Wu Ming

Wu Ming

Wu Ming (1913-1949), formerly known as Yang hanxiu, was born in Guang'an, Sichuan Province. Wu Ming's father Yang Maoxiu is the younger brother of Sichuan warlord Yang Sen. Yang Sen once served as deputy commander of the ninth war zone and commander-in-chief of the 27th group army of the Kuomintang, chairman of Guizhou provincial government, mayor of Chongqing, chairman of Chongqing party headquarters, etc. In 1949, Yang Sen went to Taiwan with the defeated Chiang Kai Shek to serve as an adviser to Taiwan's "presidential palace" and chairman of Taiwan's "Olympic Committee". On May 17, 1977, Yang Sen died of illness in Taipei. Yang Maoxiu was the commander of Sichuan army. In 1924, Yang Maoxiu was killed several times in the battle for Yichang. When he was dying, he entrusted his daughter to his brother Yang Sen. Since then, Yang hanxiu has lived beside Yang Sen.

Join the anti imperialist movement

In September 1926, the anti imperialist Movement broke out in Wanxian County, Sichuan Province. Yang hanxiu was studying in Wanxian county at that time. She witnessed the atrocities of the British army and began to join the anti imperialist movement, and took part in mass rallies and anti British processions. In the meantime, she also met Zhu De. After the Wanxian anti imperialist movement, Yang hanxiu ignored the opposition of his family, married Zhao Zhenghe, a teacher, and went to Shanghai to study. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, Yang hanxiu's husband died, leaving a son and a daughter behind.

Officially renamed

After Yang hanxiu came to Chongqing, he met Zhu Yiqing, a female underground Party member who worked as a tutor in Yang Sen's house. In the early summer of 1940, after Yang hanxiu settled down with his children, he changed his name to Yang Zhihua and came to Chengdu to find Zhu Yiqing. Later, with the help of Zhu Yiqing, Yang hanxiu made a detour to qixianzhuang, the office of the Eighth Route Army in Xi'an. He met Zhu De, who was the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army through Yang Sen when he was studying in Wanxian women's middle school. Zhu De recognized Yang hanxiu as soon as he met. In response to Yang hanxiu's request that "the name and surname should be changed thoroughly. I am determined to be a rebel of warlord and landlord families. I will follow the Communist revolution to the end. Even if there is no surname, I will never be surnamed Yang." Zhu De said, "as you say, if there is no surname, it's nameless. It's just the inscription beside the golden word of Wu." Since then, Yang hanxiu officially changed his name to Wu Ming.

Join the Communist Party of China

Not long after that, Wu Ming came to Yan'an women's University to study, and later turned into "Lu art", becoming the fifth student of the Department of fine arts. In March 1942, Wu Ming joined the Communist Party of China. On March 25, 1946, Wu Ming was dispatched by the Communist Party of China. Together with Zhou Enlai, Wu Ming flew from Yan'an to Chongqing by military mediation plane, and lived as a young lady in YANGSEN's Yushe. After that, she went to work in Quxian County in the name of clearing up her property. After that, he was arrested twice and jailed, both of whom were released on bail by YEUNG Sum.

Die bravely

On September 2, 1949, the "1992" fire which shocked China and foreign countries broke out in Chongqing. Wu Ming, who witnessed the scene, denounced his uncle Yang Sen as the fire maker in public. In order to shirk his guilt and show his loyalty to Chiang Kai Shek, Yang Sen ordered Zhang Mingyuan, director of criminal investigation, and others to go directly to Yushe on September 17 to arrest Wu Ming. On November 23, the eve of his escape, he ordered Wu Ming to be dragged into a car and strangled to death, throwing his body into an abandoned blockhouse on jingangpo at the foot of Gele Mountain. After Wu Ming died, he could not get the title of martyr for a long time because of his family background. After smashing the gang of four, they were officially recognized as martyrs. In 1977, the exact location of Wu Ming's sacrifice was found. Her remains were later buried in Geleshan revolutionary martyrs cemetery and a monument was built in her hometown Guang'an County.