Li Yimang's Memoirs of Li Yimang, which lasted eight years before his death, tells the whole process of the Northern Expedition, the Agrarian Revolutionary War, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the Liberation War. The book describes the Nanchang Uprising, the underground work in Shanghai, the Long March and the Southern Anhui Incident in detail, showing many vivid and unknown details. The book also mentions some working and living conditions after the founding of the People's Republic of China, including experiences during the Cultural Revolution and many past events after returning to work.
Comrade Li Yimang, former member of the Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Committee, served as the leader of the planning group for the collation and publication of ancient books in the State Council for ten years. His cultivation of ancient books talents in the new period, his collection of more than 2,300 books and his accomplishments in calligraphy all made him an influential party leader in the cultural circle.
This book covers many important people and events inside and outside the party. For example, Li Yimang and Zhou Enlai introduced Guo Moruo to join the China Producer Party; He also worked as Mao Zedong's secretary for some time, and went to Chengdu as Mao Zedong's special envoy to do Liu Xiang's United front work. When he was in Shanghai, he was a member of the secret service led by Zhou Enlai and Chen Yun, and he was a witness to the "Wu Hao Incident", which was related to Premier Zhou's innocence. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he was appointed by the Central Committee to assist Ye Ting and Xiang Ying to form the New Fourth Army and shoulder the mission of coordinating the relationship between them. He has also served as ambassador to Myanmar, executive vice minister of the International Liaison Department and deputy secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC Central Committee, with rich experience.
His memoirs are called "a rare unpretentious, authentic and good book" by famous party history experts. Many descendants of revolutionaries on the hidden front said that Comrade Li Yimang's memory of underground work in Shanghai is relatively reliable.