Zhuoxuan Ren

Ren Zhuoxuan, (; 4 April 1896 – 29 January 1990), widely known by his pen name Ye Qing , was a Chinese political theorist and prolific writer. He was an early member of the Chinese Communist Party. After two arrests and a failed execution, he left the CCP and joined the Kuomintang.

He subsequently reinvented himself as one of the KMT's anti-communist theorists, publishing on the Three Principles of the People. Through his critiques of CCP leadership, he coined the term "Mao Zedong-ism" , later CCP theorists would develop the rival formulation "Mao Zedong Thought" , which was formalized at the Seventh National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 1945.

He fled to Taiwan in 1950, where he continued writing and lecturing until his death.

Early life Ren Zhuoxuan was born on 4 April 1896 in Nanchong, Sichuan province to a modest family. He studied at the Nanzhong County Middle School (南充縣立中學),

He was then later arrested a second time while still hospitalised because, without his knowledge, the CCP had been using his home address as a communications hub. Upon hearing he had defected, Chen Duxiu reportedly said: "Zhuoxuan could never do such a thing, do not slander him."

Writing Ren moved to Shanghai and there became better known by his pen name Ye Qing. There he served as chief editor for a left wing library and translated a number of works such as those of Georgi Plekhanov, also publishing his critiques of Hu Shi and Zhang Dongsun. Several CCP members frequenting the library the bookstore were aware of his status as a defector but did not oppose him. Ren responded with "A Dynamic Logic Is Possible! An Answer to Professor Zhang Dongsun", and in the next year, published a two-volume work titled A Critique of Zhang Dongsun's Philosophy. He received the Order of the Cloud and Banner from the ROC.

Personal life Ran was married, his wife was Wei Suqiu (尉素秋), a graduate of the Chinese literature and history department of National Central University in Nanjing. Wei was the maternal aunt of the literary critic Wei Tiancong.

He died on 29 January 1990 in Taiwan at age 93.

Selected works Critique of Hu Shi (胡適批判), c. 1932 Critique of Zhang Dongsun's Philosophy (張東蓀哲學批判), 1934 How to Study the Three Principles of the People (怎樣研究三民主義) The Perfection of the Three Principles of the People (三民主義之完美) The Three Principles of the People and Socialism (三民主義與社會主義) Problems of Logic (論理學問題), 1937