五四时期湖南青年赴法勤工俭学及建党活动

Activities in Preparation for the Establishment of the CPC in France by Young Work-Study Students from Hunan in the Early 1920s

五四时期,以蔡和森、向警予、李维汉、李立三、李富春、蔡畅为代表的湖南青年,积极寻找“改造中国与世界”的“救世良方”,促进了留法勤工俭学运动向俄国革命的方向发展。蔡和森不仅是最早向国内提议建党并取名“中国共产党”的人,甚至建议新民学会在法国的分支“工学世界社”改名“少年共产党”。正如毛泽东评价的,蔡和森、向警予等人与国内建党的创始人一样,他们都是党在海外的创始人。

After the May Fourth Movement(1919),a group of young people from Hunan such as Cai Hesen and Xiang Jingyu went to France to attend work-study programs while actively seeking solutions that could transform China and even the world.Inspired by the October Revolution(1917)in Russia,Cai became the first person who proposed to establish a party and name it“Chinese Communist Party”.He also suggested that the Xinmin Society’s branch in France be renamed“Communist Party of Youth”.Cai and his fellow students in France were,as described by Mao Zedong,founders of Communist Party of China.