Xu Shiyou is a well-deserved general in our army. He once practiced martial arts in Shaolin Temple. He was upright and fearless. He made too many contributions during the War of Resistance Against Japan and was deeply appreciated and trusted by Chairman Mao. When Chairman Mao was alive, he agreed to Xu Shiyou's special request.
In 1985, Xu Shiyou passed away. Logically speaking, generals of his level should have held a memorial service specifically and buried them in Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery . However, Deng Xiaoping not only did not hold a memorial service for Xu Shiyou, but also did not let him be buried in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery. Why is this?
The tender side of the generals of the generation
Regarding Xu Shiyou's heroic performance on the battlefield and during the revolution, I have mentioned it many times in previous articles, and I will not go into details today. Today I plan to show the other side of General Xu Shiyou through a detail. Through this detail, we will have a deeper understanding of Xu Shiyou himself.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Xu Shiyou participated in the suicide squad seven times, and five times were the captains of the suicide squad. He once practiced martial arts in Shaolin Temple and had high martial arts skills. His martial arts played an important role in the battlefield. Judging from Xu Shiyou's performance on the battlefield, he is undoubtedly a powerful general, and undoubtedly a bloody man with a high level of strength.
This is our most intuitive impression of General Xu Shiyou, but deep down in the heart of a tough guy, there is actually a tender side. This side comes from Xu Shiyou's filial piety to his mother and love for his family. Why do you say so? Let me give you a detailed explanation based on Xu Shiyou's life and deeds.
Xu Shiyou was born in Dabie Mountains . He was born in poor background and lived a life of not being able to eat since childhood. When he was only 6 years old, his father unfortunately passed away. Only Xu Shiyou and his mother were left to depend on each other. In Xu Shiyou's life, his father's impression was relatively vague, but his mother's impression was very profound.
After his father passed away, Xu Shiyou and his mother depended on each other and their lives became even more difficult. Fortunately, Xu Shiyou has been strong since childhood, and his friends around him dare not bully Xu Shiyou. It was because Xu Shiyou was strong and healthy. By chance, Xu Shiyou was noticed by the passing Jianghu boxer, accepted him as his disciple, and began to teach him martial arts.
After practicing martial arts for several years, the boxer found that Xu Shiyou was very talented, so he introduced him to Shaolin Temple in Songshan to continue his studies. Xu Shiyou studied in Shaolin Temple in Songshan for eight years and practiced good martial arts. But just when Shaolin Temple was planning to keep Xu Shiyou to continue his studies, Xu Shiyou made an amazing decision. He planned to give up the opportunity to continue his studies and return to his hometown to protect his mother and family.
After returning home, Xu Shiyou has always been very filial to his mother and does not allow anyone to bully his family. Not only that, once he sees the vulnerable group in the village being bullied by others, Xu Shiyou will stand up, which causes a lot of trouble.
is in a special historical period, and Xu Shiyou also needs to seek a path of benefiting the people. Soon after, he participated in the Huangma Uprising , joined the Red Army team, and embarked on the road of revolution. After becoming the Red Army, in order to avoid causing trouble to his family, Xu Shiyou had to follow the team to leave his hometown and continue to explore the path of revolution.
As the Kuomintang targeted the Red Army, Xu Shiyou's mother and wife were also implicated and suffered a lot of suffering. Xu Shiyou, who was far away in a foreign land, felt guilty when he heard these things. He always wanted to find opportunities to be filial to his mother and repay his kindness for raising her. However, due to the hardships of the revolutionary road, Xu Shiyou never waited for such an opportunity.
During the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Liberation, Xu Shiyou held an important position and was very busy with work. He had no time to go home to visit his mother and wife. Unconsciously, time had quietly passed, and Xu Shiyou's guilt increased day by day. A general who had been riding on the battlefield for many years could inevitably miss his mother and relatives at night.
After the founding of New China, everything gradually stabilized. Xu Shiyou immediately arranged for his son to go back to Dabie Mountain to take his mother to his side. After seeing his mother, Xu Shiyou just shouted "Mother", and then knelt on the ground and never got up. The soldiers present were moved by Xu Shiyou's filial piety.
After his mother went to Xu Shiyou, Xu Shiyou cooked for his mother, brought water to wash his face and feet every day, and took care of his mother in every way. His mother repeatedly advised Xu Shiyou to pay attention to his general's identity, but Xu Shiyou always said that the general should be filial to his parents. The soldiers were moved when they saw Xu Shiyou's filial piety to his mother.
Unfortunately, my mother was used to living in her hometown and occasionally left her hometown, but she still couldn't adapt. Therefore, after her mother repeatedly asked to return to her hometown, Xu Shiyou had no choice but to arrange for her son Xu Guang to quit her job and follow her mother back to her hometown, and was responsible for taking care of her mother.
After having a son to take care of his mother in his hometown, Xu Shiyou finally felt relieved. The national situation had stabilized at that time. As long as Xu Shiyou was not busy with work, he still had the opportunity to go home to see his mother. But no one expected that the Korean War broke out in 1950. Xu Shiyou started to get busy again and had no time to go home to visit his mother.
What’s even more sad is that even when his mother passed away, Xu Shiyou was unable to go back and send her off because of military affairs. He could only kneel down in a foreign land and worshipped in the direction of his hometown. This matter made Xu Shiyou always feel resentful, and a special idea gradually appeared in Xu Shiyou’s mind.
Why didn’t Deng Xiaoping hold a memorial service to Xu Shiyou? What kind of special idea is
that can make Xu Shiyou run around for him in his later years? In fact, this idea is to return to the roots of fallen leaves and be buried with your mother. Because Xu Shiyou failed to fulfill his filial piety when his mother passed away, he wanted to be buried beside his mother after he passed away so that he could continue to accompany and take care of his mother.
Originally, this idea was not surprising. Unfortunately, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the country issued some new documents requiring leading cadres to be cremated and take the lead in the people of the whole country. When the document was signed, Xu Shiyou was very resistant, so the rest of the people signed, and Xu Shiyou insisted not to sign.
Later Xu Shiyou also asked Chairman Mao to allow him to not be cremated after his death. Although this request was a bit inappropriate under the historical context at that time, considering that Xu Shiyou's starting point was to promote filial piety, Chairman Mao also agreed to Xu Shiyou's request.
After Chairman Mao’s death, Xu Shiyou was worried that his request would not be recognized, so he found Deng Xiaoping and made his request again. After careful consideration, Deng Xiaoping also agreed to Xu Shiyou’s request, and when Xu Shiyou passed away, he specially approved "As long as this is done, I will not be the following example."
It can be said that Xu Shiyou was a very special cadre at that time. His experience was special and his requirements before his death were very special. If it were normal circumstances and rules, Deng Xiaoping would not allow him to be buried. However, considering Xu Shiyou's contribution to the revolution and many other factors, Deng Xiaoping would specifically approve him to be buried.
special approval was specially approved, but in order to prevent someone from following Xu Shiyou later, Deng Xiaoping said that it would not be an example. In order to reduce the impact of this incident, Deng Xiaoping suggested that Xu Shiyou's family handle Xu Shiyou's funeral briefly. As for memorial services, it would definitely not be held, otherwise the impact would be bad.
It is because of such realistic factors that Xu Shiyou did not hold a memorial service after his death, nor was he buried in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery. According to Xu Shiyou's request, his children buried him next to his mother's tomb in his hometown, which was considered a fallen leaf returning to his roots.
Conclusion
Deng Xiaoping’s special approval of Xu Shiyou’s burial reflects the humanistic care for cadres. The absence of a memorial service is considered because of the impact on the policy. This kind of thing itself is difficult to achieve both ways. Deng Xiaoping’s handling method is enough to demonstrate wisdom!
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