General Hong Xuezhi is a "blessed general" with outstanding achievements. He has experienced the baptism of the domestic agrarian revolution, the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation. He has also participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea

▲Recent photo of Hong Xuezhi's eldest son Hong Hu, who suddenly faced such a dilemma, was not discouraged or complained. Instead, he taught and trained his son for this opportunity. He said to his eldest son Hong Hu: " I made mistakes in my work and my position has been adjusted, but the original intention of the revolution was not to be an official, but to do practical things for the people and benefit the people. I am still in such a position and still have the opportunity to do things for the people. I should do my job in his position, work hard, and do my job well for the people. "

's analysis of his son is not only his expectations for his son, but also truly expressing Hong Xuezhi's original intention in politics throughout his life.

Ups and downs in life are always the norm. 1960 was an extraordinary year for the world and China. The "black storm" of the former Soviet Union occurred around the world. Due to the erosion of the black storm, all the farms that were carefully managed for many years were destroyed within a few days and the particles were not harvested. In the face of natural disasters, the disaster area in newly reclaimed areas reached 20 million hectares.

The major earthquake and tsunami in Chile left tens of thousands of people dead and missing, and more than 2 million people homeless. This is the biggest and most serious natural disaster in history. As for New China, it has also experienced the biggest famine since the founding of the People's Republic of China. The land of China is full of starvation, and the edema patients with sallow complexion due to hunger and hunger passed away.

▲Old photo of three years of difficult period

It was in this year that General Hong Xuezhi moved his family to Jilin. In this special year, the weather is not good, and coupled with the consequences of the previous "Great Leap Forward" and "People's Commune Movement", the New China has a weak foundation and poor ability to resist risks. Various causes of natural disasters and man-made disasters have led to disastrous consequences. Although the Hong family was in turmoil and miserable at this time, General Hong Xuezhi's love for the people also appeared with the famine. According to Hong Jing (Hong Xiaojing), the five daughter of Hong Xuezhi, recalled:

"When I was a child, there was an elm tree in the yard. In spring, the elm tree sprouted, and some villagers picked elm chips through the yard wall and took the elm chips back as food. When my father saw this scene, he often lamented that the people's lives were hard and it was not easy for everyone, so he asked them to go to the yard to pick elm chips.

I remember when I was six or seven years old, due to long-term malnutrition, unfortunately hepatitis, and my mother accompanied me to Jilin to pick elm chips.

I remember that when I was six or seven years old, due to long-term malnutrition, unfortunately I had hepatitis. My mother accompanied me to Jilin. The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical University was hospitalized. I still remember the scene at that time. There were many patients lying in the corridor. They described them as thin, sallow complexion, and very painful. The doctor said that these patients were patients with hepatitis and swelling due to hunger. When my father saw these patients, he felt very sour and shook his head and sighed: 'It's a sin!'"

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In those ten years, Hong Xuezhi was also impacted. He was labeled as a "three anti-agent" and was charged with "the biggest capitalist roader in Jilin Province" and was detained and criticized for a long time. In June 1970, he was secretly delegated to Jinbaotun Shengli Farm in Jilin Province (now Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia) by the special task force of the Jilin Provincial Revolutionary Committee to participate in labor reform.

It was not until two years later that he lifted the labor reform with the personal inquiries of Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou. , these painful experiences that seem unimaginable to most people, General Hong Xuezhi treated them with an open-minded attitude, showing the attitude of "if you are poor, you are safe, and if you are successful, you are willing to help the world."

Labor Reform, Hong Xuezhi got along well with the people on the farm

During the period of participating in the labor reform, was secretly decentralized, and General Hong Xuezhi's family did not know his whereabouts at first. It was not until the Spring Festival in 1971 that his third daughter Hong Wei finally found out where his father participated in labor reform and was very close to him. In the severe cold of more than minus 20 degrees Celsius, Hong Wei took his younger brother Hong Xiaoshi on the train to Zhelimu League.

The farm where General Hong Xuezhi participated in the renovation was very remote. After getting off the train, he had to take the ox cart to pull coal on the farm. He sat on the squeaking open-air ox cart and blew the biting cold wind. He had to wander for a long time before he could see the shadow of the farm. After going through hardships, I finally met my father who was longing for day and night. Hong Wei did not care about his frozen hands and feet and was eager to know his father's recent situation.

▲Old photo of Northeast Farm in the 1960s

In the small bungalow where his father lived, Hong Wei saw that a group of educated youth were always surrounded by his father. They listened to his father telling stories about the world, telling the experience-filled life and the warmth and coldness of the people; he always made an appointment with his chess friends on the warm bed, and a group of people had a lot of fun arguing about the win or loss of a game of chess.

Looking at his father's life of peace and poverty, Hong Wei felt relieved. , but there was a question in her mind, and she couldn't even figure it out. That is, her father's identity in labor reform on the farm was a decentralized "capitalist roaders" and "three anti-aggressive elements". The cadres and staff here have been taken care of by the Farm Military Control Commission, and repeatedly asked to draw a clear line with her father. Why did her father get along so well with the farm employees?

After arriving at the farm, Hong Wei found that the farm is very close to his father, , and the happy atmosphere makes people forget the arduous environment here. Sun Yanfeng, who lives in the same room with his father, was a Zhejiang educated youth sent by the farm to monitor his father. He had an opposite identity and position with his father, but they became friends of age. Not only Sun Yanfeng, many educated youth kept in touch with Hong Xuezhi after returning to their hometowns and often wrote letters to him. These questions confused Hong Wei.

▲Old photos of educated youth going to the countryside dance in loyalty

More than a year later, Hong Wei finally found the answer from his father - his father came from the grassroots class. Before the revolution, he was a member of the poor peasant family. He came from the people and should naturally return to the people. Therefore, he has the closest and natural connection with the people.At the same time, my father did not have a smooth sailing after participating in the revolution. The decades of ups and downs and political career gave him a strong sense of belonging, a strong feeling and a deeper understanding of the people. He took the people-oriented and people-first as his code of conduct, and took the liberation of the people and the letting the people live a better and happy life as his lifelong goal.

Hong Xuezhi's red family education

Under the influence of Hong Xuezhi's strong patriotism and love for the people, he grew up in such a family environment. Admiral Hong Xuezhi's three sons and five daughters have deeply inherited their father's worldview and way of dealing with people and the way of dealing with people and the world, and learned from his father the national spirit with patriotism as the core.

▲General Hong Xuezhi’s family portrait

Although General Hong Xuezhi is busy with heavy work and does not spend much time on education for his children, the time he spends with him focuses on quality, not quantity. Hong Xuezhi attaches great importance to the education of his children and has very strict requirements for his children. He often says that education should be started from an early age, especially the subtleties. Every semester, a family meeting will be held at home . The theme of the meeting is the performance of children in school. Parents will comment on their children's performance. Children with excellent performance will also be rewarded.

In order to make children not forget their past struggles and cherish their current life, red ideological education will be carried out regularly within the family. This tradition begins when children go to elementary school. Every yearly, the August 1st Army Day is the time for the red classic ideological education at home. Hong Xuezhi and Zhang Wen will gather the children together to tell them stories of the war years, and use their personal experience to educate their children not to forget their original aspirations and inherit and carry forward the fine revolutionary traditions. The Hong family style focuses on hard work, simplicity, diligence and thrift. According to Hong Jing later recalled:

"Our home table is not allowed to leave food. My father often teaches us to remember the bitterness and think about sweetness, and to cherish food when eating. My father will also practice this. Not only will the rice bowl be eaten clean, but the food that falls on the table will be picked up and eaten. My father has always been strict with himself and set an example. Therefore, our eight brothers and sisters also learn from my father that clothes are big, and they will wear them first, so I can't wear them anymore. I will leave them for you. Wearing younger brothers and sisters.

Parents have taught us since childhood that we should not pay attention to material enjoyment, not be lazy, be diligent, practical, and love labor, and remember that diligence rewards hard work. I lived in elementary school. The school was very remote and in the suburbs. It was very far from home, so I had to suffer every week when I went home.

The temperature in the northeast was very low in winter. I could only take the bus to and from school to home on weekends. At that time, there was no air-conditioned bus. The return journey often freezes his hands and feet. When I was in the fifth grade of elementary school, I was encouraged by my father and left the local area to go to elementary school from Bayi School. He said that in this way, I could get close to the children of the people, get rid of the problems of cadres' children, and stay away from the words "arrogance and delicacy". "

General Hong Xuezhi attached great importance to guiding his children to establish their ability to be independent in society when his children were young. A sentence he often spoke about The words are: " people have a foothold in society. In the final analysis, they rely on their true talents and knowledge. People should not always rely on their families or their parents. These cannot accompany you for the rest of their lives. The only thing that can help you for the rest of their lives is yourself. "

General Hong Xuezhi has rich life experiences. He can make a comeback after facing ups and downs several times. From these experiences, he has also gained a lot of life emotion and experience. Therefore, he often experiences and educates his children based on his own experience. He said: " The development of things is change, and change is the norm. We must see the whole of things and see two aspects of them. The view cannot be one-sided. "

In the view of General Hong Xuezhi, life often encounters good times and difficulties. When everything goes smoothly, we must always remind ourselves not to be proud and complacent, be prepared for danger in times of peace, and have a sense of crisis.

▲General Hong Xuezhi at work

. When you are in adversity, don’t be too pessimistic and disappointed, belittle yourself, and thus lose your confidence in life. You must have a firm belief in getting out of the predicament. You must believe that “the road is endless at the end of the mountain, and the road is bright and the flowers are bright”. You must believe that “there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the boat will naturally be straight when it reaches the bridge.” It is precisely because of General Hong Xuezhi's correct guidance to his children that children know from an early age that they must study hard and work hard. His children are very sensible, and each of them has a successful career. Among them, the eldest son Hong Hu was once the governor of Jilin Province, and the second son Hong Bao was once the deputy director of the Equipment Department of the Beijing Military Region and deputy commander of the Tianjin Garrison District. He was promoted to the rank of major general in 1996.

Hong Xuezhi's infinite concern and strict requirements for children

General Hong Xuezhi not only has strict requirements on his children's studies and career, but also has infinite concern for his children . During the ten-year turbulent period, the third daughter Hong Wei and son-in-law Jin Yuan both passed the entrance exam for Tsinghua University. After graduation, both chose to stay at school as teachers. In 1978, his son-in-law Jin Yuan was admitted to the first batch of graduate students at Tsinghua University during that decade of turbulent period and graduated in 1981.

▲The right is Hong Xuezhi's third daughter, Hong Wei,

. During the time when Jin Yuan graduated, the military hospital happened to have a particularly high demand for graduate students from engineering colleges, so Jin Yuan was assigned to the Ultrasonic Department of the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army to carry out work.

It’s a coincidence that General Hong Xuezhi also had an indissoluble bond with the PLA General Hospital . He participated in the establishment of the PLA General Hospital. It was Hong Xuezhi who transferred technical backbones from Union Hospital at the founding of the hospital that the PLA General Hospital could grow rapidly. These years of R&F's strong technical personnel have played a great role in the establishment and development of the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army. It can be said that General Hong Xuezhi has devoted a lot of effort to the establishment of this hospital.

However, General Hong Xuezhi's requirements for his son-in-law did not become loose due to kinship. As soon as Jin Yuan entered the hospital, General Hong Xuezhi asked him to give advice and made three requirements for his son-in-law very seriously. These three requirements are also passed down from the Hong family style. first is to work hard, study new technologies diligently, master new businesses and new technologies, and strive to be independent as soon as possible; second is to keep in touch with the masses, do not forget their roots, learn more from the masses, especially from experienced seniors; third is to speak less, do more, do not just speak but not take action, put theoretical knowledge into practice.

Therefore, Jin Yuan adhered to his father-in-law's requirements during his work at the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, devoted himself to his studies, studied technology hard, and worked hard to improve his professional level. He gradually became able to stand alone and also had considerable academic achievements. Not only did he successfully published more than ten papers in a short period of time, he also completed several professional works on clinical ultrasound diagnosis with his colleagues. At the same time, he is also a contributor to the ultrasound diagnosis category in the "China Encyclopedia" and won the second prize of the Army Science and Technology Progress Award.

▲People's General Hospital's professional achievements made Jin Yuan successfully selected as an associate researcher in 1985. General Hong Xuezhi heard his son-in-law report his work results to him, and happily said that he did not disappoint his expectations and encouraged him: " You should be like this. You are an excellent seedling, don't be complacent! "

No matter what, Jin Yuan's scientific research results are indeed fruitful. Due to his outstanding work ability and fruitful scientific research achievements, Jin Yuan served as member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army and Director of the Science Training Department in 1985, managing the teaching and scientific research work of the General Hospital. Jin yuan always remembers his father-in-law's encouragement and dares not slacken at all. He continues to work hard and climbs to the top again. In 1987, as one of the candidates for the deputy director of the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, the hospital party committee reported it to the General Logistics Department.

At that time, General Hong Xuezhi was the one who served as the Minister of the General Logistics Department. After seeing the report from the hospital Party Committee, General Hong Xuezhi asked his son-in-law to talk.The father and son had a deep discussion on the appointment of Jin Yuan. After fully understanding Jin Yuan’s ideas, General Hong Xuezhi proposed: " As the Minister of the General Logistics Department, I must consider the leadership of the hospital. If you approve your appointment today, it may be difficult to convince the public in the future. "

As the son-in-law of the Hong family, Jin Yuan also inherited the father-in-law's qualities of being deeply wise and not admiring fame. He took the initiative to think about his father-in-law: " Dad, I understand your thoughts. If I am in your position, in your From a perspective, my view on this matter is exactly the same as you. You can work with confidence. The important thing is to implement your requirement to make the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army a first-class general hospital. I am still young and there is still a long way to go in the future! ”

▲Hong Yang, Hong Jing, Hong Hu and Hong Xuezhi's third son-in-law Jin Yuan

After General Hong Xuezhi did his son-in-law's ideological work, he waved his pen to cut off Jin Yuan's name from the candidates. Jin Yuan worked in the General Hospital for a long time, but until the end he was only the deputy director of the hospital's medical department.

General Hong Xuezhi's family style construction is not only reflected in the craftsmanship of children and the education of children, but also influencing them with their souls. From the revolutionary war period to the peaceful era after the founding of the People's Republic of China, although General Hong Xuezhi had very little spare time and spent limited time on his children's education, less time does not mean less thought.

As long as you have time, Hong Xuezhi will sit and chat with his descendants, and everyone will speak freely, communicate ideas and collide with concepts. This kind of enthusiastic cultivation and education for future generations will often bring some surprises.

General Hong Xuezhi's care for poor students

Once, he reported in a report on the first batch of paid students in colleges and universities in Guangming Daily, and saw that there were a group of poor students in Peking University . They came from the old revolutionary district . Although the hard living conditions have added a lot of difficulties to their study, they still have a heart to yearn for learning and the perseverance to study hard. This incident touched General Hong Xuezhi's heart. His original intention of participating in the revolution was to do practical things for the people, solve things for the people, and make the people live a better life.

▲General Hong Xuezhi's old photo in his later years

So, when he returned home, Hong Xuezhi told his wife Zhang Wen. The couple led the whole family to discuss ways and methods to donate to poor students. During the discussions within the family, the couple sighed more than once: " Looking back at that time, we also fought wars in the old district. The development of the army cannot be separated from the logistical support of the masses, and the victory of the revolution has never been separated from the support of the masses. Therefore, we have a very strong sense of affection and belonging to the people in the old district. Now, the children in the old district have been admitted to Peking University through their own efforts. They are very difficult for them. Even if we save some life in daily life, we must do something for them. "

Finally, after discussions by the whole family, all eight members of Hong Xuezhi and his family participated in the action. They contacted the relevant departments of Peking University and established contacts with students from Hong'an, Hubei, Yimeng, Shandong, Sichuan, Jiangxi and other revolutionary areas, and formed a one-on-one assistance group.

They not only provide material help, but also provide students with rice dumplings and mooncakes during traditional Chinese festivals such as Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, and also give students a sense of belonging when they are far away, so that students can feel the warmth of a foreign land . General Hong Xuezhi's family's true concern touched the students and the soft part of their hearts. They are determined to study hard and study academically, and in the future they will be useful to society and the motherland.

Of course, these students did not disappoint the good intentions of society later. Most of them grew up to be people who can stand alone and have a positive role in society. Later, General Hong Xuezhi talked about the most real and simple feelings in his heart when doing this: " is within my ability, I can do some practical things within my ability and fulfill my responsibilities.The most important thing is to really care about children, which can inspire them to fight to revitalize China. ”

▲Interior of General Hong Xuezhi Memorial Hall

General Hong Xuezhi and his wife Zhang Wen gave birth to eight children in their lifetime, including five of them. These children were born and raised in that ups and downs of revolutionary era, witnessing the victory of the revolution and the construction of the new China.

In a war in 1939, the couple was still with their children, afraid that the children would be discovered by the enemy, and in order not to drag down the troops, they entrusted their eldest daughter Hong Xinghua to the local fellow villagers for foster care until 1951. The second daughter Hong Yan was fostered in 1945 at the home of fellow villagers in Huaiyin and was not found by their mother in 1949.

Hong Xuezhi once said earnestly: " should educate future generations to love the motherland and inherit the revolutionary tradition of our party and our army's hard struggle. This is our magic weapon for continuous development and victory. ”

In life, General Hong Xuezhi's life has always been simple. He never pays attention to material enjoyment. He wears clothes and a pair of cloth shoes for a few years. Three meals a day are simple and never wastes food. His wife Zhang Wen, despite being older, insists on taking soles and making cloth shoes by himself. He is now 101 years old.

On November 20, 2006, the "Six-Star General" Hong Xuezhi passed away in Beijing at the age of 93.

Reference:

"Memoirs of Hong Xuezhi"

"Memoirs of Hong Xuezhi"

"Memoirs of War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea "

"Memoirs of Hong Xuezhi"

"Memoirs of Resistance and Aid Korea" "

"Memoirs of Hong Xuezhi"