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In thisChinese name,thefamily nameisZhu( chu ).
Marshal
Zhu De
Chu đức
Marshal Zhu Dec. 1950s
2ndChairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
In office
28 April 1959 – 6 July 1976
PresidentLiu Shaoqi
None(Post abolished in 1975)
Preceded byLiu Shaoqi
Succeeded bySoong Ching-ling(acting)
1stVice Chairman of the People's Republic of China
In office
27 September 1954 – 27 April 1959
ChairmanMao Zedong
Succeeded bySoong Ching-lingandDong Biwu
Vice Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
28 September 1956 – 1 August 1966
ChairmanMao Zedong
Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
In office
9 November 1949 – 31 March 1955
Preceded byLi Weihan
Succeeded byDong Biwu
Commander-in-Chief of thePeople's Liberation Army
In office
28 November 1946 – 27 September 1954
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byPost abolished
Personal details
Born(1886-12-01)1 December 1886
Yilong County,Sichuan,Qing China
Died6 July 1976(1976-07-06)(aged 89)
Beijing,China
Political partyChinese Communist Party(1925–1976)
Spouses
Xiao Jufang
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(m.1912; died 1916)​
Chen Yuzhen
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(m.1916; died 1935)​
Wu Ruolan
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(m.1928; died 1929)​
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(m.1929)​
Children
Alma materYunnan Military Academy
Nicknames
  • "Old Chief Zhu"
  • "The Father of the Red Army"
Military service
Allegiance
Branch/service
Years of service1927–1976
Rank
Battles/wars
Chinese name
ChineseChuĐức
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhū Dé
Wade–GilesChu Teh
IPAMandarin pronunciation:[tʂútĕ]
Courtesy name:Yujie
Simplified ChineseChu ngọc giai
Traditional ChineseChu ngọc giai
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhū Yùjiē
Wade–GilesChu Yu-chieh
IPAMandarin pronunciation:[tʂúŷ.tɕjé]

Zhu De[a](1 December 1886 – 6 July 1976) was a Chinese general, military strategist, politician and revolutionary in theChinese Communist Party(CCP).

Zhu was born into poverty in 1886 inSichuan.He was adopted by a wealthy uncle at age nine and received a superior early education that led to his admission into a military academy. After graduating, he joined a rebel army and became awarlord.Afterward he joined the CCP. He commanded theEighth Route Armyduring theSecond Sino-Japanese Warand theChinese Civil War.By the end of the civil war he was also a high-ranking party official.

Zhu is regarded as one of the principal founders of thePeople's Republic of China,and was a prominent political figure until dying in 1976. In 1955, he was ranked first among the tenmarshals.He was chairman of theStanding Committee of the National People's Congressfrom 1959 to 1976.

Biography

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Early life

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Zhu was born on 1 December 1886, to a poor tenant farmer's family inHung,a town inYilong County,Nanchong,a hilly and isolated part of northernSichuanprovince.[1]Of the 15 children born to the family only eight survived. His family relocated to Sichuan during the migration fromHunanprovince andGuangdongprovince.[2][3]His origins are often given asHakka,but Agnes Smedley's biography of him says his people came from Guangdong and speaks of Hakka as merely associates of his.[4]She also says that older generations of his family had spoken the "Kwangtung dialect" (which would be close to but probably different from modernCantonese) and that his generation also spokeSichuanese,a distinct regional variant ofSouthwestern Mandarinthat is unintelligible to other speakers ofStandard Chinese(Mandarin).[5]

Despite his family's poverty, by pooling resources Zhu was chosen to be sent to a regional private school in 1892. At age nine he was adopted by his prosperous uncle, whose political influence allowed him to gain access to Yunnan Military Academy.[6]He enrolled in a Sichuan high school around 1907 and graduated in 1908. Subsequently, he returned to Yilong's primary school as a gym instructor. An advocate of modern science and political teaching rather than the strict classical education afforded by schools, he was dismissed from his post[3]and entered the Yunnan Military Academy inKunming.[7]: 151 There he joined theBeiyang Armyand theTongmenghuisecret political society (the forerunner of theKuomintang).[8]

Nationalism and warlordism

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Zhu De in 1916.

At the Yunnan Military Academy in Kunming, he first metCai E(Tsai Ao).[9]He taught at the academy after his graduation in July 1911.[10]Siding with the revolutionary forces after theChinese Revolution,he joined Brig. Cai E in the October 1911 expeditionary force that marched on Qing forces in Sichuan. He served as a regimental commander in thecampaign to unseatYuan Shikaiin 1915–16. When Cai became governor of Sichuan after Yuan's death in June 1916, Zhu was made a brigade commander.[11]

Following the death of his mentorCai Eand of his first wife Xiao Jufang in 1916, Zhu developed a severeopiumhabit that afflicted him for several years until 1922, when he underwent treatment in Shanghai.[12]His troops continued to support him, and so he consolidated his forces to become awarlord.In 1920, after his troops were driven from Sichuan toward the Tibetan border, he returned toYunnanas a public security commissioner of the provincial government. Around this time he decided to leave China for study in Europe.[13]He first traveled to Shanghai, where he broke his opium habit and, according to historians of the Kuomintang, metSun Yat-sen.He attempted to join theChinese Communist Partyin early 1922, but was rejected for being a warlord.[14]

Converting to Communism

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Zhu photographed in Berlin, 1922

In late 1922 Zhu went toBerlin,along with his partner He Zhihua. He resided inGermanyuntil 1925, studying at one point atGöttingen University.[15]Here he metZhou Enlaiand was expelled from Germany for his role in a number of student protests.[16]Around this time he joined the Chinese Communist Party; Zhou Enlai was one of his sponsors (having sponsors being a condition of probationary membership, the stage before actual membership).[17]In July 1925, after being expelled from Germany, he traveled to theSoviet Unionto study military affairs and Marxism at theCommunist University of the Toilers of the East.While in Moscow He Zhihua gave birth to his only daughter,Zhu Min.Zhu returned to China in July 1926 to unsuccessfully persuade Sichuan warlordYang Sento support theNorthern Expedition.[15]

In 1927, following the collapse of theFirst United Front,Kuomintang authorities ordered Zhu to lead a force against Zhou Enlai andLiu Bocheng'sNanchang uprising.[15]Having helped orchestrate the uprising, Zhu and his army defected from the Kuomintang.[18]The uprising failed to gather support, however, and Zhu was forced to fleeNanchangwith his army. Under the false name of Wang Kai, Zhu managed to find shelter for his remaining forces by joining warlordFan Shisheng.[19]

Zhu-Mao

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Zhu (second from right) photographed with Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai (second from left) and Bo Gu (left) in 1937.

Zhu's close affiliation withMao Zedongbegan in 1928 when, with the help ofChen YiandLin Biao,Zhu defected from Fan Shisheng's protection and marched his army of 10,000 men toJiangxiand theJinggang Mountains.[20]Here Mao had formed asovietin 1927, and Zhu began building up his army into theRed Army,consolidating and expanding the Soviet areas of control.[21]The meeting, which happened on theLongjiang Bridgeon 28 April 1928, was facilitated byMao Zetan,who was Mao's brother serving under Zhu.[22]He carried a letter to his brotherMao Zedongwhere Zhu stated, "We must unite forces and carry out a well-defined military and agrarian policy."[22]This development became a turning point, with the merged forces forming the "Fourth Red Army", with Zhu as Military Commander and Mao as Party representative.[23]

Zhu's leadership made him a figure of immense prestige; locals even credited him with supernatural abilities.[24]During this time Mao and Zhu became so closely associated that to the local villagers they were known collectively as "Zhu-Mao"[25][26]In 1929, Zhu De and Mao Zedong were forced to fleeJinggangshantoRuijinfollowing military pressure fromChiang Kai-shek.[27]Here they formed theJiangxi Soviet,which would eventually grow to cover some 30,000 square kilometers (11,584 square miles) and include some three million people.[28]In 1931 Zhu was appointed leader of the Red Army inRuijinby the CCP leadership.[29]He successfully led a conventional military force against the Kuomintang in the lead-up to theFourth Counter Encirclement Campaign;[30]However, he was not able to do the same during theFifth Counter Encirclement Campaignand the CCP fled.[31]Zhu helped form the 1934 break-out that began theLong March.[32]

Red Army leader

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During the Long March Zhu and Zhou Enlai organized certain battles in tandem. There were few positive effects since the real power was in the hands ofBo GuandOtto Braun.In theZunyi Conference,Zhu supported Mao Zedong's criticisms of Bo and Braun.[33]After the conference, Zhu cooperated with Mao and Zhou on military affairs. In July 1935 Zhu andLiu Bochengwere with the Fourth Red Army while Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai with the First Red Army.[34][35]When separation between the two divisions occurred, Zhu was forced byZhang Guotao,the leader of Fourth Red Army, to go south.[36]The Fourth Red Army barely survived the retreat through Sichuan Province. Arriving inYan'an,Zhu directed the reconstruction of the Red Army under the political guidance of Mao.[37]

During theSecond Sino-Japanese Warand theChinese Civil War,he held the position ofCommander-in-Chiefof the Red Army[38]and, in 1940, Zhu, alongside Peng Dehuai, devised and organized theHundred Regiments Offensive.Initially, Mao supported this offensive.[39]While a successful campaign, Mao later attributed it as the main provocation for the devastating JapaneseThree Alls policylater and used it to criticize Peng at the Lushan Conference.[40]

Later life

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Zhu andPeng Dehuai(left) at the Marshal of the People's Republic of China rank awarding ceremony.

In 1949 Zhu was named Commander-in-Chief of thePeople's Liberation Army(PLA).[41]From November 1949 to May 1955, he served as the firstsecretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.[42]Zhu also served as the vice-chairman of the Communist Party (1956–1966) and vice-chairman of the People's Republic of China (1954–1959).[43]Zhu oversaw the PLA during theKorean Warwithin his authority as Commander-in-Chief.[44]In 1955, he was conferred the rank of marshal.[45]At theLushan Conference,he tried to protectPeng Dehuai,by giving some mild criticisms of Peng; rather than denouncing him, he merely gently reproved his targeted comrade, who was a target of Mao Zedong. Mao was not satisfied with Zhu De's behavior.[46]After the conference, Zhu was dismissed from vice chairmen of Central Military Commission, not in least part due to his loyalty for the fallen Peng.[38]

In April 1969, during the summit of theCultural Revolution,Zhu was dismissed from his position on thePolitburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party,and the activity of theNational People's Congresswas halted.[47]In October 1969, Lin Biao issued a command named "Order Number One"that evacuated important martial figures to distant areas due to the tension between China and Soviet Union, and Zhu De was taken toGuangdong.[48][49]In 1973 Zhu was reinstated in the Politburo Standing Committee.[50]

He continued to work as a statesman until his death on 6 July 1976.[51]His passing came six months after the death of Zhou Enlai,[52]and just two months before the death of Mao Zedong.[53]Zhu was cremated three days later, and received a funeral days afterwards.[54][55]

Personal life

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Marriage

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Zhu De married four times, according to the unfinished biography written byAgnes Smedley.However, there is no evidence of his marrying the mother of his only daughter. His known relationships were with:

  • Xiao Jufang(Chinese:Tiêu cúc phươngor Hsiao Chu-fen). Xiao was a fellow student of Zhu's atKunmingNormal Institute (Côn minh sư phạm học viện).[56]The pair married in 1912. Xiao died of a fever in 1916 after giving birth to Zhu's only son, Baozhu.[57][56]
  • Chen Yuzhen(Trần ngọc trân). After the death of Xiao Jufang, Zhu was advised to find a mother for his infant son. He was introduced to Chen by friends in the military. Chen had participated in revolutionary activities in1911,as well as in 1916. Chen reportedly set the condition that she would not marry unless her future husband proposed to her in person, which Zhu did. The two married in 1916. Chen looked after the home, even building a study for Zhu and his scholarly friends to meet, which she furnished with pamphlets, books, and manifestos on the RussianOctober Revolution.In the spring of 1922, Zhu left his home to visit the Sichuanese warlordYang Sen.[56]According toAgnes Smedley's biography, Zhu considered himself separated from Chen after leaving her and felt free to marry again, though there had been no formal divorce. Chen was killed by the Kuomintang in 1935.[58]
  • He Zhihua (Hạ trị hoa). He met Zhu inShanghaiand followed him toGermanyin late 1922.When Zhu was deported from Germany in 1925, she was already pregnant and later gave birth in a village on the outskirts ofMoscow.Zhu named the daughter Sixun (Tứ tuần), but relations between the two had diminished, and He Zhihua rejected his choice, naming the baby Feifei (Phỉ phỉ) instead. He Zhihua sent her daughter to live with her sister inChengdushortly after the birth. She then married Huo Jiaxin (Hoắc gia tân) in the same year. He returned to Shanghai in 1928. She reportedly betrayed wanted communists to the Kuomintang, before being blinded in a gun attack byRed Armysoldiers that killed her husband. After this, she returned to Sichuan, dying of illness before 1949.
  • Wu Ruolan(Ngũ nhược lanor Wu Yu-lan). Wu was the daughter of anIntellectualfrom Jiuyantang (Cửu nhãn đường) inHunan.Zhu met Wu after attackingLeiyangwith the Peasant's and Workers Army. They married in 1928.[59]In January 1929, Zhu and Wu were encircled by Kuomintang troops at a temple in theJinggang Mountains.Zhu escaped, but Wu was captured. She was executed bydecapitationand her head was allegedly sent toChangshafor display.[60]
  • Kang Keqing(K'ang K'e-ching or Kang Keh-chin). Zhu married Kang in 1929 when he was 43.[60]She was a member of theRed Armyand also a peasant leader. Kang was highly studious and Zhu taught her to read and write before they married. Kang outlived him.[61]Unlike most women who joined the Long March, she did not become part of thepropagandaunit marching at the rear. Kang fought by the side of her husband, distinguishing herself as a combat soldier, a markswoman, and a troop leader.[62]

Children

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  • Zhu Baozhu (Chu bảo trụ) was born in 1916 and later changed his name to Zhu Qi (Chu kỳ). He died in 1974 from illness.
  • Zhu Min(Chu mẫn) was born inMoscowin April 1926 to He Zhihua (Hạ trị hoa). Zhu De named her Sixun (Tứ tuần), but she rejected this and choose Feifei (Phỉ phỉ). He Zhihua sent her daughter to her sister inChengdushortly after her birth, where she went by the name He Feifei (Hạ phi phi). She pursued higher education in Moscow from 1949 to 1953 before teaching atBeijing Normal University.She died of illness in 2009.[63]

Awards

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Cambodia
Royal Order of Cambodia(Grand Cross Medal) (1964)[64]
Indonesia
Star of the Republic of Indonesia(2nd Class Medal) (1961)[65]

Works

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  • Zhu De (1986).Selected Works of Zhu De(1st ed.). Beijing: Foreign Languages Press.ISBN0-8351-1573-9.Archived fromthe originalon 25 February 2020.Retrieved7 May2020.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Chu đức;/ˈdʒuːˈdʌ/

References

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Citations

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  5. ^Smedley,The Great Road,p. 14
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  11. ^Shum Kui-kwong,Zhu-De (Chu Teh),University of Queensland Press (St. Lucia: 1982), p. 3-4.
  12. ^Wortzel, Larry M.; Wortzel, Larry; Higham, Robin (1999).Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese Military History.Bloomsbury Academic.ISBN9780313293375.
  13. ^Zhu De and his Marriages
  14. ^Shum Kui-kwong,Zhu-De (Chu Teh),University of Queensland Press (St. Lucia: 1982), p. 4-5.
  15. ^abcWilliam W. Whitson, Huang Chen-hsia,The Chinese High Command: A History of Communist Military Politics, 1927–1971,Praeger Publishers: New York, 1973, p. 30f.
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  41. ^Gray, Bruce (2012).Distant Water.ISBN9781936909353.
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  47. ^Cộng sản đảng tân văn võng — tư liêu trung tâm — lịch thứ đảng đại hội.people.com.cn.
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  57. ^Smedley,The Great Road,p. 106
  58. ^Smedley,The Great Road,p. 122 and 314
  59. ^Smedley,The Great Road,p. 223-4
  60. ^abChang thường, Xuemei tuyết mai, ed. (14 July 2006).Chu đức dữ tứ vị nữ tính đích cảm tình kinh lịch ( 2 )[The relationship experience of Zhu De with four women, part 2]. Communist Party of China News ( trung quốc cộng sản đảng tân văn ). Archived fromthe originalon 2 February 2017.Retrieved22 January2017.
  61. ^Smedley,The Great Road,p. 272-3
  62. ^Ho, Alfred (2004).China's Reforms and Reformers.Westport, CT: Praeger. p. 15.ISBN0275960803.
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Sources

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English sources
  • Pozhilov, I. "Zhu De: The Early Days of a Commander".Far Eastern Affairs(1987), Issue 1, pp. 91–99. Covers Zhu from 1905 to 1925.
  • Boorman, Howard L. (1967). "Chu Teh".Biographical Dictionary of Republican China Volume I.New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 459–465.ISBN0231089589.
  • Klein, Donald W.; Clark, Anne B. (1971). "Chu Te".Biographic Dictionary of Chinese Communism, 1921-1965.Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. pp. 245–254.ISBN0674074106.
  • Agnes Smedley,The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh(Monthly Review Press, New York and London, 1956)
  • Nym Wales (Helen Foster Snow),Inside Red China(New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1939)
  • William W. Whitson,The Chinese High Command: A History of Communist Military Politics, 1927–71(New York: Praeger Publishers, 1973)
Chinese sources
  • Liu Xuemin, Hong jun zhi fu: Zhu De zhuan (Father of the Red Army: Biography of Zhu De) (Beijing: Jiefangjun Chubanshe, 2000)
  • Zhonggong zhongyang wenxian yanjiu shibian, Zhu De Zhuan (Biography of Zhu De) (Beijing: Zhongyang wenxian chubanshe, 2000)
  • Liu Xuemin, Wang Fa’an, and Xiao Sike, Zhu De Yuanshi (Marshal Zhu De) (Beijing: Jiefangjun wenshu chubanshe, 2006)
  • Zhu De guju jinianguan, Renmin de guangrong Zhu De (Glory of the People: Zhu De) (Chengdu: Sichuan renmin chubanshe, 2006).
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Political offices
New title Vice President of the People's Republic of China
1954–1959 		Succeeded by
Military offices
New title Commander-in-Chief of thePeople's Liberation Army
1949–1954 		Succeeded byas Minister of National Defense
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