The Revolutionary Army

1903 pamphlet by Zou Rong

For the Chinese army, see National Revolutionary Army.

The Revolutionary Army Author| Zou Rong[1]

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Publication date

| 1903[2]
OCLC| 706898916

The Revolutionary Army (simplified Chinese: 革命军; traditional Chinese: 革命軍) is a revolutionary pamphlet[3] that was written by Zou Rong and published in Shanghai in 1903 with a preface by Zhang Binglin.[4] It propagates the justice and necessity of the revolution and exposes the decadence and reaction of the Manchu rule.[5] Zou attacks the Manchus as an evil race, and calls on the Han race to replace them.[6] The aim of the book was to dethrone the Manchu government and set up a Republic of China by revolutionary means.[7]

In 1902, Zou Rong went to Japan to study, influenced by Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary ideas, and devoted himself to the democratic revolutionary struggle. During his stay in Japan, Zou wrote a book of more than 20,000 words entitled The Revolutionary Army, in which he systematically elaborated on the object, nature, tasks and future of the democratic revolution.[8]

From 1903, The Revolutionary Army was reprinted in 29 editions in Shanghai, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong and the United States, with more than 1 million copies distributed, accounting for the first place in the sales of revolutionary books during the late Qing dynasty.[9]

The Revolutionary Army was the first work in Modern Chinese history that systematically and clearly propagated democratic ideas, republican revolution and called for the creation of a democratic republic,[10] and played a catalytic role in the Chinese democratic revolution.[11] Zhang Shizhao praised the book as "the first textbook for the national people today".[12]

John Lust's The Revolutionary Army. A Chinese Nationalist Tract of 1903 (The Hague: Mouton; Matériaux Pour L'étude De L'extrême-Orient Moderne Et Contemporain. Textes; 6, 1968) offers the Chinese text, English translation, an extensive Introduction, and detailed notes.

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5. ^ History of Modern China. People's Publishing House. 1977.
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7. ^ Guo Zhonghua; Guo Sujian (8 October 2015). Theorizing Chinese Citizenship. Lexington Books. pp. 9–. ISBN 978-1-4985-1670-9.
8. ^ "He died at the age of 20, and was posthumously awarded the honorary title of "General of the Army" by Sun Yat-sen". The Paper. 3 May 2018.
9. ^ ""Pioneer in the Revolutionary Army"-Zou Rong". China National Radio. 5 April 2018.
10. ^ Huanghuagang. Huanghuagang Magazine Agency. 2005.
11. ^ Chen Shenming, Yue Zhanqian (1 May 2021). Deciphering the eleven strange cases of Ming and Qing dynasties. Songye Culture Business Co., Ltd. ISBN 978-986-516-649-6.
12. ^ Li Renkai (1992). Historical Choices in Turbulence: The Quest of Modern Intellectuals. Henan People's Publishing House. pp. 205–. ISBN 978-7-215-02009-2.

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