In the history of our country, women were generally regarded as vulnerable groups, but in the revolutionary cause of modern times, there are also many heroines who do not let their eyebrows be shaved. They disregarded the shackles of the world, disregarded their own safety, and held high the banner of revolution with their weak bodies, and their spirit and courage did not fall behind in the slightest compared with boys. For example, we are familiar with Deng Yingchao, Cai Chang and others, as well as the female representative Zeng Xianzhi we are going to talk about today. Speaking of them, I believe that all women will be proud of them, they are like a benchmark, inspiring all women to look up to them.
In 1910, Zeng Xianzhi was born in the Zeng family in Changsha, Hunan Province, and when we first hear this surname, we may think of a generation of famous ministers in the late Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan, and in fact, Zeng Xianzhi did have a relationship with Zeng Guofan. Zeng Xianzhi's great-grandfather Zeng Guoquan was zeng guofan's ninth brother, and he led the army to fight with zeng guofan, and under the careful teaching of zeng guofan, zeng guoquan also made some achievements, and also held a high position at that time.
Although the Qing Dynasty later collapsed, but the rich heritage of her family is still there, so in this context, Zeng Xianzhi can be said to be a veritable high-ranking noblewoman. Therefore, Zeng Xianzhi received a good education from an early age and was also admitted to the provincial women's normal school at that time.
Zeng Xianzhi is not like other famous ladies, she is very lively and active, in school, she not only likes Peking Opera performances, but also a basketball enthusiast, once became the main force of the women's basketball team. Later, the Whampoa Military Academy opened a branch school in Wuhan and enrolled students, which was a very epoch-making enrollment, because this enrollment also recruited female cadets, which had never been done before.
As soon as the admissions news was released, the whole country was sensational, and zeng Xianzhi did not miss this opportunity after learning about it, and finally stood out with excellent results. In school, Zeng Xianzhi, who has a prominent background, is known as the Whampoa School Flower because of his good looks and excellent grades. And she herself did not have the arrogance and rudeness of her identity, but she was very easy-going, and in her daily life, she also showed the excellent quality of not being afraid of suffering and tiredness, making everyone like her very much.
Such a dazzling beauty finally found a talent that matched him, and this talent was Ye Jianying. At that time, due to the turmoil of the situation, the Whampoa Branch School had to be suspended, and the students who could not continue their studies joined the revolutionary army, and Zeng Xianzhi was organizationally assigned to the troops led by Ye Jianying after choosing to join our party.
The two then participated in the Guangzhou Uprising, but the Guangzhou Uprising soon suffered major setbacks, but in the long period of fighting side by side, the two people were attracted to each other and married in 1928. However, the turbulent situation did not give them much time to accompany each other, and it was not long before they received an appointment to study in the Soviet Union, and the couple could have gone together, but due to the limited number of places, Zeng Xianzhi did not go.
After staying in China, Zeng Xianzhi actively participated in the patriotic movement, and once she was unfortunately arrested, but fortunately there was no danger in the end. In order to ensure her safety, the organization arranged for her to study in Japan, but she was arrested by the Japanese side as soon as she arrived in Japan. Who thought that her life was in danger, who had thought that someone in Japan admired her ancestors, and was inexplicably released.
After separation, the husband and wife only met twice, the first time was when Ye Jianying returned to China, and the second time was the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and they met in Wuhan. After this separation, Zeng Xianzhi found out that she was pregnant, but due to the inconvenience of contact at that time, Ye Jianying did not know about this matter, and Zeng Xianzhi gave birth alone in Hong Kong.
When she took the child and wanted to tell Ye Jianying the news, she found that Ye Jianying had already married her and had a daughter. Frustrated, Zeng Xianzhi chose to quit silently and live alone with her son, and in the rest of her life, she stayed in the Women's Federation and engaged in women's liberation work. Her conscientious and responsible performance made her a deputy ministerial cadre step by step, and her son Ye Xuanning was also very good, and later became a major general.
Perhaps her life is slightly regrettable, but as an independent woman, she has set a direction for us with her life's integrity. She not only led women to liberation, but also demonstrated the excellent qualities of women who are unyielding, upright and brave.