Shifu, Soul of Chinese Anarchism

This study explores the life and political milieu of Shifu, a central figure in Republican China. Born in 1884, Shifu was brought down in 1915 by overwork, poverty, and tuberculosis. Yet during that short span, he became the most influential anarchist of his time.

Daring to die - a life of Shifu; anarchism in Europe and in China - themes reasserted and themes adapted; assassination and radical ideolology - Liu Shifu's route to anarchism; Liu's prison essays; return to assassination; socialism narrow and broad -Shifu's comrade-rivals in the early republic; the new beginning -Shifu launches the conscience society at Guangzhou; renewal at Shanghai - the culmination of Shifu's career; Shifu's legacy -anarchism in the new culture years; shifting ground, slippery footing - anarchists versus communists and nationalists during the 1920s; conclusion - Shifu, whole-souled anarchist.