Wang Yanan and the Complex of DAS Kapital

Abstract

Economist Wang Yanan is one of the translators of the full Chinese translation of Das Kapital. Wang Yanan and Guo Dali became attached to Das Kapital at the Great Buddha Temple by chance because of their high level of English, the same interests and coincidences. In order to pass the language barrier of translating "Das Kapital", accumulate knowledge of classical political economy and increase the perceptual understanding of the capitalist system, Wang Yanan traveled eastward to Japan and went to England, Germany and other countries. After co-translating "Das Kapital", Wang Yanan used the knowledge structure of "Das Kapital" to investigate and analyze Chinese society, and wrote "The Principles of Chinese Economy". Since then, Wang Yanan has studied Das Kapital from a holistic, partial and critical perspective. Wang Yanan spent his entire life in the translation, research, dissemination and application of Das Kapital. Wang Yanan's complex with "Das Kapital" has left a scholar's spirit of concentration, hard study, integration of theory with practice, and knowledge gained through discussion to scientific researchers.