In 1955, when the title was awarded, many rebel generals were also awarded titles, among which Chen Mingren and other generals were still generals, and the rank was quite high, but another first-class general who was electrified with Chen Mingren did not have a military rank. This first-class general without military rank was Cheng Qian, whose seniority was very high, he was a member of the League, an officer to a general of the army, in 1912 he was the head of the Hunan Military Department, and in the 1917 Protector Movement, he was the commander of the Hunan Protector Army.
Less well known is that Cheng Qian's family also returned to Jinya Zangjiao, and when he was 54 years old, he also married a 17-year-old girl. The girl's name is Guo Yiqing, and they have been together for more than 30 years. The age gap between the husband and wife is really a bit large, according to general common sense, Cheng Qian is definitely Guo Yiqing's father's generation.
Guo Yiqing was pregnant with 16 children for Cheng Qian after marriage, but due to poor medical conditions at that time, coupled with Guo Yiqing's own health was not very good, only 6 daughters survived in the end, namely: Cheng Xi, Cheng Yu, Cheng Wen, Cheng Xin, Cheng Dan, Cheng Yu. Guo Yiqing is 37 years younger than Cheng Qian, but he is single-minded in his husband and son, although Cheng Qian has a cold personality, he also takes good care of his wife, and when he has leisure time, he will accompany his wife to tell children historical stories and literary works, get along very well, and later Cheng Qian died.
After liberation, Guo Yiqing served as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for three years, and has been committed to the work of the Women's Federation, she is also a member of the presidium of the first National Women's Joint Congress, and can be said to be a veteran figure of the Women's Federation. After Cheng Qian's death, Guo Yiqing walked alone for 28 Spring and Autumn Festivals, and finally died in Beijing on June 12, 1996, due to illness, at the age of 76. The body of Comrade Guo Yiqing was cremated in Beijing, and the ashes were placed in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery together with her husband Cheng Qian.