The principal who died of illness explained that he wrote a letter to ***
Zhang Gan, whose name is Cilun and whose name is Youhuang, is a native of Xinhua, Hunan (now Pingshang Town, Xinshao County). He used to be the principal of Hunan Provincial No. 1 Normal School, which was the school he attended when he was young.
Zhang Gan did his best to open schools and protect revolutionary comrades in the difficult years when warlords were fighting and wars were raging.
Although he has made great contributions to the cause of education throughout his life, he regrets two things, both of which are related to ***. In 1967, before his death, Zhang Gan specially told his son to write a letter to *** to express his apologies and regrets.
Zhang Gan's life was full of twists and turns, but he was not defeated by the hardships of life. He had a kind older brother who was willing to sacrifice his labor to provide for his education.
Although his family was poor, the expectations and support of his people gave him the motivation to pursue knowledge. Zhang Gan is studying every day, even if he works during the day, he will not let go of the time to study.
His hard work and persistence gave him the opportunity to change his fate. When he was seriously ill, he was still guilty because he still had an unfinished job. His story teaches us that no matter how difficult life is, as long as we have determination and perseverance, we can achieve our dreams.
The local people can see Zhang Gan's diligence and can't help but sigh: "How can you not become a talent if you study hard like Zhang Gan!" For their own children, they began to reflect on whether they needed to strengthen discipline and let them work as hard as Zhang Gan.
Those children who are often scolded may have both admiration and envy for Zhang Gan. In January 1905, Zhang Gan was successfully admitted to the excellent science class of the Hunan Middle Road Normal School.
In a better environment, he persevered and was eager to learn new things. In 1911, he graduated from the school with a third place with honors. The school recognized Zhang Gan's ability very much and made an exception to let him stay in the school as a mathematics teacher.
He has been rigorous and conscientious in his work, and his teaching achievements have been remarkable, which has been appreciated by the school leaders. Therefore, in March 1914, after the school was renamed "Hunan Provincial First Public Normal School", the Ministry of Education promoted Zhang Gan to the principal of the school.
Zhang Gan was born in 1884, at the age of thirty, he has already made remarkable achievements in his career, which makes people praise him for his youth and promisingness. He was able to serve as the head of the school not only because of his talent, but more importantly, because of his dedication to the cause of education, his impartiality and strictness, his support for the revolution, and his spirit of selfless dedication.
During Zhang Gan's tenure as the principal of the First Public Normal School in Hunan Province, the school had a strong teaching force, and famous teachers Yang Changji, Xu Teli, Li Jinxi and others joined in one after another, and cultivated batches of people with lofty ideals for the country, including Cai Hesen, Zhou Shizhao, etc.
Zhang Gan advocated the reform of the old and the new, and he created"A list of divisions"The system, that is, the current open system of school affairs, the school's rules and regulations, school running situation, and funding are all open and transparent, and students' opinions are widely solicited for improvement.
He also advocated thrift and thrift, and all teachers and students ate together, and he, the principal, was no exception. As a result, students can put all their minds on their studies and don't have to be bothered by worldly distractions.
Such an environment makes the school have a very strong learning atmosphere and a revolutionary atmosphere. Overall, Zhang Gan has made outstanding contributions to China's education with his unique leadership skills and selfless dedication.
His deeds make us deeply admired and grateful.
Zhang Gan was a principal who attached great importance to patriotic education, and he always believed in cultivating students who were both literate and martial arts in order to meet the needs of the country. Although he was not a member of the Communist Party, he always did his best to protect these comrades and patriots.
During Zhang Gan's tenure as principal of the Provincial No. 5 Middle School, a fire broke out in the library. In the face of the ** manhunt, he resolutely resisted and protected the students. He also actively helped Zhong Jingdao, an underground party member who served in the No. 6 Provincial Middle School, and reported to him in advance so that he could escape in time.
Regarding the arrest of progressive student He Binghui for running the progressive publication "Popular Weekly", Zhang Gan did not hesitate to run around to exonerate him. Zhang Gan is not only a principal who cares about students' learning, but also a patriot who deeply loves the country and the nation.
However, despite Zhang Gan's concern for education and the country, he also had unpleasant incidents with our great leader. In the autumn of 1914, ** was deeply loved by teachers such as Yang Changji and Xu Teli because of his excellent performance in school, but this also led to his almost expulsion from the preparatory class of the provincial first division.
In 1915, the Hunan Provincial Assembly passed a decision to levy tuition and miscellaneous fees and extend the semester, with tuition and miscellaneous fees of 10 yuan per person. This is a heavy burden for many students from poor backgrounds.
Although Hunan Provincial No. 1 Primary School does not charge tuition and miscellaneous fees and food fees, the principal Zhang Gan still repeatedly reported students' opinions to the provincial council and asked for a reduction or exemption of tuition and miscellaneous fees, but the provincial council did not approve it.
In desperation, Zhang Gan could only issue orders according to the instructions of the provincial council. The students were unhappy with this, believing that Zhang Gan had offered it in order to curry favor with the authorities. To this end, ** drafted a "Declaration on the Expulsion of Zhang", which was fiercely worded and strongly criticized Zhang Gan's bending and lack of ways to run schools.
Although Zhang Gan tried his best to fight for the rights of the students, as a hard-working worker, he was powerless to change the decision of the provincial council.
The "Expulsion Movement" incident broke out, and the whole school was involved. The students launched a strike, chanting the slogan "Zhang Gan will not go to school for a day, we will not go to class for a day", and signed in support of the "Declaration of Expelling Zhang".
After Zhang Gan read the declaration, although he was amazed by ***'s talent, he was very angry, and made the decision to expel the 17 students headed by *** impulsively.
However, teachers such as Yang Changji and Wang Jifan strongly opposed this and used resignation as a threat to stop Zhang Gan. In this case, Zhang Gan had no choice but to take the initiative to make concessions and only gave *** a major demerit.
In the end, this massive expulsion campaign ended with Zhang Gan's resignation. Although this incident brought a huge blow to Zhang Gan, he never gave up his love for education.
**After graduating from the Provincial First Division, he devoted himself to the revolution and lost contact with the former principal Zhang Gan.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek intended to eliminate the CCP and establish ** rule. So he invited *** to Chongqing for negotiations in the name of peace and democracy.
After learning the news, Zhang Gan immediately sent a telegram to ***, hoping that he could take into account the overall situation and go to Chongqing to negotiate. Although they were well aware of Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy, the CCP delegation headed by *** decided to go to Chongqing to negotiate with the Kuomintang.
After 43 days of intense negotiations, the KMT and the CCP finally signed the Double Tenth Agreement. However, at the end of June 1946, Chiang Kai-shek tore up the Double Tenth Agreement and launched a full-scale civil war.
At this time, Zhang Gan realized the wolf ambitions of the Kuomintang and felt very remorseful for his actions. In addition, since *** did not reply to his telegram, Zhang Gan was also confused about his perception and ***'s perception, which made his guilt deeper.
Time flies like a white horse, and the People's Republic of China was proclaimed on October 1, 1949, with Comrade ** serving as the **People** Chairman. Zhang Gan was extremely proud of this, but at the same time, he also felt deep remorse and pain for advocating the expulsion of *** and sending a telegram, so he never dared to contact ***
On the eve of the National Day in 1950, ** invited former teachers Xu Teli, Xie Jueya, Xiong Jinyu, Wang Jifan and his classmate Zhou Shizhao in the first division to come to Beijing to participate in the National Day ceremony.
Zhou Shizhao had served as the principal of the first division at that time, and he had been in correspondence with ***. After receiving the invitation, Zhou Shizhao found the former principal Zhang Gan and asked him if he had anything to convey to ***
Zhou Shizhao was also a witness to the expulsion incident that year, and hoped to take this opportunity to resolve the conflict between the two. After Zhang Gan heard this, he didn't know how to respond for a while. He was worried that *** would not forgive him for what he did back then, so he had to ask Zhou Shizhao to say hello to *** on his behalf.
On October 5th, ** held a banquet in Fengze Garden, inviting Xu Teli, Zhou Shizhao and other old friends to talk about the past together, reminiscing about the good times in the Hunan Provincial First Division, and the vigorous expulsion movement that year.
During the banquet, ** casually asked about Principal Zhang Gan, and Zhou Shizhao took the opportunity to tell Principal Zhang Gan's experience in detail. Knowing that Zhang Gan was still struggling on the front line of education, ** was full of admiration.
Xu Teli, as the best teacher, also praised Zhang Gan very much, praising him for being young and promising, and full of resilience. Xiong Jinyu also joined in praising Zhang Gan, saying that he was a person who dared to do things.
Wang Jifan, **'s cousin, is also very interested in this topic, and mentioned that *** was almost expelled that year. He didn't judge who was right and who was wrong, but only emphasized that Zhang Gan was a person with strong self-esteem, and the "Declaration of Expelling Zhang" in one go had made him very angry.
1.Zhang Gan's decision to expel him was not for political purposes, but because his self-esteem was seriously hurt and he could not put it down. ** After hearing this, he did not get angry, but reflected on himself, thinking that he was too arbitrary to blame Principal Zhang for all his mistakes, and in fact, the expulsion movement was completely unnecessary.
2.When Zhou Shizhao and the others heard *** say this, they knew that he didn't take the things of the year to heart, and the tense atmosphere instantly relaxed. Zhou Shizhao no longer felt embarrassed to speak, and said the current life predicament of Principal Zhang's family.
**As soon as he heard this, he immediately put away his relaxed expression, and complained with a slight reproach about why Zhou Shizhao didn't say it earlier, saying that he should take care of an old educator like Principal Zhang.
3.On October 11, ** wrote a letter to Wang Shoudao, chairman of the Hunan Provincial Government, saying that he would take good care of Principal Zhang. After receiving the letter, Wang Shoudao immediately sent 600 kilograms of relief rice and 500,000 yuan (old currency) to President Zhang.
After receiving the relief rice and money specially brought by ***, Zhang Gan was so excited that he was speechless for a while. Moved, he hurriedly took up the pen and wrote a letter to express his gratitude, and made an envelope with a piece of half-new kraft paper that he was reluctant to use, marked the word "urgent" in the upper left corner of the envelope, and emphatically asked his son to send it to the post office as soon as possible.
The days of waiting for a reply are like sitting on pins and needles, Zhang Gan thinks about it day and night, and if he doesn't reply to the letter for a day, he will not feel at ease for a day. Finally one day, he received a letter printed with the words "Mao Mian of the Communist Party of China", opened it and looked at it, and the words "extremely thoughtful" were written in it, and he was moved to tears.
Since then, ** often wrote to greet Zhang Gan. In the summer of 1951, ** directly invited Zhang Gan to Beijing for a gathering. After receiving the invitation, Zhang Gan was very excited, and immediately packed his bags and set out on the road to Beijing.
On the morning of September 26, ** sent a car to Fengze Park in Zhongnanhai to greet Zhang Gan, Li Shuqing, Luo Hanming, Zou Puxun and his party, and warmly entertained them.
At the banquet, ** insisted that Zhang Gan and the others sit on the upper seat, and he sat on the lower seat, and introduced Zhang Gan to his children, and humorously praised Zhang Gan as the best teacher in the world.
Zhang Gan was deeply moved, it turned out that in his heart, he has always been a responsible and good teacher. Zhang Gan was about to apologize while eating, but before he could finish speaking, ** took over with a smile, saying that the things of the year had passed, and he had done something wrong.
Zhang Gan realized at this time that ** did not take the things of the year to heart, and there was no so-called forgiveness and unforgiveness. The burden that has been pressing on his heart for decades can finally be removed.
That night, the four elderly people received a carefully prepared gift, including a pair of cloth shoes, a mattress, a quilt, a woolen jacket, a pillow towel, a pair of pillows, a pair of socks, a piece of soap and a toothbrush.
** I also made it clear that these gifts were bought with my own manuscript fee, and I didn't spend a penny from the public, so that they could accept them with peace of mind.
After Zhang Gan learned about it, he did not refuse, but praised *** for being as meticulous and spotless as he was in his youth. **Busy with official business, although he didn't have time to accompany Zhang Gan and his party, he did his best to be a landlord and took care of them.
Vice Minister of Health Fu Lianhuan personally examined the health of Zhang Gan and other four elderly people; On the day of the National Day, **specially arranged for someone to lead Zhang Gan and his party to the Tiananmen Square ** celebration ceremony; After the ceremony, there was a special car to take them to the scenic spots of Beijing and Tianjin.
Li Weihan, the minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was also a student of Hunan No. 1 Normal School, and this time he took the opportunity of Zhang Gan to personally discuss with Zhang Gan the restoration of the original appearance of the old site of Hunan No. 1 Normal School, thus satisfying Zhang Gan's wish for decades.
On the afternoon of November 8, Zhang Gan and his entourage went to Zhongnanhai to take pictures with ***. **Deliberately stood next to Zhang Gan, and after taking the photo**, he happily said that it was the first time he took pictures with so many teachers, which was very memorable.
On November 12, when Zhang Gan was about to leave Beijing, he specially sent someone to give him 1.5 million yuan of old coins and a bottle of deer antler essence, and explained in detail how to use it, and also told him to take care of his health.
Zhang Gan was moved to tears by the chairman's care, and he knew that he could not repay this deep kindness, so he could only express to the chairman in the letter that he would dedicate the rest of his life to the cause of education and make every effort to promote the development of education. "
The spring silkworm is dead to the end, and the wax torch turns to ash and tears begin to dry", which is probably the best praise for the educator Zhang Gan. He has been teaching for 42 years in his life, and has cultivated countless students who have excelled in character and learning and who have made outstanding contributions to the revolutionary cause, and is an evergreen tree in the cause of education.
Although he had a misunderstanding with *** in his youth, Zhang Gan always felt guilty. And *** treated the former principal with his tolerance and respect, fully showing the demeanor of a great man.
They are all great people who deserve our highest respect.