Li Da (philosopher)

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Li Da
李达
Li Da
President of Wuhan University
In office November 1952 – August 1966
Preceded by	Zhou Gengsheng
Succeeded by	Zhuang Guo
President of Hunan University
In office December 1949 – January 1953
Preceded by	Yi Dingxin
Succeeded by	Zhu Fan
Personal details
Born	(1890-10-02)October 2, 1890 Yongzhou, Hunan, China
Died	August 24, 1966(1966-08-24) (aged 75) Wuhan, Hubei, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Spouse(s)	Wang Huiwu
Children	3, including Li Xintian
Alma mater	Beijing Normal University University of Tokyo
Occupation	Philosopher, writer

Li Da (simplified Chinese: 李达; traditional Chinese: 李達; pinyin: Lǐ Dá; 1890 – 1966) was a Chinese Marxist philosopher. He led the Agitburo after the foundation of the Party. Li Da left the Communist Party in the 1920s due to its reformism. However he maintained close ties with the party and its underground apparatus. Li Da translated many European Marxist works into Chinese. Li Da's most important work was Elements of Sociology, which had a great influence on Mao Zedong. Li Da helped popularize the New Philosophy that gained dominance in the USSR in the 1930s. After 1949 Li Da rejoined the CPC. He was heavily criticized and beaten at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, and died in 1966. He was posthumously rehabilitated after Mao's death.

Family[]

Li and his wife Wang Huiwu had three children. Their eldest daughter, Li Xintián (李心田), died of an illness during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The second daughter was Li Xinyi (李心怡). Their only son was Li Xintian (李心天), a founder of medical psychology in China.^[1]

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