ABSTRACT
The role of translation in the dissemination of Marxism in China is of considerable importance for the evaluation of the sources of theoretical influence on the early Chinese communist movement. Following his conversion to Marxism in the late 1910s, Li commenced a period of intensive tutelage in the basic theories of Marxism. Li Da's translation activities fall into two fairly distinct periods. The first extends from his conversion to Marxism in the late 1910s to his departure from the Communist Party in 1923. The second major period commences with the establishment in 1928 of a publishing house in Shanghai by Li Da, Deng Chumin and others. The chapter analyses more important books and articles translated into Chinese by Li. Li's translation of Kautsky's The Economic Doctrines of Karl Marx was played an important role in disseminating the theories of Marxist political economy in China.
