In the history of the Republic’s Party and military history, several revolutionaries who emerged from the Zeng family are often mentioned: Zeng Zhi, Zeng Shan, Zeng Zhongsheng, Zeng Xisheng, Zeng Guanglan, Zeng Chuanliu, Zeng Pinsan, Zeng Xianzhi, etc. Some of them have close blood ties, while others belong to different provinces. So how should we distinguish it? It also needs to be distinguished from each other's resumes.
Zeng Zhi
Zeng Zhi: Female, born in Chengguan Town, Yizhang County, Hunan Province. The wife of the famous revolutionary Tao Zhu once served as the deputy director of the Organization Department of .
She graduated from the Third Women's Normal School in Hengyang, Hunan Province and participated in the revolution very early. In August 1926, he was ordered to participate in the Hengyang Peasant Movement Training Institute, and immediately changed his name to "Zeng Zhi" to clarify his ambitions. In October of the same year, he joined the party organization and took the initiative to terminate the engagement arranged by his parents. In the spring of 1927, she began to serve as the Organization Department of the Hengyang Prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China and married the Organization Minister Xia Mingzhen . Later, she followed her husband to Chenzhou, Hunan. Xia Mingzhen was appointed as the secretary of the Chen County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, and she served as the secretary-general.
1928, Zhu De and Chen Yi led the remaining troops of the Nanchang Uprising to enter Hunan and launched the Hunan Uprising. Her husband Xia Mingzhen actively responded to his unfortunate sacrifice in Chen County. She joined the army with her subordinates and later married Cai Xiemin. In 1929, he was sent to Fujian and served as the Organization Minister of the Fujian Committee of the Communist Youth League, a member of the Fu'an Central County Party Committee, the Organization Minister of the Eastern Fujian Special Committee, and the Secretary of the Fuxia County Party Committee.
Zeng Zhi
1 In May 1934, Cai Xiemin was betrayed and sacrificed by a traitor. She carried out underground work in the name of a couple in Xiamen and Tao Zhu, Fujian, and joined the couple as their relationship deepened. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he worked with Tao Zhu and served as Secretary of the Women's Committee of Hubei Temporary Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and Secretary of the Party Branch and Teacher of the Tangchi Rural Cooperation Training Class. Since October 1938, he has served as secretary of the county party committees of Jingmen, Dangyang and Yuan'an respectively. In December 1939, he went to Yan'an Marxist-Leninister College to study, and after graduation, he served as Secretary-General of the Central Women's Committee. During the struggle for the Liberation Line, he was transferred to the Northeast. After the founding of New China, he worked in Wuhan, Guangzhou and other places, and served as secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee and member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee. In May 1966, Tao Zhu was transferred to the position of member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee, and she went to Beijing with her husband. During the Cultural Revolution, it suffered a long period of "censorship" due to the so-called "East Fujian issue" and finally left it alone.
1 rehabilitation in December 1977, serving as deputy director of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, assisting Hu Yaobang in rehabilitating unjust, false and wrong cases and inspecting and cultivating young cadres. Later, he was elected as a member of the Central Advisory Committee in September 1982, retired in July 1983, and died in June 1998 at the age of 88. His ashes were buried under a tree next to the former site of the Red Fourth Army Hospital in Jinggangshan. There are three sons left under his knees: Shi Laifa (son of Xia Mingzhen), Cai Shihong (son of Cai Xiemin), and Tao Siliang (daughter of Tao Zhu).
Zeng Risan
Zeng Risan: Born in Zengjiawan, Chengguan Town, Yizhang, Hunan. He graduated from the Third Provincial Department and served as the supervisor of the county office. In January 1928, Zhu De and Chen Yi launched the Hunan Uprising, capturing all the upper class figures in Yichang. As an upright young man, he was absorbed into the county Soviet government and joined the Red Army since then, and later arrived in Jinggangshan with his troops. He has successively served as Secretary-General of the Political Department of the First Red Army, Deputy Director of the Political Department of the Red 3 Corps, and Political Commissar of the Fujian Military Region. Long March was the director of the Political Department and acting political commissar of the Red 5th Army at that time. After the Red 5th Army was reduced to the Red 5th Army, it was changed to the military political commissar and director of the political department. After the meeting of the Red 1 and 4th Front Army, they were transferred to the position of director of the Political Department of the Red 9th Army. Later, he crossed the Yellow River with his troops westward and served as the Minister of the Organization Department of the Political Department of the West Route Army and the Acting Political Commissar of the Red 9th Army. He moved to the Hexi Corridor, was defeated and arrested and massacred by the enemy. His wife Wu Zhonglian was once the political commissar of the Women's Pioneer Regiment of the West Route Army. She was defeated and arrested and sent to Nanjing to be detained. She was rescued and released from prison by Zhou Enlai. She returned to the embrace of the organization and later rebuilt the family with Jianghua .
Zengshan
Zengshan: Born in 1899 in a private school family in Jinyuan Village, Yonghe Town, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province. Zeng Qinghong's father and wife are Deng Liujin, an old soldier of the Red Army. The older brother Zeng Yansheng died in 1928, the younger brother Zeng Bingsheng was killed in 1927, and the younger sister Zeng Guanglan is a famous female general of the Red Fourth Front Army.
925, influenced by his brother Zeng Yansheng, he participated in the peasant movement in his hometown and joined the party the following year. He participated in the Nanchang Uprising and then joined the Guangzhou Uprising after arriving in Guangdong with his troops. After the failure of the uprising, he returned to his hometown in 1928, organized the launch of the Gannan Uprising, and served as the secretary of the Jishui County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China. He was soon promoted to the Organization Minister of the Ganxi Special Committee. In March 1929, he met with Mao Zedong and Zhu De, carried out local work with the Red Fourth Army, and was elected as chairman of the Western Jiangxi Soviet Government. He participated in the establishment of the central base area and was elected chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Soviet Government in October 1930. He later served as Minister of the Interior of the Chinese Soviet Republic, Secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and Political Commissar of the Jiangxi Military Region.
The main Red Army was ordered to stay in the Soviet area after the Long March and began a arduous guerrilla warfare. Later, because he lost contact with the organization, he sneaked to Shanghai to search and was sent to the Soviet Union to study at Lenin Academy. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he returned to China to serve as deputy secretary and organization minister of the Southeast Branch, and also served as director of the New Fourth Army's Office in Jiangxi, assisting Ye Yan and Xiang Ying in establishing the New Fourth Army and opening up anti-Japanese bases. After the Southern Anhui Incident, he was re-appointed as the Organization Minister of the Central China Bureau and held an important leadership position in the Central China Bureau during the War of Liberation. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as vice chairman of the East China Military and Political Committee and deputy mayor of Shanghai. Later he was transferred to Beijing and served as Minister of Textiles, Minister of Commerce, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Internal Affairs, etc. He died in Beijing in April 1972.
Zengshan has 5 children. The eldest son Zeng Qinghong was once the vice president of the country. The second son Zeng Qinghuai is a famous literary and artistic activist. The third son Zeng Qingyang, the fourth son Zeng Qingyuan and the youngest daughter Zeng Haisheng were all awarded the rank of major general.
Zeng Guanglan
Zeng Guanglan, from Jinyuan Village, Yonghe Town, Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, Zeng Shan's sister, and the wife of Cai Shenxi, the commander of the Red Fourth Front Army, Red 25th Army, . Cai Shenxi died in the final battle of "Hekou Battle" of evacuation from Dabie Mountains. She took her daughter Cai Jiping, who was less than 2 years old, to the Sichuan-Shaanxi base area and served as the secretary of the Bazhong Municipal Party Committee. Later, he was ordered to serve as the head of the Women's Independent Regiment of the Red Fourth Front Army. After being promoted to the independent division, the Independent Division served as the political commissar of the division, the division commander was Zhang Qinqiu, the famous "female general without title". He participated in the Long March with his troops and was later incorporated into , West Route Army, , and moved to the Hexi Corridor. He was arrested for his defeat and was sent to Nanjing with Zhang Qinqiu and Wu Zhongjian.
After the anti-Japanese outbreak, Zhou Enlai was rescued and released from prison by Zhou Enlai, escorted to Yan'an, and returned to the organization. He was sent to Ji'an, Jiangxi to work at the Communications Office of the New Fourth Army stationed in Ji'an. He was arrested and imprisoned again in December 1940 and was not released until 1946. He rejoined the party in 1950 and his highest position was Vice President of Ji'an Intermediate People's Court. In 1969, he was persecuted to death by the "Gang of Four".
Zeng Zhongsheng
Zeng Zhongsheng: Born in a scholarly family in Mensi Town, Xingning, Hunan (now Zixing), Hunan, and served as Secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee. In November 1930, he went to Dabie Mountains and served as secretary of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Special Committee and chairman of the Military Commission, becoming the highest leader of the Dabie Mountains revolutionary base. In May 1931, Zhang Guotao went to Dabie Mountain to take charge of the government and established the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Branch of the Communist Party of China. Zeng Zhongsheng was renamed the Political Commissar of the Red Fourth Army. Soon, during the "East Advance" and "South Advance", he was removed from the position of political commissar, criticized and demoted to the commander of the Huang'an Independent First Division.
Red Fourth Front Army was forced to leave the Dabie Mountains to Daba Mountains, and open up the Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base, and during this period he was renamed Chief of Staff of the Red Fourth Front Army. Because he opposed Zhang Guotao's wrong policies at the Xiaohekou Conference, he was hated by Zhang Guotao and was killed by him during the Long March. Mrs. Huang Jie, graduated from Huangpu 6th class and was the first secretary of the Songzi County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China. After arriving in Yan'an in the Long March, he formed a joint relationship with Marshal Xu Xiangqian.
Zeng Xisheng
Zeng Xisheng: Zeng Zhongsheng's younger brother was born in Zixing, Hunan. He graduated from , Hunan Provincial No. 3 Normal School in 1920, and joined the Chinese Socialist Youth League in 1922. He graduated from the fourth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy and participated in the Northern Expedition , and later went to the Soviet Union to study. After returning to China, he worked in secret work and military fortunes in Henan and Shandong.
Zeng Xisheng's family
Later, he served as Secretary-General of the Military Commission of the Yangtze River Bureau, Chief of the Intelligence Section of the Central Military Commission, Chief of the Reconnaissance Section of the Red Army General Command, and Director of the Second Bureau of the Central Military Commission.During the Anti-Japanese War, he worked in the Central Social Department, the Central Southern Bureau, the New Fourth Army Department and other departments. During the Yan'an Rectification Movement, the Central Security Committee was formed with Kang Sheng and Xu Jianguo. After the Southern Anhui Incident, he served as the political commissar of the 7th Division of the New Fourth Army.
During the Liberation War, he served as deputy chief of staff of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-Hebei-He After liberation, he served as secretary of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, second secretary of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee, and second secretary of the East China Bureau, and secretary of the Secretariat of the Southwest Bureau. He died in Beijing in July 1968.
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has passed on six , from Huang'an, Hubei Province, participated in the peasant movement in 1925, joined the Communist Party of China in November 1927, and was a general of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Commerce. On October 20, 1983, he died of illness in Beijing.
was born in poverty and began to participate in the peasant movement in 1925. He was elected as chairman of the Qiliping District Peasant Association. The Huangma Uprising participant, served as a traffic officer, secretary of the General Branch of the Hubei-Henan Border Revolutionary Committee, participated in the establishment of the Dabie Mountain Revolutionary Base. In 1930, he was transferred to the position of director of the Shangcheng County Security Bureau. Later, he joined the main Red Army as the political commissar of the 29th Regiment of the Red 10th Division, and also served as the political commissar of the Independent Second Division. He participated in the Western Expedition to Sichuan and Shaanxi and the Long March. He has worked in many positions in the local and main Red Army, and has served as the political commissar of the Red 31st Army, the Red 9th Army, and the deputy director of the Political Department of the Red Fourth Front Army. After meeting with the Central Red Army, he was renamed the Director of the Political Security Bureau of the Fourth Front Army. Later he was appointed as the Director of the Political Security Bureau of the West Route Army and was also a member of the Standing Committee of the Military and Political Committee of the West Route Army. After the failure of the Western Route Army, they followed Li Xiannian and others to break through to Xinjiang.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he first went to the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army to serve as the Minister of the Enemy Works, and was later transferred to Yan'an to work. Soon after, he was sent to Henan to serve as deputy director of the Political Department. During the War of Liberation, he served as deputy political commissar of the Henan Military Region. In 1946, he was transferred to the Northeast to work and participated in the entire process of liberating the Northeast and marching into Central and South . After liberation, he served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Commerce and died in Beijing in October 1983.
Zeng Xianzhi
Zeng Xianzhi: from Shuangfeng County, Hunan Province, the wife of Marshal Ye Jianying, who served as vice chairman of All-China Women's Federation .
927 rebelled against the feudal family and joined the revolution, and was admitted to the Wuhan Girls' Team of the Whampoa Military Academy, becoming the first group of female soldiers during the Chinese New Democratic Revolution. Graduated from the female team of the Wuhan Branch of the Whampoa Military Academy, participated in the Northern Expedition and the Guangzhou Uprising.
Young Zeng Xianzhi
After the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising, he moved to Hong Kong with Ye Jianying and became a husband and wife. He joined the party in the spring of 1928 and was sent to Shanghai to work in the underground party and attended South China University. He was arrested in 1929, was released and studied in Japan, and returned to China in 1931. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he first worked in the Wuhan Xinhua Daily, and then transferred to the Guilin Eighth Route Army Office as a traffic officer. In 1941, he entered the Yan'an Marxist-Leninist Academy and later worked in the Central Enemy Work Department. In the spring of 1946, he went to Chongqing with the Communist Party of China delegation and served as secretary of Deng Yingchao and the women's group leader of the Southern Bureau. After the founding of New China, he worked in the All-China Women's Federation for 40 years and served as vice chairman of the All-China Women's Federation and member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He died of illness in Beijing on October 11, 1989 at the age of 79.
