On March 20, 1974, Zhang Qian, the wife of the ** general, died of lung cancer at the age of 51.
* Two years after her death, due to her endless grief, Zhang Qian took the manuscript of the poem as a new spiritual pillar and devoted herself to it, and her physical condition deteriorated, coughing up blood.
**Arranged for Zhang Qian to have a check-up at 301 Hospital, and the results showed that she had lung cancer. Zhang Qian was not alarmed by this result, and even looked forward to reuniting with ** underground.
But what she is most worried about is her daughter Chen Shanshan, who has not yet started a family.
As an old friend of the family, I went to visit Zhang Qian in the hospital immediately after returning to Beijing. He saw not only her emaciated body, but also the worry in her eyes.
Walking to the bed, he held her hand and said gently, "Don't worry, I will take Shanshan as my daughter." Hearing this, Zhang Qian couldn't help but shed tears of gratitude in her eyes, and thanked him with a smile.
Zhang Qian walked very calmly, but her life has experienced ups and downs, and she deserves to be called "China's first diplomatic lady". Her teenage years were spent in the spring of 1938, when the Field Service Corps of the New Fourth Army rehearsed a new play called "The Devil's Cave."
The story of this drama is wonderful, and the actors are also beautiful, especially the young woman who plays the role of "little cabbage", which is performed vividly and attracts the attention of many gay men.
This young woman is Zhang Qian.
The name Zhang Qian, originally known as Zhang Zhangzhu, was later changed to "Qian". Naming has been very particular in China since ancient times, and it carries the deep expectations and good wishes of parents for their children.
Zhang Qian's parents named her "Zhangzhu" in the hope that she could be as precious as the pearl in her palm, and her love for her daughter can be seen. The Zhang couple's love for Zhang Qian is like treating a pearl and giving her superior living conditions.
Moreover, they did not force their daughters to learn three obedience and four virtues and be good wives and mothers like other feudal parents. On the contrary, they encouraged and supported Zhang Qian to receive a new type of education and learn advanced ideas.
It is precisely under the influence of new ideas that Zhang Qian's heart is full of the righteousness of the family and the country. She actively participated in the march, hoping to awaken the minds of more people in this way.
Zhang Qian participated in the march more and more frequently, which attracted the attention of her parents. Despite their repeated persuasions, Zhang Qian still insisted on her decision. In desperation, her parents decided to lock her in her room as a way to prevent her from going out.
However, Zhang Qian did not give up because of this. Instead, she used the time to reflect on her own actions and realize that the march was only a superficial propaganda ploy that could not make the people truly realize the backwardness of old China.
So, she decided to join the revolution and improve the lives of the people through practical actions. After a period of silence, the Zhang couple thought that Zhang Qian had given up the idea of marching, but the fact was that Zhang Qian was secretly planning to run away from home and join the revolutionary army.
Zhang Qian resolutely escaped from the house when the Zhang couple relaxed a little, she searched all the way according to the established plan, although she encountered many hardships that she had never had, but she did not have the slightest squeamishness of the eldest lady, just silently endured, and moved towards her ideals and beliefs.
Finally, the emperor lived up to her wishes, she found the team of the New Fourth Army and successfully joined. In the ranks of the revolutionary army, she was placed in the logistics propaganda department, responsible for drama performances.
And her fate with ** quietly sprouted in the drama at this time.
* The first encounter with Zhang Qian was in a military exercise in the Chen Family Ancestral Hall, Zhang Qian played the bride in "One Year" on stage, dressed in red, and her beautiful voice echoed around the beam, attracting the attention of **.
At that time, ** was close to the age of not being confused, and Zhang Qian was in the prime of her youth. Although Zhang Qian was reluctant to get married too early at first, she was deeply moved by her bright and upright character and selfless and fearless temperament, and she finally accepted the pursuit of ** after an 8-hour heart-to-heart talk.
On that early spring night, ** sent Zhang Qian back to the service group, although the cold was still strong, they felt extremely warm.
* With affectionate brushstrokes, Zhang Qian is compared to a beautiful red fang, expressing his deep love for her. At their simple wedding, they only used two big red "囍" characters and a pot of fried pork noodles to complete their marriage.
After marriage, the two respected and loved each other, achieved each other, and spent the difficult years of the Anti-Japanese War together. Zhang Qian's career achievements have also given more support and encouragement.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Qian showed her ability to the fullest.
In April 1954, the first Geneva Conference reached a cease-fire agreement and issued the Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference, but the United States refused to implement and meddle in Indo-Chinese affairs and fostered the best forces, which led to the outbreak of the Lao Civil War and undermined the peace and security in Southeast Asia.
China** resolutely opposes and resists the actions of the United States. To that end, in May 1961, the countries held the Second Geneva Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, to resolve the question of Laos.
*As the *** minister at that time, I went with my wife Zhang Qian. Zhang Qian, a talented and proficient speaker of English and Russian, is a diplomat's wife specially arranged by the Communist Party of China to accompany her to visit various countries.
As it turned out, the decision was the right one. This diplomatic mission has a bearing on peace and stability in Southeast Asia, and the task is arduous. In order to prevent the US side from taking this opportunity to create incidents, it is clearly stipulated that it is not allowed to actively contact US officials.
Upon arrival in Geneva, diplomatic activity was unusually busy. Zhang Qian shuttled around the clock in various banquets and talked with high-level ladies from various countries to enhance mutual understanding and friendship.
At the reception held by Prince Fuma and Suphanuphon in Laos, Zhang Qian was having a warm conversation with several ladies, when suddenly Mrs. Harriman, the head of the US delegation, came straight over and spoke to Zhang Qian.
Mrs. Harriman was very interested in Zhang Qian, and she conducted an in-depth study of the Chinese delegation, hoping to find a breakthrough in this diplomatic incident from Zhang Qian and seize the initiative.
However, with her wisdom and diplomatic skills, Zhang Qian skillfully avoided Mrs. Harriman's temptations and maintained the dignity and position of the Chinese delegation.
When Mrs. Harriman suddenly attacked, Zhang Qian did not panic, she politely said goodbye to the ladies who were talking, and then turned to Mrs. Harriman. Mrs. Harriman continued to speak, and Zhang Qian pretended not to understand, just looked at her with a smile and did not say a word.
Seeing this, Mrs. Harriman hurried to find an interpreter for their diplomatic corps, and Zhang Qian joined another lady's chat circle. In this diplomatic incident, Zhang Qian treated people with courtesy, skillfully sabotaged Mrs. Harriman's plan, showed the demeanor of a Chinese diplomat, and avoided becoming the focus of attention, preventing more incidents from happening.
She knows when to say what to say and when not to say it, when to stand up and when to remain silent, and this cautious approach has brought many benefits to diplomacy.
At Zhang Qian's negotiating table, China took the initiative. Ambassador Harriman and his wife had no choice but to turn to **, and the two sides exchanged views amicably. After one year, two months and seven days of meetings, the foreign minister refuted the US representative with a strong attitude, and the Chinese delegation successfully completed its task.
Zhang Qian has performed well in diplomatic circles. In 1962, she received Mrs. Khatini of Indonesia, and won high praise from the other party for her outstanding literary and artistic talents.
When he visited Cambodia in 1966, he had a pleasant conversation with King Sihanouk, and when the diplomatic corps visited other provinces, there were slogans on both sides of the road with the slogan "Long live Zhang Qian, the wife of the marshal".
Zhang Qian has devoted a lot of effort to the diplomatic cause of New China, especially in the friendly exchanges in Southeast Asia, leaving a brilliant mark.
* They live happily with Zhang Qian and his wife, especially their daughter, whose name is "Shanshan", symbolizing that the couple has been looking forward to the arrival of their daughter. Although the first three children were all sons, their wish was finally fulfilled in the fourth child, and the daughter was named "Shanshan".
However, when Shanshan grew up, she chose to join the army, so she changed her name to "Cong Jun". Although the name has changed, her achievements and happy family life have always been the same.
*'s daughter, Shanshan has shown a talent in literature and language from an early age. However, the couple had different opinions on the issue of their daughter's education.
Zhang Qian hopes that her daughter will learn violin, piano and other art courses to improve her artistic literacy, while ** hopes that her daughter will learn foreign languages. ** Said to his wife and daughter seriously: "The country is very much in need of foreign language talents, girls are quiet, learning foreign languages is a very good choice." ”
Shanshan was very willing to follow her father's advice, and Zhang Qian couldn't resist her husband in the end, so the argument ended in victory. Years later, when Shanshan became a diplomat in her own right, she recalled her father's decision and was filled with gratitude to him for choosing the right path for her.
* He attaches great importance to his daughter's foreign language education, for which he has purchased textbooks such as "Ringerstyle" and "Basic English", and has provided her with learning resources to the best of his ability.
However, in 1972, ** passed away, and Zhang Qian also fell ill. However, Xu Hanbing, director of the ** Cadre Division, brought good news when he visited Zhang Qian, that is, Shanshan can go abroad for further study, and the country should cultivate diplomatic talents.
This made Shanshan, who has always maintained good English learning habits, overjoyed.
At that time, 22-year-old Chen Shanshan embarked on the same path as her father 53 years ago, leaving her hometown and working hard to serve the country with knowledge. Zhang Qian, who knew that her life was coming to an end, wrote a poem to her daughter who traveled far away, expressing her blessings to her daughter and nostalgia for the past.
The content of the poem is full of the father's advice and insights to his daughter, inspiring the daughter to cherish the people in front of her and live up to her time. After Chen Shanshan went abroad to study, Zhang Qian devoted herself to sorting out the best poetry collection, and her daily hard work made her physically exhausted, and it took more than nine months to finally select 100 poems and compile them into the "** Poetry Anthology".
However, her body could no longer support it. Hearing that Zhang Qian's condition has deteriorated, her comrades-in-arms who fought side by side in the past came to visit her, including *** who worked in the field
**With a deep revolutionary friendship, their friendship spans life and death.
In August 1930, ** served as the secretary general in Shanghai, ** came to Shanghai from Fujian to report to him, and the meeting between the two happened at this time.
Because they are all from Sichuan, and they are all work-study students studying in France, and more importantly, they have the same revolutionary ideas, and they quickly became acquainted. Since then, they have fought together on the battlefield many times against the enemy.
In 1948, the famous Huaihai Battle was commanded by famous generals such as Su Yu and ***. Our army lasted 66 days and ended with **13At the cost of more than 40,000 people, the Kuomintang army annihilated 1 "suppression" headquarters, 5 corps headquarters, 22 army headquarters, and 56 divisions, totaling 55More than 50,000 people.
The victory of this war can be called a miracle, ** once affectionately sighed that the victory of the Huaihai Battle came from the silent dedication of the people. With 600,000 men against 800,000 people, it successfully smashed the Kuomintang's defense plan, liberated the vast area north of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and accelerated the pace of the People's Liberation War.
In such a fierce and important battle, the comradeship between ** and *** became deeper and deeper, and the two became good brothers who talked about everything, and the relationship between the two families became more and more intimate.
*And ***'s daughter, Shanshan and Maomao, have been childhood sweethearts since childhood. They go to school together, swim together, play the piano together, and play games together.
The emotions of childhood are the most innocent and unforgettable. They are each other's lifelong friends and closest sisters. In Mao Mao's book "Closer than Brothers, Better Than Brothers-* and ** Flesh and Blood Love", there is such a description: "When they talk, they are always full of laughter, and that kind of intimacy is still vivid.
Their laughter, that brightness of heart, always lingers in our ears. "However, happy times are always short-lived, and they have experienced ten years of darkness.
When everything was back on track, they had already passed away, and Mrs. Zhang Qian was also sick in bed, thinking about her young daughter.
Grandpa Deng couldn't help but be moved in the face of this situation. He made a promise to Zhang Qian on the hospital bed: "Don't worry, I will take Shanshan as my daughter." "On that night in 1974, Chen Shanshan lost her loving mother forever, and the People's Republic of China lost an outstanding diplomat forever.
However, there is an immortal force in the world, and that is spirit. Zhang Qian's spirit will be pinned on Shanshan, who will once again shine in her diplomatic career. The blazing flame was not extinguished, but was transferred from one stick to another.