本书以“宣誓书”“绝命书”“请战书”等震撼人心的“十一书”为线索，选录了11位革命英烈为革命事业不惧流血牺牲、以身许党的感人故事。其中，寻淮洲烈士“北上抗日”“消灭敌人”的“请战书”、王尔琢烈士“革命不成功，立誓不回家”的“托孤书”、陈毅安烈士“如果牺牲了，就会托人捎回一封无字家书”的“无字书”、夏明翰烈士“杀了夏明翰，还有后来人”的“就义书”、左权烈士“决心与华北人民共艰苦，共生死”的“决心书”，等等，真实、生动地展现了革命英烈荡气回肠、可歌可泣的革命事迹，以及对理想信念的矢志不渝，读来给人以力量、思索和启迪。本次出版为英文版。

中央党史和文献研究院是党的历史和理论研究专门机构，是党中央直属事业单位，为正部级。2018年3月21日，中共中央印发的《深化党和国家机构改革方案》指出：党史和文献工作是党的事业的重要组成部分，在党和国家工作大局中具有不可替代的重要地位和作用。为加强党的历史和理论研究，统筹党史研究、文献编辑和著作编译资源力量，构建党的理论研究综合体系，促进党的理论研究和党的实践相结合，打造党的历史和理论研究高端平台，将中央党史研究室、中央文献研究室和中央编译局职责整合，组建中央党史和文献研究院，对外保留中央编译局牌子。

1. He Yeduo’s Oath 001

2. Fu Lie’s “Death Note” 009

3. Xun Huaizhou’s “Battle Cry” 017

4. Wang Erzhuo’s Letter Entrusting His Wife to His Parents 025

5. Lu Deming’s Letter Written during the March 033

6. Zhang Chaoxie’s Letters between Two Places 041

1. He Yeduo’s Oath

Jinggangshan Revolution Museum curator: “Welcome to the museum. What we see here is a precious artifact. It is an oath written by a peasant on joining the Party, which he risked his life to protect. CCP was the abbreviation for the Chinese Communist Party.”

The oath promises, “self_sacrifice, to uphold Party secrecy, to join in class struggle and revolution, to observe Party rules, and to never betray the Party.” On the edges is the man’s name and where and when he joins the Party: “He Yeduo, Beitian Village, January 25, 1931.” Though six characters are miswritten and the writing is blurred over time, all are sure to be moved by He Yeduo’s stalwart belief in the revolution and his unswerving loyalty to the Party.

To find out more about the story behind this oath, our production team made a trip to He Yeduo’s hometown, in Beitian Village, Yongxin County, Jiangxi Province. Hearing of our arrival, He Yeduo’s grandson He Zuocai travelled more than 500 kilometers from Guangzhou especially to meet us.

He Zuocai: “From 1927, when Chairman Mao led the Workers and Peasants Red Army to the Jinggang Mountains, to 1934, my grandfather worked in this oil mill.”

At first an ordinary peasant, inspired by the raging revolutionary movements in the Jinggang Mountains, He Yeduo enters the fray. He transforms the oil mill into a secret Red Army meeting house and an underground communications hub for the collection and transmission of intelligence, transportation of the wounded, and the movement of salt and other necessaries.

In 1931, 45_year_old He Yeduo is admitted into the Party by the Party organization in Yongxin County. On the evening of January 25, 1931, he takes out a ready_prepared red cloth, on which he carefully writes down his oath to the Party. He Yeduo is barely literate and miswrites 6 of the characters. What really shows his revolutionary faith is the fact that he writes down his name, and where and when he joined the Party. This is extremely dangerous under the white terror of the KMT reactionaries. If discovered, he would be killed, along with his friends and family.