On May 14, 1960, Comrade ** and ** visited Guangxi. On the 15th, they came to the Bilianfeng Pavilion in Yangshuo County, Guilin City, behind which Guilin's landscape is the best in the world.
On this special day, the rare group photo with Deng Yingchao and his wife, ** and Zhang Qian and his wife left precious images. All of them were smiling and the atmosphere was harmonious and cheerful.
For a long time, we may not know much about Comrade **'s wife Zhang Qian, but her smile is also warm.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Qian once shouldered the heavy responsibility of diplomacy and was known as a representative figure of "lady diplomacy". She is not only fluent in five languages, but also known as "China's No. 1 Diplomatic Lady".
Zhang Qian, born in Wuhan, Hubei Province in 1922, is a real lady. Her father was an enlightened thinker who believed that both boys and girls should be well educated.
Therefore, Zhang Qian received a new education from an early age, and began to pay attention to the revolutionary forces led by the CCP, determined to dedicate her life to the cause of the liberation of the country and the people.
Even if she is wearing plain clothes, Zhang Qian still has an outstanding temperament and charm, and she attracts people's attention no matter where she goes.
In September 1937, in order to allow more women to devote themselves to the war of resistance against Japan, the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China formulated a document called "Outline of Women's Work", emphasizing that the principle of the anti-Japanese national united front must be implemented in women's work, and the main task is to inspire women to participate in the war of resistance against Japan and strive for victory in the war of resistance.
Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, thousands of patriotic women have joined the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, and the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army. In that year, 15-year-old Zhang Zhangzhu, when she signed up to join the New Fourth Army, she resolutely chose "Zhang Qian" as her name.
Since then, there has been one more determined female soldier in the New Fourth Army. And in the New Fourth Army, Zhang Qian met **. In a letter to **, Zhang Qian wrote: "I love the spring of this battle, I love the battle of this spring. ”
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 1940, Zhang Qian and ** married in Shuixi Village, Liyang County, Jiangsu Province, where the Jiangnan Headquarters of the New Fourth Army was located.
There are no complicated ceremonies in the love between the two, and some are just a love poem called "Good Period" written for Zhang Qian: "The candle flame is swaying, and the joy is beaming." Poetry for you, the beauty of Little Joe.
Two hearts, through the predicament together, eyes intersect, silent. The laughter of the past has become a thing of the past, and our commitment is in our hearts. A kiss in a hundred years, after the reminder, the bright moon waits quietly, and the night is thick. ”
* In "Flowing Water Diary", he wrote: "After ten years of marriage, I deeply felt her help. With a good wife by his side, men are invincible. This is **'s sincere feelings, and it is also his deep gratitude to Zhang Qian after experiencing many things.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as a part-time company for many years, due to the increased work pressure and the improvement of the international status of New China, the foreign affairs tasks became increasingly onerous, and a reliable helper was needed to deal with these tasks.
So, at the First National People's Congress on September 28, 1954, he was appointed as the vice premier in charge of foreign affairs. At that time, the leaders of many Southeast Asian countries would bring their wives with them when they visited China, but the Chinese side did not have a fixed wife to be responsible for receiving them, and they needed to find someone temporarily every time.
This not only affected the effectiveness of the reception work, but also caused problems for China's diplomacy. In this case, ** took the initiative to mobilize his wife Zhang Qian to participate in the reception of foreign guests, so as to break the dilemma of his wife's diplomacy.
Zhang Qian is quite accomplished in literary translation and loves it. But she resolutely gave up for **, and said with deep emotion: "I have also changed careers several times for the sake of the revolution and the country."
From the military to city management to diplomacy, didn't they all come step by step? Let's work together for the 'lady diplomacy' of New China! As a result, Zhang Qian became the first permanent candidate for the "lady diplomacy" of New China, and won wide acclaim for her unique demeanor, temperament and beauty in international exchanges.
Zhang's multilingual skills allow her to communicate with guests from all over the world. According to statistics, she has visited the country 21 times, and has received many visiting wives, queens, princesses, prime ministers' wives, prime ministers' wives, ministers' wives, and women's circles, and has made great contributions to the diplomatic work of New China.