In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country's economic construction faced two major problems, one is the unreasonable industrial layout, and the other is the weak strength of higher education in the west, in this case, the Party Central Committee and the State Council decided to move Jiaotong University to Xi'an, in 1959, the main body of Jiaotong University moved to the west The work was completed, the school was named Xi'an Jiaotong University, and Peng Kang was appointed president.
Today we will tell the story of Peng Kang.
On August 26, 1901, Peng Kang was born in Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province, Shangli County, Shuangyuan Village, a farming family, Peng Kang's grandfather opened a private school in his hometown, which allowed Peng Kang to receive a systematic cultural education since he was a child, Peng Kang was smart and clever since he was a child, studied hard, and was admitted to Pingxiang Public Middle School.
In 1918, Peng Kang, who had excellent grades, was sponsored by the family ancestral hall and went to Japan to study, and successively studied at Tokyo No. 1 High School, Kagoshima No. 7 High School, and Kyoto Imperial University.
In April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek staged a coup d'état in Shanghai, betraying the revolutionary cause of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and under these circumstances, Peng Kang decided to break away from the Kuomintang and secretly joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1928, finally throwing himself into the embrace of communism.
In 1930, Peng Kang, Lu Xun and others initiated the organization of the "China Freedom Movement Alliance" and became one of the leaders of the preparatory work of the Chinese Left-wing Writers' Union.
In 1931, Gu Shunzhang defected and confessed that Peng Zijie (Peng Kang), who was imprisoned, was a member of the Communist Party, but Peng Kang did not admit it in court, and the court, which lacked strong evidence, had to give up temporarily.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Peng Kang was elected as a representative by his fellow inmates to negotiate with the Introspection Yuan, and with Peng Kang's efforts, they finally escaped, and then Peng Kang went to Wuhan to find the party organization, and under Dong Biwu's inspection, the party organization relationship was restored.
In October 1940, Peng Kang came to Jiangsu with Liu Shaoqi and served as the Propaganda Minister of the East China Bureau, and concurrently served as the president of the Party School of the East China Bureau, assisting Liu Shaoqi in party building and cultural construction, and providing a political guarantee for the victory of the New Fourth Army in the War of Resistance against Japan.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Peng Kang followed the instructions of the Central Committee and led cadres to Shandong to establish Linyi Shandong University, and served as the propaganda director of the Shandong Branch and the president of the Party School.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, Shandong University and East China University merged and was named "Shandong University".
In November 1952, Chairman Mao personally signed the letter of appointment, appointing Peng Kang as the president of Jiaotong University, and from 1956 to 1958, under the auspices of Peng Kang, the westward relocation of Jiaotong University was completed.
At the beginning, Jiaotong University was divided into two parts: Shanghai and Xi'an, and in 1959, the central government decided to establish two separate schools, namely Shanghai Jiaotong University and Xi'an Jiaotong University.
However, during the Ten Years Movement, Peng Kang was wrongly criticized, and Kang Sheng was slandered as a traitor in public three times, and under pressure from the Central Cultural Revolution Group, the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China declared Peng Kang an "anti-party and anti-socialist element" and removed him from his post.
On the morning of March 28, 1968, the Red Guards again criticized Peng Kang, took him to the library and knelt down in front of the statue of Chairman Mao, and in the process of fighting, Peng Kang was constantly beaten, and a few hours later, Peng Kang was persecuted to death.
In June 1978, the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to completely rehabilitate Peng Kang, and held a grand memorial service for Peng Kang in the gymnasium of Xi'an Jiaotong University, presided over by Li Ruishan, the first secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee, and Nie Rongzhen, Hu Yaobang and other central leaders also sent wreaths to mourn.