She married at the age of 18 and later became the vice chairman of the Women's Federation, her husband was at the level of zhengguo, and her son was a major general
She was born in Shuxiang Mendi, a family of officials and eunuchs, her father's ancestors were all from Xiucai for five generations, her ancestor was Zeng Guoquan, the younger brother of Zeng Guofan, a heavy minister in the late Qing Dynasty, who was the governor of Liangguang, she threw herself into the revolutionary movement very early, married her husband at the age of 31 at the age of 18, the husband and wife contributed their lives to the revolution, after the founding of the country, her husband was official to the zhengguo level, she dedicated the rest of her life to the work of the Women's Federation, she was zeng Xianzhi, the wife of the founding marshal Ye Jianying.
In 1910, Zeng Xianzhi was born in Hehua Town, Shuangfeng County, Henan, the family is rich and has a beautiful tradition of attaching importance to education, Zeng Xianzhi had good grades when he was young, and was admitted to the Provincial First Girls' Normal School at the age of 13, and her interests in the top of the academic performance are also very extensive, playing basketball is a good hand. At that time, the principal of the school was Xu Teli, the elder of the Chinese revolution, under his guidance, the school attached importance to the cultivation of patriotic education ideas, and Zeng Xianzhi was determined to do his best for the country, and was admitted to the Wuhan Military Academy of the Central Military Academy after graduation.
During the Northern Expedition, she served as a clerk for Ye Jianying, and then followed Ye Jianying to participate in the Guangzhou Uprising, and with the long contact between the two fell in love, in early 1928 the two came together and married a couple, this year Zeng Xianzhi was 18 years old, Ye Jianying was 31 years old, and soon she joined the party with honor, becoming the first CCP member among the descendants of zeng guofan brothers.
In a patriotic movement, Zeng Xianzhi was arrested and imprisoned, after being rescued from prison, the organization arranged for her to study in Japan, at this time Ye Jianying studied in the Soviet Union, the husband and wife could not see each other until 1931 after returning to China, the two did not meet again, but the needs of revolutionary work, the two together is a rare thing, Ye Jianying soon went to work in the Soviet union, and Zeng Xianzhi had other arrangements, the husband and wife separated again. For the sake of the future of the country and the nation, they can only bury their thoughts about each other in their hearts.
Because of the small number of people, until 1938, their first child and only son Ye Xuanning was born, the husband was not around, Zeng Xianzhi was busy with work, and soon sent his son who was not yet one year old back to his hometown to raise, until after the founding of the Country.
Zeng Xianzhi has been working in the Women's Federation since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and initially she served as the secretary of Song Qingling, the honorary chairman of the All-China Women's Federation, and at the founding ceremony, she helped Song Qingling climb the Tiananmen Tower, and at the founding ceremony, she stood by Premier Zhou's side and witnessed this glorious moment in history.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Ye Jianying became one of the ten founding marshals, and has been holding important positions in the Central Committee since then, successively serving as vice chairman of the Central Committee, minister of national defense, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau. Zeng Xianzhi has been working in the Women's Federation, dedicated 40 spring and autumn years to the work of the All-China Women's Federation, and served as the vice chairman of the All-China Women's Federation in the late 1970s, although she is in a high position, she lives frugally, a flat and low hut lives for decades, silently contributing the rest of her life to the country.
The only son, Ye Xuanning, grew up and was admitted to Beijing University of Technology, and later assigned to local work, in 1974, due to an accident, Ye Xuanning's right arm was broken by a machine, premier Zhou personally ordered rescue, but limited to the limited medical technology, although the broken arm was connected, but the function was completely useless.
After Ye Xuanning recovered from his injuries, he was arranged to work in the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, transferred to the army in the 80s, awarded the rank of major general in 1988, Ye Xuanning liked calligraphy when he was young, calligraphy was very deep, after his right arm was disabled, he continued to practice calligraphy with his left arm, after years of contact, he trained a dashing left-handed calligraphy, which is admirable, in the 90s Ye Xuanning served as the chairman of Kelly Industry, after retiring from his post, he has been focusing on calligraphy writing, and has held calligraphy works exhibitions.