In the twelve years since beacon fire, countless revolutionary heroes have appeared in China, including many female heroes. They changed their previous gentleness, put aside family chores and children, and resolutely threw themselves into the revolution.
We are familiar with Qiu Jin, Tang Qunying, Song Qingling and other revolutionary heroines, in fact, there is another,
She rarely appears in front of the media, is low-key and introverted, who is she? She is Ye Jianying's wife, Zeng Xianzhi.
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Speaking of Zeng Xianzhi, we can use these eight words to describe her,
"Good birth, loyalty and righteousness"
In addition to Zeng Xianzhi's outstanding talent, he is also known as the flower of the Whampoa School, according to the photos circulated, Zeng Xianzhi has short neat hair, fair skin, and bright eyes, and is a well-known big beauty.
Today, let's interpret the legendary life of this beautiful woman.
Zeng Xianzhi was born on January 23, 1910 in Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province, and some people must think of a heavyweight Zeng Guopan, who is indeed a descendant of Zeng Guopan.
Zeng Xianzhi's great-grandfather was the ninth brother of Zeng Guopan, and he was a high-ranking and powerful person who served as a Shangshu of the Late Qing Dynasty
。 Such an extraordinary family, Zeng Xianzhi is destined to win at the starting line, and the education received is of high quality.
Born into a prestigious family, Zeng Xianzhi was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting at a young age, and also learned to read and recognize words, although it was hard, Zeng Xianzhi was lucky. Born in the turbulent years of China, it is not easy for women to be able to read and read, so Zeng Xianzhi cherished the opportunity to read and worked hard in learning.
At the age of 15, she was admitted to the Hunan Provincial Women's First Normal School, where she respected her teacher and was humble, and her classmates liked her. Tsang Issy keen on sports,
Basketball, in particular, can often be seen sweating on the basketball court.
Where is my daughter's ambition? In the turbulent years, as a young man, his heart was concerned about the prosperity of the motherland, and it was also the ambition in Zeng Xianzhi's heart, who said that women were inferior to men. When the Whampoa Military Academy opened a girls' class, Zeng Xianzhi's revenge was realized. After consulting with his family, Zeng Xianzhi resolutely chose to apply for the Whampoa Military Academy, and after hard work, Zeng Xianzhi became one of the first female students of the Whampoa Military Academy.
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At the Whampoa Military Academy, Zeng Xianzhi met ye Jianying, the love of his life, known as the "first school flower of Huangpu", but fell in love with Ye Jianying at first sight, it can be known that Ye Jianying is 13 years older than Zeng Xianzhi and has had two marriages. in
Zeng Xianzhi said that in the face of love, these are secondary, as long as the two people have each other, everything is not important, the two married in 1927, that year Zeng Xianzhi was 17 years old.
Unfortunately, the world is unpredictable, and the Whampoa Military Academy was instructed by the superior to send a group of students to study in the Soviet Union, originally both of them were on the list, and then due to the excessive number of students studying abroad, Zeng Xianzhi had to give up this opportunity.
Ye Jianying went to the Soviet Union to study, and the pair of mandarin ducks who envied others were separated.
Although he was unable to go abroad to learn knowledge, Zeng Xianzhi threw himself into the revolution, went to Shanghai to participate in underground party activities and was admitted to South China University.
At that time, in the face of foreign enemies, the Kuomintang did nothing, which inspired many patriotic young people to march on the streets, including Zeng Xianzhi, who was unfortunately arrested and finally released. Later, he went to Japan to study, but was arrested again, but fortunately he was saved from suffering because he was a descendant of Zeng Guopan.
These dark and helpless days were all survived by Zeng Xianzhi alone.
In 1938, Zeng Xianzhi met her beloved husband, when she was working in Wuhan Xinhua Daily, and Ye Jianying was the representative of Nanjing, although the identity was different, the thoughts that came to her face once again made the two fall in love, which was
The meeting also brought the crystallization of love. Zeng Xianzhi is very happy, and becoming a mother is both nervous and excited.
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Before waiting for the happy life of a family of three, Ye Jianying went to the battlefield again because of the revolution, and Zeng Xianzhi was pregnant in October and gave birth to a son in Hong Kong, named Ye Xuanning.
The work of the Ku Nai Revolution was heavy, and Zeng Xianzhi had to foster his child who had just turned a full moon in the home of a relative in Hunan.
Zeng Xianzhi and Ye Jianying met again is a stranger, in 1941, 31-year-old Zeng Xianzhi finally met her husband, did not want Ye Jianying to bring his wife and daughter to the appointment, which is a fatal blow to Zeng Xianzhi, just imagine how a woman digests this pain.
Having experienced the war and the days of tears and blood, yu Zeng Xianzhi said what are these emotional wounds?
As a noble lady of the family, Zeng Xianzhi decently let go and ended the 13-year marriage.
Since then, Zeng Xianzhi has put all his energy into his work, serving as the personal secretary of Sister Deng, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the secretary of the All-China Women's Federation, and now his son Ye Xuanning has become a major general, and Zeng Xianzhi is a qualified mother and an excellent party member. Although the marriage with Ye Jianying is the only regret in life, this does not affect Zeng Xianzhi from becoming a generation of legendary women in our hearts.