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Photography: Zhong Kuirun, Zhang Wei, Dong Yu, Propaganda Department of Haizheng.
Fang Yonggang’s undergraduate thesis: Zhang Zhidong and the Self-Strengthening Army.
When he first entered the university campus, the bustling Shanghai and the famous Fudan University gave him a huge impact: "Because there were not many books to read in remote places in the past, after entering the university, I felt too ignorant to talk about western philosophy, China philosophy and ancient China culture."
From then on, he made up his mind to read more books. In college, he carefully read through four volumes of Marx and Engels, Lenin and Mao Zedong. He told himself that in his junior year, he could openly debate and discuss problems with any classmate in his class.
At this stage, he had a strong interest in the history of China’s modern thought. Why did the introduction of western capitalism not save China, but Marxism stood out? China’s Westernization Movement and the Revolution of 1911 tried to change China from the system, but failed. Why did we change China’s fate from the origin theory level and cultural level after the introduction of Marxism? This is a question he has been thinking about.
Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping that he has read.
He believed in Deng Xiaoping Theory with a sincere heart, especially after 1992. He said, "In 1992, I was very excited after reading Comrade Deng Xiaoping’s southern tour speech. Comrade Xiaoping’s inspiring words opened many theoretical fogs in my heart, which made me see that Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s cause is very promising, and we also have many major theoretical and practical questions to answer. "
During his nearly twenty years as a scholar, he wrote a lot of works related to Deng Xiaoping Theory. For example, Research on Deng Xiaoping’s Socialist Theory, Deng Xiaoping and China’s Naval Modernization Development Road, Special Study on Deng Xiaoping Theory, Latest Achievements of China Marxism and so on.