| dc.description.abstract | Chen Yi was one of the grand ten marshals of Chinese Communists. Due to his profound knowledge in Chinese literature, he got his character as a Poet of the Marshal. Not long after the Chinese Communists had established the People’s Republic of China, Chen Yi became the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Therefore, he had another national wide laureate—Diplomatist of the Marshal.
Originally, Chen Yi planed to engage in literature and art creation. But at the age of twenty, he got the qualification to study abroad at public expense in France. It made him get a lot of chances to know about Marxism and Socialism, and so on. When he was forced to break off his school and be sent back under escort to China, he soon became a member of Chinese Communists in 1923.
Soon after Chen Yi joined the Chinese Communists, he experienced a lot of battles with national troops. These experiences made him cultivate his uniquely revolutionary personality of courage and will. Thus, he was charged with grand responsibilities by Mao Ze-dong and Zhou En-lai during the process of establishing the People’s Republic of China. During the Land Revolution, Chen Yi guarded their revolutionary base and stayed in the south to have extremely hard hit-and-run attack for 3 years. During the war against Japanese militarism, Chen Yi led the New Forth Troops to push forward the front-line around the south of the Yangtze River. Afterward, he continuously led the armed force and the civilian population to go on the conflicts of anti-sweep and anti-surrender. After the Chinese civil war begun, Chen Yi, Deng Xiao-ping and Liu Bo-cheng led their troops to win the battle in the Huai River area. Chen Yi was the first mayor of Shanghai after the People’s Republic of China had been established. He reformed the old city and restored the economy and created a splendid record. In 1954, Chen Yi was transferred to Beijing to bore the vice premier. In 1955, he was awarded one of the grand ten marshals of the People’s Republic of China and then bore the Minister of Foreign Affairs and kept company with Zhou En-lai to visit some Asian and African countries to develop their international diplomacy. After the Cultural Revolution had begun, the authorities were not fond of Chen Yi’s speech and ideas, but he was not frightened. He warded off a lot of conflicts instead. In 1969, he was still elected to be a central commissioner and be arranged under Mao Ze-dong and Zhou En-lai’s will to join the research of the international conditions. Chen Yi suggested open up the frozen diplomatic relationship between the Untied States and China.
On the 6th January 1972, Chen Yi died of cancer in Beijing. When his funeral was held on the 10th Jan , Mao Ze-dong appeared suddenly. In the music of lament, Mao was in tears and said to Chen Yi’s wife: ”He was both a good man and a good comrade.” Mao’s exceptional act not only conveyed their friendship of battle companion but also the best praise for Chen Yi’s whole life. | en_US |