Among the ten founding generals, Comrade Su Yu ranked first among the generals with his battle achievements, but there was a founding general who thought that his military achievements were not outstanding enough and planned to humble himself to the rank of general. He is Comrade Xu Guangda, who ranks tenth among the founding generals, and to be honest, whether it is seniority or various factors, it is very appropriate to be selected as a general.
As early as the red army period, he was ranked as a regimental cadre, he was also a senior cadre of the Red Second Front, he was also the only general representative of the First Field Army, if he was not selected, the Red Second Front and the First Field Army did not have a candidate for general. Reasonable, public or private, can not be said! After all, with his qualifications, military achievements or positions, it is well deserved to be elected as a general.
It is said that when he learned that he had been selected for the list of generals, he hastily found Comrade Peng Dehuai, the current vice chairman of the Standing Military Commission, minister of national defense, and head of the military rank evaluation team, and asked him to resign from the rank of general. Comrade Peng Dehuai did not accede to his request, and told Comrade Mao Zedong, chairman of the Central Military Commission, that Chairman Mao had given him a high evaluation: "Five hundred years ago, the general Xu Da, the second pingxi, and the wisdom and courage to crown Zhongzhou, five hundred years later, the general Xu Guangda, several times gave up his title, and his fame was famous in the world." At his insistence, he was the only general with a fifth rank in administration, the same rank as the founding general.
Through the matter of the general's consecration, we can see that General Xu Guangda is a humble gentleman, who does not care about fame and fortune, and is worthy of the advanced model of an excellent Chinese Communist Party member.
![When Xu Guangda died in 69, when he learned that his father's body was cremated, his son Xu Yanbin immediately made three requests[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)