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Title: Li Rui papers
Date (inclusive): 1938-2018
Collection Number: 2019C100
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Chinese
Physical Description:
40 manuscript boxes, digital files
(16.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, other writings, printed matter and photographs relating to government policy in the People's Republic
of China.
Creator:
Li, Rui, 1917-2019
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Boxes 25-40 closed; there is digitized content from this collection available. The remainder of the collection is open for
research. Materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material
in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2019.
[Identification of item], Li Rui papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Li Rui's daughter, Li Nanyang (also known as Nanyang Li), has reviewed the diaries and has chosen to keep some passages private
until 2044. Redactions from the digital use copies are annotated with the year of redaction.
Li Rui was born in Hunan Province, China in 1917. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1937, when he was a mechanical
engineering student at Wuhan University. Between 1937 and 1940, he held several positions in the CCP. In 1940, Li Rui went
to Yan'an and worked for the
Liberation Daily. After the Japanese surrender in 1945, Li served as secretary for Gao Gang and Chen Yun. Between 1949 and 1952 he was appointed
propaganda minister of the CCP Hunan Provincial Headquarters. He also served in the Ministry of Water Conservation beginning
in 1955. In 1958, he became Mao Zedong's personal aide and was also the youngest deputy minister in the People's Republic
of China. One year later, Li was expelled from the inner circle after he severely criticized Mao's Great Leap Forward, a policy
that resulted in widespread famine across the country. Between 1967 and 1975 he was imprisoned in Beijing. After Deng Xiaoping
came to power in 1978, Li was rehabilitated and allowed back into the party, where he served as Vice Minister of Water Conservation
(1979-1982) and then Deputy Head of the Central Organization Department (1982-1984), one of the most powerful and secretive
organs of the Communist Party and responsible for controlling personnel assignments and keeping detailed data on potential
future party leaders. In his later years, Li became a keen advocate for political reform and a strong critic of the party
and its top leaders. He died on February 16, 2019, at the age of 101.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, diaries, other writings, printed matter, and photographs relating to government policy in the People's Republic
of China.
Fu Mu Zuo Ri shu: Li Rui, Fan Yuanzhen 1938 Nian-1960 Nian Tong Xin, Ri Ji Ji
父母昨日書 : 李銳, 范元甄1938年-1960年通信, 日記集
(Correspondence between Li Rui and Fan Yuanzhen)
https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/6760749
Li Rui Kou Shu Wang Shi 李銳口述往事 (Li Rui Oral History) https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10474220
Li Rui Ri Ji : 1946-1979 李锐日记 : 1946-1979 (Li Rui Diaries, 1946-1979) https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/7760768
Li Rui Ri Ji: Zhu Fang Zhuan 李锐日记 : 出访卷 (Supplements to 1954-55, 1958, 1979, 1983, 1989, and 1993 diaries; includes notes about Li Rui's travels abroad) https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4316751
Lu Shan Hui Yi Shi Lu廬山會議實錄 (Record of the Lushan Conference) https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8487135
Yun Tian Gu Yan Dai Chun Huan: Li Rui 1975-1979 Jia Xin Ji 雲天孤雁待春還 : 李銳1975-1979家信集 (Family correspondence, 1975-1979) https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/7760773
Li Rui Kou Shu Wang Shi 李銳口述往事 (Li Rui Oral History) https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10474220
Li Rui Ri Ji : 1946-1979 李锐日记 : 1946-1979 (Li Rui Diaries, 1946-1979) https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/7760768
Li Rui Ri Ji: Zhu Fang Zhuan 李锐日记 : 出访卷 (Supplements to 1954-55, 1958, 1979, 1983, 1989, and 1993 diaries; includes notes about Li Rui's travels abroad) https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4316751
Lu Shan Hui Yi Shi Lu廬山會議實錄 (Record of the Lushan Conference) https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8487135
Yun Tian Gu Yan Dai Chun Huan: Li Rui 1975-1979 Jia Xin Ji 雲天孤雁待春還 : 李銳1975-1979家信集 (Family correspondence, 1975-1979) https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/7760773
Subjects and Indexing Terms
China -- Politics and government -- 1949-