From 1955 to 1965, this was the first time that the military implemented the rank system. During this period, a total of 10 marshals, 10 generals, 57 admirals, 177 lieutenant generals, and 1360 major generals were awarded, for a total of 1614.
These 1614 men were collectively known as the founding generals. But there is still a popular word on the Internet: the founding general.
The founding general does not include a marshal, that is to say, from the founding general to the founding major general, these 1604 people are collectively called the founding general.
At present, there are very few surviving founding generals, only 6 major generals, and they are all 100 years old. Speaking of this, the life of the founding general has always been a topic that many people like to discuss, and many readers asked a few days ago: How many founding generals lived to be a hundred years old? Who will be the longest-lived founding father?
Therefore, Yongxuan is specifically discussed here.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > first, who is the longest-lived person in each rank of the founding general? </h1>
On May 14, 1992, Nie Rongzhen died at the age of 93, he was the last founding marshal to die, but he was not the longest-lived marshal. The longest-lived founding marshal was Liu Bocheng, who died at the age of 94;
On March 29, 1989, Xiao Jinguang died, he was the last founding general to die, of course, he was also the longest-lived founding general, at the age of 86;
Speaking of this, Yongxuan believes that Xiao Jinguang should not be written as Xiao Jinguang, xiao is a simplified word for "Xiao" after the implementation of the second simplified character in the 1970s.
Xiao Jinguang, Xiao Ke, Xiao Hua and other people's surnames are Xiao, you can go to see their former residence plaque, the surname can not be simplified, after all, the genealogy, ancestral tomb inscriptions, ancestral tablets are Xiao characters. In the Song Dynasty's "Hundred Family Names" and the Ming Dynasty's "Thousand Family Names", there is only the surname of Xiao, but there is no surname of Xiao.
Back to the point! There are 20 founding marshals and founding generals, but none of them are more than 95 years old, and there are even fewer who have died at the age of 100. In particular, the general has a low life expectancy, and the highest life expectancy is only 86 years old, which is very different from the later generals, lieutenant generals and major generals.
On October 13, 2009, Lü Zhengcao died, he was the last departed founding general and the longest-lived founding general, at the age of 106;
On September 3, 2015, Zhang Zhen died, the last founding lieutenant general to die.
So, what about the longest-lived founding major general? There is no answer yet.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > second, how many founding generals lived to be a hundred years old? </h1>
As the saying goes, there are often thousand-year-old trees in the mountains, and it is rare for a hundred-year-old person in the world. Generally speaking, people have to live to a hundred years old, which is very unlikely.
However, among the 1614 founding generals, there are 72 who have lived to be 100 years old, accounting for about 4.46%, which is a very high proportion.
By comparison, as of October 2020, there were 40,592 living centenarians nationwide. The results of the main data of the seventh national census released by the National Bureau of Statistics show that the total population of the country is 141178 million people. The proportion of living centenarians in the country is about 0.000028%, which is extremely low.
Admiral Lu Zhengcao
It can be seen that the proportion of those over 100 years old among the founding generals is particularly high. So who are these 74 centenarian generals?
1. 2 founding generals: Lu Zhengcao is 106 years old, Xiao Ke is 102 years old.
2. 7 founding lieutenant generals: Sun Yi 100 years old, Luo Yuanfa 100 years old, Kong Qingde 100 years old, Fang Qiang 100 years old, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme 100 years old, Zeng Siyu 102 years old, Zhang Zhen 102 years old.
3. 65 founding major generals: Wang Dongxing 100 years old, Chen Ruiting 105 years old, Li Maozhi 103 years old, Wei Tianlu 103 years old, Chen Bo 102 years old, Wu Xi 106 years old, Tong Lusheng 100 years old, Cao Guanghua 100 years old, Yan Jiesan 102 years old, Ruan Xianbang 104 years old, Wang Zhaoxiang 101 years old, Zhang Rui 105 years old, Tang Guanghui 100 years old, Sheng Zhihua 102 years old, Wang Maoquan 106 years old, Fang Zhen 107 years old, Yin Guohong 107 years old, Xiong Zhaoren 108 years old, Chen Maohui 104 years old, Gao Xiangui 107 years old, Pei Zhouyu 104, Wu Ruishan 100, Wang Xiao 101, Jiang Honghai 102, Li Pigong 107, Hu Dingqian 101, Tan Youming 105, Cao Zhongnan 100, Wang Guide 103, Zhan Danan 106, Liao Dinglin 103, Li Guang 107, Zeng Mei 101, Wei Guoyun 104, Li Kongliang 101, Li Zhongquan 100, Ren Rong 100, Zhang Xiulong 102, Hu Jicheng 101, Zhong Bingchang 102, Jia Ruoyu 102, Lei Qin 100, Liu Zishuang 101, Wang Yunzu 100, Hu Lixin 100, Gu Hong 101, Yan Wenbin 100, Fang Huai 102, Liu Zhonghua 102, Yang Siyi 104, Li Yaowen 101, Zhang Zhongru 100, Sun Ganqing 100, Jiang Zhong 101, Chen Shaokun 100, Zhang Guochuan 100, Zhang Zhiyong 101, Shen Qixian 100, Xiang Shouzhi 100, Zhang Lixiong, Wen Zhen, Wang Fuzhi, Tu Tongjin, Zou Yan, Yang Yongsong. (I am afraid of omissions, welcome to add)
Among the 63 major generals, Zhang Lixiong, Wen Zhen, Wang Fuzhi, Tu Tongjin, Zou Yan and Yang Yongsong are currently alive, aged 109, 103, 99, 108, 107 and 103 respectively.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Lixiong
Note that the age is calculated according to the traditional algorithm, that is, the imaginary age. Imaginary age equals real age plus one year.
For example, Admiral Lu Zhengcao was born on January 4, 1904, died on October 13, 2009, and in 2009, he turned 105, that is, the real age 105, but the imaginary age is 106 years old.
This is also why the founding lieutenant generals Sun Yi, Luo Yuanfa and Kong Qingde are only 99 years old, but they are also 100 years old.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > who will be the third and longest-lived founding lieutenant? </h1>
Among the founding lieutenant generals who lived more than 100 years old, Zhang Zhen and Zeng Siyu were both 102 years old, so some people wondered, who of them was the longest-lived founding lieutenant general? Or is it the same longevity?
Let's do the math.
General Zhang Zhen
Founding Lieutenant General Zhang Zhen was born on October 5, 1914, and died on September 3, 2015, at the age of 102.
Founding Lieutenant General Zeng Siyu was born on February 2, 1911, and died on December 31, 2012, as if he died at the age of 102.
Roughly speaking, the two have a similar life expectancy. However, General Zhang Zhen's death was 32 days before his 101st birthday, while General Zeng Siyu was 33 days away from his 102nd (real) birthday.
In this way, Lieutenant General Zeng Siyu was almost a year older than General Zhang Zhenzhong. He was undoubtedly the longest-lived founding lieutenant general.
Finally, let's think about it, who is the longest-lived founding general? Of course, there is no answer to this question at the moment, because there are still 6 founding generals alive who will set records. The longest-lived founding general will also be produced among these six.
At present, Major General Zhang Lixiong is at the top of the list at the age of 109.
The surviving founding major generals all enjoyed vice-national treatment and benefits.
The battlefield is extremely dangerous, extremely destructive to people's bodies, and the mortality rate of people is also extremely high.
However, it is also very surprising that the proportion of the founding generals who came down from the battlefield had such a high proportion of people who lived to a hundred years old.