On February 19, 1997, a great man of a generation, Deng Xiaoping, returned to the west and completed his extraordinary life journey at the age of 93.
Following his will, Comrade Deng Xiaoping's ashes were scattered into the sea, realizing his last wish.
Mr. Deng’s death is the whole country and the mountains and rivers are sobbing. The people of the whole country deeply mourn this chief designer of reform and opening up, and this Communist Party leader who made the people rich.
Xinhua News Agency published a special article "Eternal Life in the Sea" to commemorate the son of the great Chinese people who wandered on the sea at the age of 16, crossed the ocean, looking for the truth of saving the country and the people, and finally retired and returned to the sea.
After Deng Xiaoping's death, the ashes were scattered into the sea, and during his lifetime, he also had a different feeling for the sea.
On the road of revolution, Deng Xiaoping never gave up his demands on himself. He knew deeply that on the road of revolution, his strong body was indispensable, so he loved all kinds of sports, including usefulness.
"I am a relatively lively person", this is Deng Xiaoping's self-evaluation.
His love for life is reflected in strict self-life rules and constantly exercising his physical and mental strength.
Deng Xiaoping's articles are mostly short and fast, and are catchy and plain words. This is like the words mentioned by the people, and often makes people mistakenly think that Deng Xiaoping does not read books.
In fact, in Deng Xiaoping's study, there are Zizhi Tongjian, Twenty-Four Histories and other large items that are often placed and read.
In addition, after retirement, you have to read more than ten newspapers every day. In addition to the party newspaper, there are also sports news newspapers such as " Sports News ", which fully reflects Deng Xiaoping's emphasis on sports training and the concept of working for the party's health until old age.
This kind of emphasis is not kept in words, but is reflected in real life.
992, 88-year-old Deng Xiaoping came back for a southern tour and specially went to Beidaihe to swim. In this year alone, he swam eight times, which was also the last time he swam in the sea in his life.
Deng Xiaoping likes to swim in the sea. Every year, the central high-level officials go to Beidaihe to escape the summer heat. On the day Deng Xiaoping arrived, he must go swimming no matter what weather it is. He said he likes the feeling of fighting the wind and waves in the sea. This feeling is closely linked to his personality characteristics. He faces difficulties, is not afraid of wind and rain, and moves forward bravely.
I don’t know if this feeling of liking the sea is related to being hiking across the ocean at the age of 16 and exploring in the sea. Perhaps fate has given the answer long ago.
In addition to physical strength, brain power is also something Deng Xiaoping focused on.
One of the impressions Deng Xiaoping left on the world is that he likes to play bridge.
Deng Xiaoping himself explained that he is the real rest when playing cards.
Deng Xiaoping's daughter Deng Lin recalled that Deng Xiaoping was very serious when he was playing cards, and was very serious. He was a series of actions such as reshuffle, deal, and bidding. He handled decisively and neatly, and his thinking was quick. He grabbed the big and let the small with accurate calculations and showed the demeanor of a general.
can take it and let it go. This is Deng Xiaoping's usual style, and it was even more so in his later years.
For example, if you like to drink, but you are not greedy for alcohol, you also like to smoke, but you quit; for example, if you love the food in your hometown, you like fat meat, but you are not full, you eat at the right time and go to bed, and live a scientific and strict and regular life.
The calm and generous attitude towards life allows Deng Xiaoping to live long until he is 93 years old.
Daughter Deng Lin likes to take pictures of Deng Xiaoping's life, especially Deng Xiaoping's later life. Among those warm photos, the ones who finally swim in Beidaihe are the most touching.
After that swimming forty-five minutes, Deng Xiaoping got ashore, then sat in front of the room, looking at the vast sea in front of him for a long time. He didn't know if he could swim in the sea anymore. After all, he was 88 years old, and this final look back seemed like a farewell to himself for a lifetime.
has responsibility for career
In 1989, after Deng Xiaoping reported several times to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to retire, he was finally approved. On the day his daughter Deng Lin took a photo of Deng Xiaoping as a souvenir.
This marks that this 85-year-old man finally ushered in his old age.
After unanimous discussion by the whole family, they hung a piece of paper on the wall of the house, and wrote: 1922-1989-Forever.
1922 was the time when Deng Xiaoping participated in the revolution, and 1989 was the time when Deng Xiaoping left his job.
Although he has left his job, such an old revolutionary man, such a son of the Chinese people who deeply love his motherland, always holds his heart for the happiness and well-being of the Chinese people and for China's development, prosperity and strength.
67's revolutionary career is long and long, and it is short and short.
Deng Xiaoping often missed his close comrades, and often thought of the revolutionary guide who made an appointment with him to scatter his ashes into the sea. Comrade Zhou Enlai , and often thought of the heroes and heroes who went ahead of him. The common aspiration of their generation is to build a prosperous, democratic and civilized socialist country.
"Development is the hard truth", "Poverty is not socialism", "Thoughts are more liberating, reforms are faster" one deafening sentence is shouted out from the old man's mouth.
992, on that spring, on the way to the southern tour, Deng Xiaoping, the old man who had been retired for three years, drew a circle in his finger. made the speed of reform and opening up continuously, and the scope of reform and innovation continued to deepen, directly pushing a country into a new era of development.
In the years after 1989, Western world implemented an economic blockade on China, and China's economic development slowed down. Domestic public opinion also had different voices about reform and opening up .
Faced with such a situation, Deng Xiaoping, who had retired, saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. His responsibility and affection for the Chinese people made him unable to sit idly by. He decided to go to the south to see the achievements of reform and opening up on the spot.
Deng Xiaoping walked along the way, looked around, thought about and talked along the way, leaving behind many new ideas and new ideas, and clarified many issues that troubled and restricted people's thoughts.
The essence of these conversations points directly to the essence and solve people's confusion, such as "Revolution is to liberate productivity, and reform is also to liberate productivity. We should talk about both liberating productivity and developing productivity." "There is more plans or more markets, not the essential difference between socialism and capitalism. Planning is an economic means." "The basic line must be managed for a hundred years and cannot be shaken."
In fact, at that time, collapsed the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe changed drastically. The west wind in the world overwhelmed the east wind, and the just-passed political turmoil in 1989 made the Western world look at China differently.
China is facing many difficulties. Where will socialism go? These thoughts often linger in the old man's mind.
must throw these thoughts out, trigger everyone's thoughts and promote new emancipation of the mind. Deng Xiaoping answered this question with practical actions.
In fact, Deng Xiaoping's southern tour has been very effective. It not only promoted a new round of reform and opening up, but also played a very important theoretical guiding role in the convening of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and has far-reaching political significance for China's socialist modernization.
Comrade Mao Zedong once commented on Deng Xiaoping: Whether it is politics or military, Deng Xiaoping is a good player in papers and martial arts.
This sentence really hits the nail on the head.
This political old man, with every move, had a thunderous momentum. Thinking back to the negotiations between China and Britain and Hong Kong, "the issue of sovereignty cannot be discussed." Deng Xiaoping's words made Mrs. Thatcher, who is famous for his Iron Lady, scared her legs and fell in the Great Hall of the People.
After retirement, when he saw the plan for the army to peacefully accept Hong Kong, he only said one sentence "soft" and asked Chinese People's Liberation Army to re-formulate various plans including force reception, laying a solid foundation for the successful return of Hong Kong.
This is a reflection of the sense of responsibility of a retired elderly person and the passionate responsibility of the son of the Chinese people.
Marriage Love
TV series "Deng Xiaoping in a Turning Story" , the first scene at the beginning is The scene where Deng Xiaoping and his wife Zhuo Lin wiped their paralyzed son Deng Pufang.
Director starts with this, and its meaning is far-reaching.
When you are suffering, your family is by your side, and the whole family is in the same boat through thick and thin, and finally ushered in a new and beautiful life.
In Deng Xiaoping's later years, he lived in a happy and peaceful family with four generations living together, with children and grandchildren around him. After the nationwide liberation, he brought his stepmother Xia Bogen and his two sisters from his hometown of Guang'an, Sichuan to live and take good care of him. The old man did not die until he was 101 years old.
stepmother Xia Bogen
. Among the family, Deng Xiaoping especially likes children. In the documentary " Tornado Nine Days " of Deng Xiaoping, a commentary matched picture is "No matter where he goes, he never hides his love for his children."
During his life in Jiangxi, the youngest daughter gave birth to a daughter. Deng Xiaoping looked at his little granddaughter and was extremely happy, so he rushed to pour water to bathe the child.
It can be said that Deng Xiaoping loved the motherland and the people with affectionate love, and also loved his family and his wife with affectionate love.
Talented women Zhuo Lin and Deng Xiaoping have known each other since their marriage, went to the front line together to witness the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the rebirth of the people's regime.
After the victory of the revolution, Zhuo Lin focused on being Deng Xiaoping's confidential secretary, and gave up all the political and educational work she had originally engaged in, not seeking fame and fortune, and not taking into account gains and losses.
In the past sixty years of life, the two have taken good care of each other, shared the joys and sorrows, supported each other, and walked through the lows of their lives together. Deng Xiaoping was deeply grateful to his virtuous support from the bottom of his heart.
So, in addition to Han Yilan's grandson in his later years, Deng Xiaoping's favorite life was to work with Zhuo Lin to live the ordinary life of the people.
In 2009, Zhuo Lin was elected as one of the top ten figures in China, and the award speech was announced: The talented woman in the south of the colorful clouds, Qiongying on the Loess Plateau , has been with her hands for fifty-eight years, and has fought in the smoke of gunpowder, and has been with her ups and downs in the wind and rain. She has never left her loved ones, and has turned love into a belief. Her love injects women's firmness, warmth and support into the rise of a nation.
Deng Xiaoping and Zhuo Lin have a very deep relationship, so when Zhuo Lin held Deng Xiaoping's ashes and scattered them into the sea, tears could not stop.
Recalling Mr. Deng’s life, his revolutionary career came from the sea, and finally, he left from the sea.
