Peking University librarian and professor, among the first in China to promote Marxism and a co-founder of the Communist Party; the young Mao Zedong worked in his library. He was hanged by the warlord 张作霖.
Lǐ Dàzhāo shì Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng de zhǔyào chuàngshǐrén zhīyī.
Li Dazhao was one of the main founders of the Chinese Communist Party.
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He and 陈独秀 are paired in the phrase 南陈北李, 'Chen in the south, Li in the north', for the two men who set up the Communist Party. His motto was 铁肩担道义, 'iron shoulders bear moral duty'.
