He had ten children, four daughters and six sons, but four of them died while growing up due to war, disappearance, and illness. In the end, only two sons, Mao Anying and Mao Anqing, survived in adulthood.
Mao Anying died heroically in the Korean War, leaving Mao Anqing to become the only surviving son. However, Mao Anqing's life seems ordinary and low-key, and few people know about it.
It wasn't until 2007 that the news of Mao Anqing's death made people pay attention to this low-key son. What kind of treatment did Mao Anqing enjoy in his later years?
Mao Anqing, born in Changsha, Hunan Province in 1923, is the second son of Yang Kaihui. At that time, the Communist Party of China was not long after its founding, the revolutionary situation was grim, and Yang Kaihui was alone in Changsha, Hunan Province, with his children.
In 1927, the Kuomintang launched a counter-revolutionary coup d'état, ** was in danger, and in desperation, he could only go to Jinggangshan to open up a revolutionary base area. In 1930, Yang Kaihui**, at the same time**, also had his eldest son Mao Anying and the nanny at home, and Mao Anqing and his younger brother were taken home by his grandmother and uncle to take care of them.
Soon, Yang Kaihui died bravely, and after the efforts of the party organization, Mao Anying was finally rescued and sent back to his hometown to reunite with his two younger brothers.
Mao Anqing and Mao Anying's tragic childhood Mao Anqing and Mao Anying's childhood was full of suffering and misfortune. When Mao Anqing was only 7 years old, his mother Yang Kaihui died heroically, which made him lose his only relatives and dependents.
The young Mao Anqing's deep longing for his mother became the sustenance of his life. Soon after, the three brothers Mao Anqing and Mao Anying were sent to Datong Kindergarten in Shanghai to study.
However, the kindergarten was soon destroyed by the enemy, and the youngest brother was missing. Mao Anqing and Mao Anying could only rely on each other for their lives and became homeless street children.
In order to survive, they have to endure all kinds of hardships, such as picking up garbage, selling newspapers, and working as child laborers. Mao Anqing was once beaten by someone, and since then he has suffered from a lifelong headache.
Mao Anying once recalled that their childhood was as tragic as Sanmao in "Sanmao's Wanderings". However, organizationally they were not abandoned. In 1936, when the country was full of war, it was decided to send the two brothers to study in the Soviet Union.
Although their childhood was full of hardship, their tenacity and perseverance allowed them to eventually become excellent revolutionaries.
Mao Anying and Mao Anqing studied at the Soviet Military Academy, and the elder brother Mao Anying encouraged his younger brother Mao Anqing to learn Russian if he could not join the army, and he could also contribute to society.
Mao Anqing studied hard and was finally admitted to the Moscow Institute of Oriental Languages with excellent results. The life of the Mao Anqing brothers in the Soviet Union was not easy, they experienced wars and endured a lot of hardships.
However, these difficulties have honed their will and made them stronger in the face of life's difficulties. In 1947, the Mao Anqing brothers returned to China under the arrangement of the organization.
Mao Anying went to Yan'an, and Mao Anqing went to the liberated area of Harbin, Heilongjiang. They experienced both joys and sorrows in their youth, but they all persevered and contributed to society in their own way.
Mao Anqing participated in the land reform movement and became a part of the local farmers, and his talent and efforts were recognized by everyone. After the land reform, he returned to Beijing and joined the Central Propaganda Department as a translator.
He was fluent in Russian and translated many Marxist-Leninist classics. However, his life was not smooth. In 1951, his elder brother Mao Anying died on the battlefield in Korea, which made Mao Anqing feel extremely sad, and his old headache worsened, causing him to fall ill.
Under his father's arrangement, he went to the Soviet Union**, but his illness did not receive **. In 1960, after he returned to China, he met Shao Hua, who had a similar experience to him, and they fell in love at first sight, and married the following year.
In 1970, their son Mao Xinyu was born, and he was the only grandson of ***.
Mao Anqing in Mao Xinyu's eyes is a fatherly existence, his education method is both enlightened and gentle, even in the face of his son's mistakes, he will not be overly pampered. In 1976, the death of Grandpa Mao was a major blow to Mao Anqing, but with Shao Hua's careful care and companionship, he gradually recovered from his grief.
After retirement, Mao Anqing lived a plain and quiet life, he liked to write manuscripts, read newspapers, and sometimes play chess with his family. However, due to the illness of his youth, his physical condition has not been very good.
He often misses his mother and brother, and often shares with Shao Hua his dreams of Yang Kaihui and Mao Anying. When he went to his mother's hometown to pay respects, he saw a ** without his father, which was a photo of him with his mother and brother when he was one year old.
Mao Anqing deeply felt the regret that his father could not take a group photo with the whole family, and now that his parents and eldest brother have passed away, his heart is full of grief. In order to express his feelings of longing, and in order to let the people of the whole country feel the glorious years of *** and Yang Kaihui again, Mao Anqing and his wife compiled a commemorative anthology together, published dozens of commemorative articles, and participated in the planning of revolutionary historical film and television works with Yang Kaihui as the protagonist.
He is very concerned about national affairs, and has gone to the grassroots level with his wife and children many times to conduct research, helped out-of-school children in various ways, and established a number of patriotic education bases for young people in many places across the country.
Although Mao Anqing's life is ordinary, it is full of struggle and hard work. He used his wisdom and strength to make extraordinary contributions in ordinary positions. He worked hard to disseminate the truth of Marxism and participated in the translation of many Marxist-Leninist works, which played a great role in the construction of Marx's theory and the establishment and development of the discipline of philosophy in the early days of the founding of New China.
He also published more than 20 articles in newspapers and magazines on Soviet politics and literature, demonstrating his rigorous and refined attitude towards his work. He is loyal, approachable, open-minded to his colleagues, and works hard to make up for his shortcomings.
He was very frugal in his life, always remembering the teachings of his parents, and doing things in obscurity. In the end, he followed his father's last wish and sent part of the ashes back to his mother's hometown, where he would stay with his mother forever.
Mao Anqing's life, although ordinary, is full of greatness and nobility.
The journey of the Communist Party of China is full of twists and turns, and the life of Mao Anqing, who was born only two years before the founding of the Communist Party, is also difficult and tortuous. His childhood did not enjoy the love of his parents, but witnessed his parents dedicate their lives to the Chinese people and the Chinese revolution, but he did not complain about this and always remembered his parents' teachings.
Because his parents were busy with the revolution, Mao Anqing's childhood was full of hardships, but under the influence of family style, he never showed off his achievements, nor did he use the identity of the son of a great man to write a biography for himself, but silently contributed his strength to the society, the people, and the motherland.
Perhaps his work is not as dazzling as his father's and his mother's sacrifice, but his ordinary and resilient life is equally worthy of our admiration.
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