Leave no gaps in history Biographical Literature was born 34 years ago, in June of 1962. The jobs of publisher, managing director, and editor-inchief were all joined in a single person--Liu Shao-tang. Then 40, with undaunted spirit, in the first issue he expressed his regret that China had never had any tradition of biographical writing.
三十四年前，民國五十一年的六月，「傳記文學」誕生，集發行人、社長與總編輯於一身的劉紹唐剛滿四十歲，豪氣乾雲，在發刊詞中一語道破中國自太史公作史記以來即乏傳記佳作的遺憾，也點出在那個還有文字獄的時代知識份子的顧忌：