointPublishingCo.);andTibetTransformed,Beijing,NewWorld Press,1983.
ConcerningSoongChingLing,hehaspub-lishedanumberofarticlesandlecturedatsymposiaintheUnitedStatesandJapan.
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CHAPTERⅠStudentinAmerica(1908-13)
CHAPTERⅡAncestryandBackground
CHAPTERⅢReturnandMarriage(1913-15)
CHAPTERⅣSunYatsen
CHAPTERⅤToPreservetheRepublic:Shanghai-Guangzhou(1916-22)
CHAPTERⅥGuangzhouTransformation(1923-25)
CHAPTERⅦFromWidowtoSfandardBearer(1925-27)
CHAPTERⅧWuhanin1927,WatershedYear
CHAPTERⅨMoscow(1927-28)
CHAPTERⅩInBerlin
CHAPTERⅪABrief,StormyReturnHome(1929)
CHAPTERⅫOnceMoreinEurope(1929-31)
CHAPTERⅩⅢToSaveRevolutionaries,Shanghai(1931-34)
CHAPTERⅩⅣToRallyandSavetheNation,Shanghai(1935-37)
CHAPTERⅩⅤWarYearsinHongKong(1937-41)
CHAPTERⅩⅥWarYearsinChongqing(1941-45)
CHAPTERⅩⅦCrisisAfterVictory,Shanghai(1946-49)
CHAPTERⅩⅧBuildingtheNewChina(1949-66)
CHAPTERⅩⅨ"CulturalRevolution"Storm(1966-76)
CHAPTERⅩⅩTwilightResurgence(1976-81)
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