Li, Rui, 1917-2019

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Li, Rui, 1917-2019
Other forms of name
Liruei, 1917-2019
Li, Rui, 1917-
nne Li, Jui, 1917-
Liruei, 1917-
Date of birth
1917-04-13
Date of death
2019-02-16
Associated country
China
Field of activity
China--History--1949-
China--Politics and government--1949-
Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976
Occupation
Historians
Private secretaries
Statesmen
Associated Language
chi
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 59335082
Wikidata: Q472939
Library of congress: nr 95036123
OCoLC: oca03931280
Sources of Information
  • Fu mu zuo ri shu (1938-1949), 2008:t.p. (李锐 = Li Rui)
  • New York times WWW site, viewed Feb. 19, 2019(in obituary published Feb. 15: Li Rui; b. 1917, Hunan province; d. Saturday [Feb. 9, 2019], Beijing, aged 101; over nearly four decades went from being one of Mao Zedong's personal secretaries in the 1950s to a Communist Party critic, revisionist historian, and standard-bearer for liberal values in China; but he was no dissident; he died a Communist Party member, enjoying the privileges that came from having joined the party in 1937, earlier than almost anyone else alive in China)
  • South China morning post WWW site, viewed Feb. 19, 2019(in obituary dated Feb. 16: Li Rui; b. 1917; d. Saturday [Feb. 16, 2019], Beijing, aged 101)
  • Lu-shan hui i shih lu, 1994:t.p. (Li Jui) front flap (b. 1917)
  • Mao Tse-tung tsao nien tu shu sheng huo, 1992:t.p. (Li Jui) cover (Liruei [in rom.])