The revolution led by Sun Yat-sen ended China's more than two thousand years of feudal imperialism and established the Republic of China, which was an important turning point in China's history. Sun Yat-sen advocated the Three People's Principles and made profound attempts and explorations for China to establish a democratic state. Sun Yat-sen founded the League in 1905, and from then until his death he remained on the road to national salvation.
When Sun Yat-sen challenged the feudal forces, his own security was always threatened. Three bodyguards by his side provided a strong guarantee for him to carry out the cause of national salvation. What kind of characters are these three chivalrous bodyguards?
Yang Yin
Yang Yin was a compatriot of Sun Yat-sen. The two people are from the same village and live close to each other. Like Sun Yat-sen, Yang Yin had a very good family and was a big local household. Yang Yin's uncle was the one who revolutionized with Sun Yat-sen, so Yang Yin admired Sun Yat-sen very much and took Sun Yat-sen as his goal early on to overthrow the Qing Dynasty with him.
After Sun Yat-sen established the League, Yang Yin joined early. In the League, Yang Yin was in charge of underground liaison work. In 1913, Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary achievements were deprived by Yuan Shikai, which plunged the originally enthusiastic revolution into darkness. Yang Yin felt angry and hateful because of this, and decided to join the revolution and make contributions to the revolution.
Under the call of Yang Yin, many people joined the ranks of the League Association against Yang Yin, and the League Association slowly grew stronger, which was a great help to Sun Yat-sen.
Sun Yat-sen also favored Yang Yin, and the two had cooperated many times. In 1917, when Sun Yat-sen decided to launch the Northern Expedition, Yang Yin was responsible for protecting his safety.
The Beiyang warlords were very powerful at that time, and Sun Yat-sen's move brought great threats to himself. In order to ensure safety, Sun Yat-sen chose Yang Yin, who he trusted most, as his personal assistant, which was actually Sun Yat-sen's personal bodyguard. Yang Yin has been practicing martial arts at the Shaolin Temple since childhood, with a body of kung fu and extraordinary courage, and his bodyguard work is very well done.
Thanks to Yang Yin's intentions, Sun Yat-sen was unscathed. Under Yang Yin's protection, no one could go near Sun Yat-sen, which made Sun Yat-sen very at ease. Sun Yat-sen said that Yang Yin was like his life, his habits. In Sun Yat-sen's view, Yang Yin has long become his right and left arm.
Sun Yat-sen did many great things under the protection of Yang Yin. Unfortunately, the sky did not go according to people's wishes, and Yang Yin did not follow Sun Yat-sen for too long. In 1928, the Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China was convened, and Yang Yin was elected minister of the Military Department (chairman of the Central Military Commission). He had the courage to return to his life, and during a mission operation, Yang Yin was betrayed by traitors and captured by the enemy.
The enemy severely tortured Yang Yin and forced him to surrender. But Yang Yinning died unyieldingly and eventually became generous and righteous for the sake of the great righteousness of the revolution.
Zhang Fakui
Sun Yat-sen's second bodyguard was Zhang Fakui, also a compatriot of Sun Yat-sen. Zhang Fakui was brilliant and joined the League at the age of sixteen. After that, he was admitted to the Third Army School of Wuchang. When Sun Yat-sen organized the Dharma Protection Movement, Zhang Fakui became Sun Yat-sen's bodyguard.
Although the Dharma Protection Movement was unsuccessful, Zhang Fakui's bodyguard work was excellent, and he was elected commander-in-chief by the Nationalist government. Zhang Fakui's life was half worthy. Although he also had many mistakes, his patriotic heart was always the same. Later generations also had a high evaluation of Zhang Fakui.
In the end, Zhang Fakui was a man who followed Sun Yat-sen's revolution, had a very good nature, never engaged in corruption, was heroic and courageous when fighting wars, and was not afraid of life and death.
He was a well-known patriotic general in china's modern history, who fought many battles against Chen Jiongming's rebels, and eventually grew from a nameless junior officer to an outstanding senior commander.
Zhang Fakui died in Hong Kong in 1980 at the age of 85. Marshal Ye Jianying called Zhang Fakui's family after learning of his death to express his condolences. Taiwan's hometown association also held a memorial service for Zhao Fakui.
Xue Yue
Sun Yat-sen's third bodyguard was the famous Xue Yue. Xue Yue was a member of the Chinese Revolutionary Party, which was also founded by Sun Yat-sen, and in 1918 Xue Yue was appointed by Sun Yat-sen as a staff officer of the headquarters, and in 1921 he became a battalion commander, always following Sun Yat-sen and escorting his revolution.
In August 1921, Sun Yat-sen arrived in Guilin to establish a large camp of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and Xue Yue was responsible for the security of Sun Yat-sen's presidential palace. In 1922, chen jiongming incident occurred, and in April Xue Yue escorted Sun Yat-sen back to Guangdong, and the base camp was set up in Shaoguan. In June, Xue Yue sent Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling back to Guangzhou.
In June, Chen Jiongming rebelled and led a team to besiege the presidential palace, Ye Ting insisted on the front door, Xue Yue guarded the back door, the battle lasted for more than ten hours, and the guard regiment protected Sun Songqingling to break through. Ye Ting's team opened the way in front, and Xue Yue led the team to break off, successfully protecting Song Qingling's safety.
Xue Yue then remained with Sun Yat-sen until he was assigned by Sun Yat-sen to go to Guangxi to suppress the rebellion, but for other reasons military operations could not be carried out. He later returned to report the situation to Sun Yat-sen.
In 1923, Chiang Kai-shek led his troops to carry out a crusade against Chen Jiongming, and Xue Yue was appointed as the aide-de-camp and chief of staff of the First Army. Because of his outstanding military achievements, he was praised by electricity.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Xue Yue, as a senior general of the Kuomintang Army, achieved excellent results in the battle against the Japanese Kou. In the Third Battle of Changsha, Xue Yue was awarded the Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun for his outstanding performance. After the surrender of Japan, Xue Yue was appointed commander of the Nanxun Line and was awarded the Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Harry Truman.
Xue Yue died of illness in 1998 at the age of 103.
brief summary:
As the saying goes, those who are close to Zhu are red and close to ink are black. Figures like Sun Yat-sen, who can turn things around and bring the feudal dynasty that lasted for more than two thousand years to an end, will require courage and determination, and overcome countless difficulties. The people who grew up around him are basically remarkable figures in modern history.
Even if it was Sun Yat-sen's bodyguard, each of these three people was a well-known figure. They followed Sun Yat-sen and fought bravely for the country, all of which had profound national righteousness. Sun Yat-sen lived a life of prosperity, and those who followed him were naturally influenced by him and became people who understood the great righteousness.
In The history of China, there has never been a shortage of heroes who have served the country and the people, whether it is Sun Yat-sen or other people, in the face of national disasters, there will always be people who stand up, raise their arms, and lead hundreds of millions of people to overthrow all oppression and bullying. China's modern history is a history of people's struggle that can be sung and wept.
While remembering the heroic deeds of the martyrs, we should also cherish everything we have now. We must remember the expectations of our ancestors, work hard all the time, and let China, the lion, stand proudly in the forest of the world!