一九二八年春天,一种偶然的机会使王亚南和郭大力相识于杭州大佛寺内。共同的志趣和伟大的理想,使他们成为莫逆之交。他们经过细心研讨和反复商量,决定长期合作,共同研究马克思主义经济学,翻译《资本论》和有关英国资产阶级古典政治经济学名著。他们首先合译了亚当·斯密的《国富论》,又合译了深奥难懂的大卫·李嘉国的 In the spring of 1928, by chance, Wang Ya-nan and Guo Dagong met at the Buddhist Temple in Hangzhou. Common interests and great ideals make them irreversible. After careful discussion and repeated discussions, they decided on long-term cooperation, joint study of Marxist economics, translation of Capital and a masterpiece of classical political economy in the British bourgeoisie. They first translated Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations”, but also translated the esoteric David Li Jiaguo’s