施存统早期革命活动述略(1919—1923)

On Shi Cuntong’s Early Revolutionary Activities(1919-1923)

施存统是中国共产党早期组织、上海社会主义青年团的创始人之一、中国共产党早期组织旅日支部的负责人。从1920年5月参与创建中共早期组织到1923年8月力辞中国社会主义青年团中央执行委员这一时期,他为中国共产党、社会主义青年团的组织建设贡献了自己的力量。1920年下半年施存统赴日本养病和读书期间继续党的发起组的工作,同时积极撰文并大量译介日本社会主义者的论著,宣传科学社会主义。1922年初他回国后受命主要从事青年团的工作,在他的具体指导下,各地团组织继续恢复,积极活动。5月上旬,施存统在中国社会主义青年团"一大"上当选为首任团中央书记。施存统一年来主持的团中央工作受到了党中央负责人毛泽东的充分肯定。总的来说,施存统一生功大于过,他在中国革命史上的历史功绩将被永远铭记。

Shi Cuntong was one of the co-founders of the Communist Party of China and the Shanghai Socialist Youth League.He was also the head of Japanese branch of the early organization of the Communist Party of China.From May 1920 to August 1923,when he resigned from the executive committee of the Communist Youth League of China,he contributed to the organization of the Communist Party of China and the Socialist Youth League.In the second half of 1920,while he was convalescing and studying in Japan,he continued the work of the Party’s initiation group,and actively wrote and translated numerous works of Japanese socialists to promote the scientific socialism.In early 1922,he returned to the country and was assigned to work mainly in the youth league.Under his specific guidance,local league organizations continued to resume active activities.In early May,he was elected as the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China at the"First National Congress"of the Communist Youth League of China.Shi Cuntong has presided over the work of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China over the past year,which has been fully affirmed by the head of the Party Central Committee,Mao Zedong.On the whole,Shi Cuntong’s contribution in his lifetime is greater than his fault,and his historical contribution in the history of the Chinese revolution will be forever remembered.