On the eve of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, on February 19, 1997, Deng Xiaoping died at the age of 93, and the bad news spread the grief of the whole country.
What is the meaning of these 8 words? Many people had doubts about these eight characters, and later Bo Lao specially explained: "One person for eternity" expresses his comrade Xiaoping's sorrow, and "one person through the ages" is an evaluation of Comrade Xiaoping, so these eight characters should be viewed in two parts.
Let's first look at the meaning of "one person through the ages", "one person through the ages" pinned on Bo Yibo's mourning for Deng Xiaoping, but also shows that the relationship between the two is not ordinary, Bo Yibo was born in 1908, a native of Dingxiang County, Shanxi, he is 4 years younger than Deng Xiaoping, but he joined the party as early as 1925.
Bo Yibo joined the revolution very early, during the agrarian revolution he was mainly engaged in the northern military movement, at that time the white area environment was responsible and could face life danger at any time, in 1931, Bo Yibo was betrayed by traitors and imprisoned by the enemy for five years, during which he still persisted in the struggle.
It was not until September 1936 that Bo Yibo and 54 other comrades were rescued, after which he was sent to work in Shanxi as secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Open Work Committee of the Communist Party of China, and on August 1, 1937, the Shanxi Youth Anti-Enemy Death Squad was established, with Bo Yibo serving as the captain of the general team and the political commissar of the first column.
Later, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping took the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army to southeast Jin to open up an anti-Japanese base, and Bo Yibo had more contact with Deng Xiaoping, after which he led the team to lead the establishment of the Taiyue Anti-Japanese Base Area, and in January 1941, Bo Yibo was appointed commander and political commissar of the Taiyue Military Region.
In many battles, Bo Yibo felt Deng Xiaoping's superb military command ability, and Deng Xiaoping also discovered that Bo Yibo was a young cadre with a firm will and good style, and after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Bo Yibo continued to work under Deng Xiaoping and became Deng Xiaoping's deputy.
In the War of Liberation, in July 1946, the command of the Jinji-Luyu Field Army was established, with Deng Xiaoping as political commissar, and due to his busy work, the daily work of the military region was entrusted to Bo Yibo and Teng Daiyuan, and Bo Yibo became Deng Xiaoping's right-hand man from that time on.
After the founding of New China, Bo Yibo continued to be an assistant to Deng Xiaoping, and during the special decade, Bo Yibo also suffered, and did not resume work until January 1979, serving as vice premier and director of the Machinery Industry Commission, and Bo devoted himself to economic construction.
He worked with Deng Xiaoping for decades, had a deep affection for Deng Xiaoping, naturally had such a deep sense of grief as "one person for eternity", and at the same time he had a deep understanding of Deng Xiaoping's personality and work dedication, and the four characters "one person through the ages" are the best summary of Deng Xiaoping's four major contributions.
Chinese Chinese At first, Deng Xiaoping's proposal to build a "special economic zone" was not favored by everyone, and some people expressed their incomprehension, but Bo Yibo strongly supported it, so in November 1981, Bo Yibo personally went to the south to investigate and support Deng Xiaoping.
The second major contribution is to abolish the lifelong system of leadership positions, build a democratic and legal society, take the lead in implementing the cadre retirement system, and set an example for future generations; the third major contribution is to achieve national reunification in the peaceful way of "one country, two systems", and the return of Hong Kong is the best practice.
The fourth major contribution is the establishment of the theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics, which is a valuable legacy left by Deng Xiaoping, and from the perspective of these four major contributions, Bo Yibo's evaluation of Deng Xiaoping as "one man through the ages" is in line with the facts, not exaggerated, and is a pertinent evaluation and recognition of Deng Xiaoping.