From late August to early September 1976, Comrade Mao Zedong, a great man of dying years, lay weakly on the hospital bed, myocardial infarction and the intermittent episodes of various complications caused this giant who had spent his entire life for the Chinese nation into a coma many times. , With tubes all over his body, it is difficult to breathe hard, unable to speak a complete sentence.
On the morning of September 8, Chairman Mao’s breathing suddenly became short, his lips turned blue-purple, and his face turned yellow. The guard nurse felt bad, and quickly called the attending doctor for emergency treatment. After more than twenty minutes of rescue, Chairman Mao's heartbeat finally returned to normal.
However, the medical staff present were very clear in their hearts that the deadline was approaching and they were unable to return to heaven. Chairman Mao opened his eyes with difficulty, and several members of the Standing Committee hurriedly stepped forward to visit. Chairman Mao remained motionless until he saw Ye Jianying, his hand moved tremblingly, his mouth twitched, as if he wanted to speak, but he couldn't say a word for a long time.
Ye Jianying looked at Chairman Mao's suddenly bright eyes, looked at his opening lips, but couldn't hear anything.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Chairman Mao's breathing became rapid again, and the doctor urgently rescued him. At this moment, Chairman Mao exhausted all his energy to speak. Xiao Meng noticed it, and immediately stepped forward, only to hear Chairman Mao say: "I feel bad, call the doctor. "
After this sentence, Chairman Mao went through more than four hours of rescue. No one thought that this was the last word Comrade Mao Zedong said in the world. On September 9, the giants of the East died suddenly, and the whole country was in grief.
The medical staff later made it public. The day before Chairman Mao's death, the daily nursing routine, after reading it, people burst into tears and tears.
What is written in this record? How did Chairman Mao spend his last day?
How did Comrade Mao Zedong view life and death
The year before Comrade Mao Zedong passed away,Comrade Zhou Enlai, his lifelong old comrade-in-arms, was ill in bed, and the medical staff knew that the human limit had come, and no one could go against the laws of nature.
Chairman Mao heard the news that Zhou Enlai was rescued from a serious illness, he wrote a poem for Comrade Zhou Enlai with difficulty—"The Heartfelt Message":
Back then, loyalty was a national sorrow, why was he afraid of being cut off? If it is popular today, who will guard the country? Before the karma, the body is tired, and the temples are autumn. You and me, will you endure your long-cherished wish and give it away?
In a few words, he fully revealed his ambitions of "martyrs in their twilight years, with great ambitions", as well as the helplessness and sadness of failing the great cause and the dead body. Everyone hopes that time will be given to the revolutionary ancestors more time to complete the great cause of the motherland and lead the nation to rejuvenation, but since ancient times, no one can "borrow from heaven for another five hundred years."
In 1976, Chairman Mao was in ill health. But the health of his old man has been obviously bad since the early 1970s. In 1972, during the visit of former US President Nixon to China, Chairman Mao was ill and supported the meeting.
Zhang Yufeng, the secretary at the time, helped Chairman Mao into the living room. At that time, Chairman Mao's eyes were already showing a trace of sickness and weakness. However, the spirit is still strong, and almost exhausted all his energy.
In 1976, Chairman Mao's condition deteriorated drastically, and it was no longer something that could be sustained by recuperation and medicine. Chairman Mao has a thorough view of life and death. He has talked about life and death with people around him many times, and other people have avoided discussing topics.
In 1961, Chairman Mao met with the British Marshal Montgomery , and he accidentally mentioned the topic of death. He confessed that he must go to see "Marx", and for this reason he has been thinking about the most important issue of successor. Montgomery was very surprised. It is really rare to see a leader who speaks out about life and death and arranges successors in advance.
Montgomery said: "I feel that the Chinese people need you. You can't leave them. You should live to be at least 84 years old.
Chairman Mao lightly replied: "There is a saying in China, seventy-three, eighty-four, he does not ask himself to go." If these two years have passed, you can live to be a hundred years old. I only have a five-year plan. When the time comes, I will meet my God, and my God is Marx. I still have many things to discuss with Marx, and staying here for another 4 years is enough.
In 1963, Chairman Mao talked about life and death with the head nurse Wu Xujun. He had just attended Luo Ronghuan’s funeral farewell ceremony that day, and he was impressed.
, Please Luo Xujun not to see him for the last time. He didn’t want this head nurse to see his pain. Just like before his mother’s death, Chairman Mao couldn’t bear to see his mother’s pain, so at the last moment, he went out.
" Mao Zedong is a human being, so Mao Zedong will die. "Chairman Mao said with a smile, but Luo Xujun really couldn't laugh. She really hadn’t seen anyone who insisted on talking about life and death but was calm. Chairman Mao went on to say his "death": "First, someone fired a gun." Beat to death. Second, it is inevitable that the train will roll over and crash when going out. Third, swimming, drowning in water. Fourth, small bacteria killed me. Can't despise these little things that are invisible to the eyes. Fifth, the plane fell and died.
Chairman Mao said these things with a smile, and said, "Seventy-three, eighty-four, Hades do not ask yourself to go."
Wu Xujun was very heavy and said he did not want to continue this topic. But Chairman Mao Said: "I'm dead, you can have a celebration. You have to dress beautifully. It is best to wear brightly colored red or floral clothes. You have to participate in the celebration party cheerfully and with a spring breeze, and speak openly on stage. "
Luo Xujun was confused and asked her what she should say. Chairman Mao said: "Just say: Comrades, today our conference is a victorious conference. Mao Zedong is dead...he died well, if he does not die, the earth will not fit from Confucius to now.Metabolism. Thousands of sails passed by the side of the sunken boat, and Wan Muchun was in front of the diseased tree. This is the law of the development of things.
When Chairman Mao chatted with a foreign guest in 1964, he said that I was able to live to this day because "due to chance, I was not killed by the enemy." He said that after decades of war, I can live by chance. His ability to have this understanding shows that Comrade Mao Zedong is a wise man who can objectively view his life and the laws of nature. He can clearly realize that he can survive the tribulations of wars, and that apart from his own desperate survival, he has some points. It happened by chance.
In the second year, Chairman Mao met with his old friend Edgar Snow, the American war correspondent who interviewed Comrade Mao Zedong in Yan'an and recorded it as " Red Stars Shining on China" Chairman Mao said , "I will see God soon... according to dialectics, life is always limited."
Snow was shocked, because he heard from Chairman Mao’s words Desolation. He soothed and said: "I think the chairman is in good health." Chairman Mao smiled indifferently. No matter how young a person is, he is infinitely rushing to death from the moment he was born. What Chairman Mao said is not necessarily the present but the naked eye. In the foreseeable future, he will inevitably die one day.
In 1973, when the Australian Prime Minister visited China, two people talked about the revolution. Chairman Mao suddenly said: "Neither I nor Zhou Enlai can see that the Chinese revolution is over. .
In 1975, Chairman Mao met with Kim Il-sung, and he said: "The Prime Minister is ill, and Comrade Liu Bocheng is also ill. I am eighty-two this year, and I will be dying. I rely on you. God asked me to drink soju.
In October of the same year, Kissinger, then the Secretary of State of the United States, visited Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao was in a state of illness. He told the truth to Kissinger: "I will be home soon, and I have received an invitation from God. "Kissinger thought that Chairman Mao was humorous, but he did not realize that Chairman Mao had already known the destiny and faced it calmly.
In 1976, Nixon visited China again in February.He saw Chairman Mao’s health seriously deteriorated and wrote in his memoirs: "His words sounded like a mumble of monophonic characters. When he mumbled half of a word, his face was suffocated. Hot red. But his thoughts are still so quick and profound, is only a serious stroke that makes him lose the ability to turn thoughts into language. This charismatic leader of the Communist Party once used his revolutionary ideas to promote a country and He has changed the world, but now it is very difficult for him to even ask for a glass of water... Seeing his situation, I feel very uncomfortable. No matter how others look at him, no one can deny that he has been fighting to the end. It's a breath..."
As a great man of the Chinese nation and a generation leader of the children of China, Chairman Mao had his last breath. He finally lay down on the bed exhausted. His last day was extremely sad and desolate.
But he himself had anticipated this day. When Nixon's daughter visited Chairman Mao who was seriously ill, he said something: "The burden is too heavy, and death is a relief."
Drugs sustain life, not everyone's choice. Some people may want to go through the last part of their lives more decently and easily, as Chairman Mao did.
Chairman Mao's last day
On July 28, Chairman Mao was seriously ill due to myocardial infarction. On that day, Tangshan suffered a sudden earthquake and it spread to Beijing. Chairman Mao’s bedroom was shaking, and the medical staff immediately covered Chairman Mao with a large sheet, worrying that something falling from it would hit Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao was already speechless at this time. He waved his hand when he saw the medical staff, as if to say that everyone should not panic. When dawn came, Chairman Mao was transferred to the earthquake-proof room.
When Chairman Mao heard about the Tangshan earthquake,Let everyone tell him the latest situation with hand gestures. He is very concerned about the safety of the people in the disaster area. At the end of August, Chairman Mao's daughter Li Min entered the ward to visit her father after repeated approvals. Chairman Mao held Li Min's hand and wanted to speak. Li Min shed tears in sorrow when he saw his father doing this. Chairman Mao watched Li Min cry and wanted to comfort her, but his lips moved for a long time and he couldn't say anything.
Chairman Mao's medical team was temporarily organized, and it was only established for a short time when the condition deteriorated to the point where emergency treatment was necessary. There were two such cases, the second time was from 1974 to before his death in 1976.
A few days before Chairman Mao's death, he could hardly eat anything, even if it was liquid food, he could not feed him, and he always choked. The medical staff inserts a tube into the nostril and eats through this method.
But other complications, but repeated attacks. Once a pulmonary heart disease occurs, Chairman Mao will be extremely uncomfortable due to severe hypoxia, his face will turn yellow and his lips will turn purple. But he didn't say a word, even if he had bedsores, he never complained, it was all hard.
When Chairman Mao is awake, he will comfort the medical staff with a smile, so that they do not worry and respect the body's metabolism. The medical staff heard this with tears in their eyes. I have never seen a doctor comforting a patient, and rarely see a patient comforting a doctor in turn. Chairman Mao knew that everyone really did their best, and they all wanted to get better, but he had known for a long time that no one could fight against the metabolism.
That morning, Xiao Meng, the nurse, took leave to go home to visit relatives, but at 7:15, someone from Zhongnanhai asked her to return. Xiao Meng's only thought was that the chairman's condition worsened and he rushed back non-stop.
The medical staff first rescued for twenty minutes, and Chairman Mao slowly opened his eyes. Several members of the Politburo Standing Committee were guarding the scene. They all came forward to visit when they saw this scene. Everyone felt that there was not much time and should cherish this moment.
The other members of the Standing Committee stepped forward, and Chairman Mao did not respond, but as soon as Ye Jianying came over, Chairman Mao moved his hands with difficulty and opened his mouth to speak. However, the movement range was too small, Ye Jianying didn't notice. Still, the nurse next to him quickly grabbed Ye Jianying with his eyesight and hands, "Lao Ye, the chairman must have something to say to you, don't rush away first!"
Ye Jianying put his ear to Chairman Mao’s mouth,But I still can't hear what he said, but Ye Jianying guessed that Chairman Mao must be talking about the arrangement of the successor and the auxiliary work on his side. Ye Jianying saw the way her old comrades-in-arms look like this, and was very sad, so she said to Chairman Mao: "Don't worry, I know, I will be fine."
Chairman Mao nodded, and both of them One may not know what the other party is talking about, but at this moment, they can only try to comfort the other party.
After Ye Jianying left, Chairman Mao opened his mouth and drew three strokes on the paper with a pencil. Doctor asked him if he was talking about the Japanese election. Chairman Mao nodded. There was a person named Miki Takeo in the Japanese election. Chairman Mao would like to know the final result of the general election. Even though he is dying ill, he is still concerned about the international situation.
After Chairman Mao nodded, he fell into a coma again. The doctors rushed to rescue, they used drugs to maintain Chairman Mao's blood pressure. But not long after, Chairman Mao's electrocardiogram suddenly turned into a horizontal line, and the medical staff was shocked and immediately gave artificial respiration and cardiac injections.
After more than four hours of rescue, Chairman Mao finally passed away, leaving the motherland he loved and dedicated to. On September 9, 1976, this was the time when the great leader of China, Comrade Mao Zedong, passed away for a long time. The whole country is sad and shocked the whole world. Many countries around the world express their deep condolences.
On the day of Chairman Mao's death, Li Zhisui wrote a record stating that he saw Chairman Mao still reading documents and books that day, and it took more than two hours. However, Dr. Wang Xinde , a member of Chairman Mao’s temporary medical team, told reporters that Chairman Mao asked about the international situation that day, but he did not have any energy to read documents and listen to people. He also said that Li Zhisui was not a member of their team, and many were not there during the rescue.
In response to this statement, Dr. Wang Xinde stated that he has evidence and records. There is indeed a discrepancy between his statement and Li Zhisui's statement.It is also difficult for reporters to testify one by one, because as long as Chairman Mao is not in a coma, he will allow people to read important documents. The division of labor between medical staff and other staff is different, and most of them are not present at the same time, so opinions differ.
After the death of Chairman Mao, a national memorial service was held. All Chinese who heard the bad news wept in tears, unbelievable. It is hard for everyone to believe that the great savior of the people, the eastern giant who dragged China out of the quagmire of semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, left us in this way.
The United Nations lowered its flag at half mast, and the people of many countries around the world cherished the memory of Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao stands tall in the world with his great personal charm. Even if Nixon, Ford and others list Chairman Mao and New China as their enemies, they have to be convinced by the great mind of Comrade Mao Zedong and the wisdom that is unique in the world. . Like and respect are different. We may like a person, but we may not respect that person. It is easy to get the likes of others, but to get respect, you have to rely on your own strength. Comrade Mao Zedong and New China have taught everyone a lesson seriously.
Chairman Mao himself has a thorough view of life and death. He may not be afraid of life and death, but he knows that people must die. He is very calm and does not shy away from him, but he can't bear to see the last time around him, just like the moment when he didn't want to see his mother's breath. Until the last moment of his life, he did not call out because of his illness, nor did he blame the medical staff. He knows that everyone is doing their best, and people feel it at the last moment.
He said to the head nurse, thank you for death, because if people will not die, then the earth will certainly not be able to hold so many people since ancient times. Metabolism, passed down from generation to generation, is a rule and a kind of kindness. I didn’t understand why the ancients were obsessed with inheritance. Later, I understood that no one can live for thousands of years, only relying on the descendants to inherit. Chairman Mao understands this, he knows that his departure is inevitable,It is to make room for future generations to survive. Not many people will have this awareness, and not many people will have such a great mind.
Chairman Mao has fought for the country and the nation to his last breath. As long as he breathes, he will still care about the situation at home and abroad and the direction of the country. He even anticipated his own way of death, and calmly waited for death a long time ago. He understood that there was a bit of chance for luck to be alive in those years. This is what a person who sees life and death and sees the world can say. Whether it is war or survival, survival depends on a bit of luck. Of course, hard work is necessary. of.
When Chairman Mao was seriously ill, when he couldn't even speak, he still supported the patient to meet foreign guests. As long as he still has a little light, a little heat, and a little strength, he is determined to devote himself to the country and nation that gave birth to and raises him. Dedicated to the end, it's only after death.
After he passed away, he only had an inheritance of 8,000 yuan, which was still paid by his daughter Li Min. As the leader of a country, he has two sleeves and a breeze, without taking away a cloud. His daughter and son-in-law also lived a poor life, and did not rely on his relationship to take shortcuts. Chairman Mao once said before his death: "After I leave, you don't have to miss me all the time, and don't expect me to come back. After I leave, you are me, long live the people!"
Until the last moment, he still Shouting "Long live the people", he respects every life of every citizen and loves every life of every citizen. Even if he is gone, he hopes that the people he loves can shine and pass on in a world without him, take the torch of the national cause, realize the great revival of China, and carry the revolution to the end.
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