In 2011, the People's Daily published a book called "Mao Zedong and His Sons and Daughters", which revealed to the world the life of the great man and his 10 sons and daughters.

In 2011, People's Daily published a book called "Mao Zedong and His Sons and Daughters" . The book revealed to the world the life of the great man and his 10 children.

Chairman Mao’s most well-known children have always been Mao Anying, Mao Anying, Li Min and Li Na.

Chairman Mao and the Children

As for the other children, it seems that they have never appeared in the public eye. So, where have they gone?

At that time, Chairman Mao and his first wife Yang Kaihui gave birth to three sons. Among them, the third son Mao Anlong and his two brothers were missing when they were wandering in Shanghai.

Later Yang Kaihui died, and Chairman Mao and his second wife He Zizhen gave birth to 6 more children. Among them, the eldest son Mao Anhong was put up for adoption during the Red Army period and his whereabouts are unknown.

Chairman Mao and Yang Kaihui

There was no news after their daughter was given away, and a child who was fostered in the Soviet Union also disappeared. Later, Mao Anhong, who was lost during the Red Army period, was found and was taken back by her adoptive mother. She died of illness in Nanjing during a special period, and the result was only Li Min is left with one child.

Finally, there is Li Na, the youngest daughter born to Chairman Mao and his third wife. At this point, Chairman Mao has only two sons and two daughters left to keep him company in his life.

Since ancient times, Chinese people have valued "more children, more blessings". Although Chairman Mao once had 10 children, he was not blessed enough to enjoy having children around his knees.

Chairman Mao and Li Min

finally repelled the Japanese army and reunited with their two sons. As a result, Mao Anying died on the Korean battlefield again.

's only remaining son, Mao Anqing, suffered a head injury when he was young and was mentally ill. He has been recuperating in silence and has not been able to stay with Chairman Mao.

Mao Anqing

So, as the oldest son of Chairman Mao, what life experiences did Mao Anqing have? Why does he rarely appear in the public eye? What kind of indissoluble bond does he have with his sister-in-law Liu Siqi's family?

The young man had a hard life and returned to his country to join the grassroots

In 1927, the Great Revolution failed. In order to avoid the pursuit of the national army, Chairman Mao had to let his three sons return to his hometown Itakura for temporary refuge with his wife Yang Kaihui .

At that time, Mao Anqing was 4 years old and did not know what revolution was. He only knew that as soon as his mother said she was leaving, the three brothers would hold hands and follow her closely.

Yang Kaihui and her children

But they never thought that the family of five would be separated and there would be no chance to reunite in this life...

At the end of 1930, after her mother Yang Kaihui was killed by a warlord, Mao Anqing, along with his elder brother and younger brother, were organized to be transported to Shanghai. Life in Datong Kindergarten.

Originally, Mao Anqing thought that when she came to Shanghai, she would be able to meet her longing for father. Unexpectedly, the kindergarten was forced to disband after only a few months of life.

According to the timeline, Shanghai in 1931 was shrouded in the Kuomintang's "White Terror" , and enemy agents of the National Army were searching for Communists everywhere.

Mao Anqing

At the same time, Japan created the "Wanbaoshan Massacre", which caused a standoff between China and Japan that lasted 3 days.

In such a chaotic situation, let alone doing underground work under the shell of a kindergarten, even doing business or walking in the park will encounter unexpected events.

Based on this, Mao Anying, together with her elder brother and younger brother, were sent to the home of Dong Wujian's wife to be raised. Later, because Uncle Dong was hunted down by enemy agents, the brothers were forced to be transferred to the home of Dong Wujian's ex-wife for foster care.

Because Dong Wujian's ex-wife has four children at home, she is very disgusted with the children from outside. Even if she is given 50 yuan a month for living expenses, she is not willing to treat Mao Anqing brothers well.

Dong Wujian

One day, Dong Wujian's ex-wife took advantage of Mao Anying's outing and asked Mao Anqing to light a fire on the stove. However, Anqing failed to light a fire, so the hostess picked up the fire pliers and knocked on Mao Anqing's head.

When waiting for his brother Mao Anying to come back, he found that his brother's nose and ears were bleeding. It can be seen that Mao Anying's internal skull had been damaged by that time.

Because she felt sorry for her younger brother, Mao Anying carried her younger brother on her back and escaped from the foster family overnight. The three brothers have now been wandering on the streets.

Mao Anying and Mao Anying

Later, Mao Anying picked up a newspaper on the street and saw the news of the death of his uncle Mao Zetan. In grief and anger, he wrote the slogan "Down with imperialism" on the telephone pole.

As a result, this scene was unfortunately discovered by the foreign governor of Shanghai. He immediately pointed the handle of a gun at Mao Anqing and beat him indiscriminately. Anqing was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.

After such torment, Mao Anqing's illness became more serious. Two consecutive critical attacks made Mao Anqing's spirit worse and worse, and he would have an attack from time to time.

Mao Zetan

But "the hemp rope is only picked at the thinnest places to break, and bad luck is only found in the miserable people." When they were wandering, the three brothers lived in a ruined temple with the homeless people.

Mao Anqing's younger brother Mao Anlong unfortunately suffered from dysentery vomiting and diarrhea. In order to treat his brother, Mao Anqing and his brother worked together to pull coal, collect garbage, and work as apprentices to make money.

When they finished work and were about to take their younger brother to the doctor, his younger brother disappeared out of thin air, and there was no news at all...

The poor two and a half-year-old children had neither their mother nor uncle, nor could they see their father. After all the hardships, he also lost his younger brother.

From then on, Mao Anqing's headaches became more and more serious. A series of traumas made him fearful of the surrounding environment...

The two brothers lived like this for 5 years. Later, Dong Wujian He quietly returned to Shanghai and found Mao Anqing and his brother.

In 1936, with the help of Zhang Xueliang, the organization secretly sent the two of them to the Soviet Union. Mao Anqing finally had a chance to cure his headache...

Zhang Xueliang

In the Soviet Union, Mao Anqing and his brother Anying worked together to help the international communists. The descendants of the family study and live in the nursery school established.

In the past ten years, Mao Anqing's headache has improved, and his physical fitness has gradually improved. With his father's blessing, his studies have also improved slightly.

In 1945, Mao Anying was admitted to the Moscow Institute of Oriental Languages ​​and needed to stay in the Soviet Union for further studies, while his brother Mao Anying returned to China early in 1946.

Mao Anying and Mao Anying

In early 1947, Mao Anying completed the course and returned to the Northeast with He Zizhen's mother. Then he took the initiative to go to the countryside to participate in land reform labor with the locals.

But what is little known is that in order not to cause trouble to his father, Mao Anqing has been using the pseudonym "Yang Yongshou" since he separated from his parents. Even after returning from studying in the Soviet Union and participating in land work, he never mentioned himself to others. life experience.

Once someone asked him: "The environment in the Northeast is extreme, it is difficult to eat and drink, and the work is tiring, and you can speak foreign languages, why do you still have to endure this hardship?"

Mao Anqing always said: "My parents were also killed by the enemy because of the revolution, and the struggles in the past were just as painful."

Mao Anqing

Later, after more than a year of rural land reform, "Yang Yongshou" single-handedly revised the Northeast Land Reform Promotion Plan, making the local area a model for land reform areas nationwide.

So, what did Mao Anqing do after the founding of New China? Will he be able to meet his father, Chairman Mao, often?

He worked anonymously and lived his life calmly. In 1949, Mao Anqing returned to Beijing from the Northeast and worked as a translator of Russian works in the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. During this period, he also published many books on Marxism-Leninism.

While in Zhongnanhai , Mao Anqing finally had the opportunity to get along with his father and brother. However, not long after, his brother unfortunately died, which aggravated Anqing's headache.

Mao Anying

Chairman Mao felt very sorry for Mao Anqing's illness. Although he felt guilty, he also showed much kindness to him. Although he did not ask Mao Anying as much as he did to Mao Anying, Chairman Mao was always full of worries about the future life of his younger son. .

"Dad, An Qing's disease was treated in the Soviet Union. The medical conditions there are good. Why don't you let your brother go to the Soviet Union to recuperate?" Sister-in-law Liu Siqi said to Chairman Mao worriedly. Chairman Mao also felt that it made sense. So they arranged for Mao Anqing to go to the Soviet Union to recuperate.

During this period, the contact between Chairman Mao and his youngest son was a series of letters. Although they did not meet often, the relationship between father and son grew day by day.

In 1959, Sino-Soviet relations gradually deteriorated. Considering his son's safety, Chairman Mao had to take him back to China to recuperate.

At that time, Mao Anqing was 36 years old, and he was still alone...

In 1960, Chairman Mao's biological mother went to Luda to recuperate. When she learned that Chairman Mao's youngest son was also recuperating here, she specially took her youngest daughter Shao Hua to visit.

As a result, Mao Anqing fell in love at first sight with this little sister who was studying at Peking University . As soon as the two of them said hello, they chatted endlessly. Even her mother and the municipal party committee leaders who came to accompany her could not get in the middle of the conversation.

That afternoon, Mao Anqing and sister Shao Hua drank afternoon tea and ate food together. In the evening, they arranged to go to the ballroom to dance together. It was a great time.

Mao Anqing and Shao Hua

Later, sister-in-law Liu Siqi brought her sister to visit Mao Anqing several times. Chairman Mao was very happy when he learned about it, and immediately wrote a letter to Siqi to give to Mao Anqing.

In the letter, Chairman Mao was like a worried old father, constantly asking Mao Anqing: How is her health? Have you communicated with sister Shao Hua? How was the chat? Do you have any intention of talking about a partner? Wait, by the way, I also praised Shao Huayitong.

After learning that Mao Anqing and Shao Hua were in love and developing very smoothly, Chairman Mao's hanging heart was finally settled.

And Mao Anqing did not live up to his father's expectations. Before Labor Day in 1960, he married Shao Hua in the hotel of Luda University.

Mao Anqing and Shao Hua's wedding

After their marriage, Mao Anqing took Shao Hua to live in Zhongnanhai. In 1970, his son was born, and Chairman Mao specially named him Mao Xinyu.

For many years after that, Mao Anqing kept traveling between Beijing and Luda due to recurring illnesses. During this period, Shao Hua always accompanied him.

According to Shao Hua's memories during his lifetime: "In his later years, An Qing often said that he missed his mother and brother. He could even talk to his mother and brother when he was unconscious." It can be seen how profound the impact of the misfortune encountered in childhood was on Mao Anqing...

Mao Anqing and Shao Hua

On March 23, 2007, 84-year-old Mao Anqing died of illness in Beijing and passed away. At the memorial service, relatives of the Mao family They all came to visit, and his wife Shao Hua dragged her sick body to tears...

The organization mourned deeply, and relatives missed her greatly

On April 2, 2007, the organization held a farewell ceremony for Mao Anqing. His sister-in-law Liu Siqi, sister Li Min and Li Ne were helped to the scene.

In order to mourn Mao Anqing, the People's Daily published an article ""Mortal" Mao Anqing" and shared it with the world.

Li Min and others attended Mao Anqing's memorial service

Thinking about it, if it hadn't been for the sudden announcement by the media, few people would have known that Chairman Mao actually had a son who lived with everyone in the 21st century.

Some people say that the hardships Mao Anqing has endured and the path he has traveled in his life are comparable to those of "San Mao". Why can't he leave more memories of the past to the world?

Just because his father, Chairman Mao, once taught him : "Compliments from others have the advantage of making you more motivated, but also have the disadvantage of encouraging you to become complacent."

Chairman Mao and Mao Anqing and his wife

As children of the Mao family, success or failure comes from their own living environment and choices. If you choose to be prosperous, you have to make achievements; if you choose not to care about politics, you have to live a life with your tail between your legs and stay away from it. hubbub.

Judging from Mao Anqing's physical condition, he chose the latter. Even if he wanted to do something for the country and the people, he would never use his real name.

When people searched around for Mao Anqing's life experience, they found that apart from dozens of carefully translated Russian works and current affairs papers, all that was left was the eternal memory of his father, mother and brother.

Mao Anqing's family

It can be seen that sometimes "low-key" is an attitude, nothing more than who the parents are or what their status is. As long as you don't embarrass Chairman Mao and don't let the people criticize you, that is a successful life.

Although Mao Anqing does not often appear in the public eye, his past stories and experiences have been circulated in the history of the party. Although the people are not familiar with him, they recognize him.

Although he does not have a heroic story like his brother Mao Anying, he adheres to family tradition, obeys his father's teachings, and lives in obscurity, which has always been recognized by the organization.

Mao Anqing and Shao Hua

For this reason, when the Party Central Committee was planning Mao Anqing's memorial service, it specially invited all Mao family relatives to attend. Regardless of whether they were thousands of miles away or as close as Beijing, almost all those who took action were notified.

When his wife Shao Hua saw her husband’s relatives from his hometown and three sisters, Liu Siqi, Li Min, and Li Na, being helped to the scene, she could not hide her pain and burst into tears...

I recall that when the "four sisters" first met, they were still in Yan'an . At that time, Chairman Mao still had black hair, his elder brother Mao Anying was in his youth, Anqing was still studying in the Soviet Union, and the little sisters were still innocent. appearance.

Mao Anqing's family

unexpectedly, the pace of time is like a sharp blade, and every step is heart-piercing. The years have taken away the happiness of sister Liu Siqi, and also hurt Chairman Mao's heart.

Soon, her husband Mao Anqing's body will be taken to Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery for cremation. From then on, she can only be immersed in painful memories alone.

When he thought of this, Shao Hua's body, which was tortured by cancer , couldn't help but tremble, but the matter had come to this, and sadness would not help.

Mao Anqing's family

After all, birth, old age, illness and death are laws that no one can escape. Since we cannot change reality, we can only live as good as possible in the present moment.

Can Shao Hua really turn grief into strength? No, just a year after the death of her husband Mao Anqing, Shao Hua also gave up everything and passed away...

Of the "four sisters" in Yan'an at that time, now only two sisters, Li Min and Li Na, are still alive. It is inconvenient to think too much, I just wish the living are well and the dead rest in peace...