Huang Yanpei, the founder of the People’s Republic of China, lost his wife and son
When it comes to Huang Yanpei, many people immediately think of “Huang Yanpei’s Law of Cycles”. In the late war, the defeat of Japan was an indisputable fact, and the two parties began to consider the issue of power. At that time, some democratic parties hoped that the three parties would rule together in the future, so they decided to go to Yan’an to convince the Chinese Communist Party, including Huang Yanpei and Fu Sian.
When these democrats arrived in Yan’an on July 1, 1945, Mao, Zhou and Zhu De personally greeted them at the airport and offered them warm hospitality. In a few short days, Huang Yanpei and Fu Snen came to different conclusions, Fu Snen further recognized the true nature of Mao and the CCP, while Huang Yanpei was deceived by the false image of Mao and the CCP, and in his subsequent book “Return from Yan’an”, he recorded a conversation with Mao about the “law of the cycle”.
In Huang Yanpei’s view, individuals, families, groups, and even a national regime all have their own laws of decline, which are: either “political neglect and eunuchs”, that is, those in power gradually slacken off in governing the country and do not think of making progress, resulting in serious bureaucracy, villains in power, and disruption of government; or “the death of people and government”, that is, if the wise ruler or wise minister is not in power, then the good policy will be abolished; or “seeking glory and taking shame”, that is, the motive and effect are seriously deviated, in short, no one can escape from this law of the cycle.
In response to Huang Yanpei’s question, Mao said the CCP had found a new way, namely democracy, that is, to let the people monitor the government, so that the government would not dare to slacken off. Only when everyone rises up and takes responsibility, the government will not fall and Mao also said that the CCP can jump out of this cyclical law.
But the world with a clear mind can see that since the establishment of the Chinese Communist Party in October 1949, the Chinese people have never enjoyed any democracy, and the essence of the democracy they claim is the rule of man. Huang Yanpei, who lacked the wisdom of Fusi, realized that Mao’s words were really lies only under the rule of the CCP.
After the establishment of the Chinese Communist Party, Huang Yanpei was indeed reappointed by Mao as Premier of the State Council, Minister of Light Industry, and Chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, which was equivalent to the position of Chairman. During his tenure, Huang held different views on some of the CCP’s policies, especially opposing the unified purchase and sale of grain for farmers. Mao called him a “spokesman for the capitalists”. The CCP later excluded all non-Communists from government agencies, and Huang was retained only in his positions in the National People’s Congress, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and the Central Committee of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong.
Huang Yanpei and his wife Wang Jingshi had five sons and four daughters: Huang Fanggang, Huang Jingwu, Huang Wanli, Huang Daneng and Huang Bixin, and four daughters: Huang Lu, Huang Xiaotong, Huang Xuechao and Huang Suhui. These nine children in turn had 30 grandchildren. After the death of Wang Jisi in 1940, Huang Yanpei married Yao Weijun and had two pairs of children, the older two daughters were Huang Tian and Huang Dingnian; the younger two sons were named Huang Fangyi and Huang Gang.
In 1957, the Chinese Communist Party launched the “Anti-Rightist Movement”, and Huang Yanpei’s adult sons and daughters, Huang Wanli, Huang Daneng, Huang Bixin, Huang Lu, and Huang Suhui, were all branded as “rightists” and sent to labor. His youngest son-in-law Chen Mang and grandson Wang Shifang were also classified as “rightists”.
At the end of 1965, before the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution, Huang Yanpei passed away, avoiding the impact of the Cultural Revolution, but his family continued to suffer from bad luck. His wife, Yao Weijun, committed suicide on January 20, 1968 by taking sleeping pills because she could not bear the criticism and beatings. His youngest son, Huang Bixin, was forced to commit suicide shortly after the Cultural Revolution began because of the unresolved rightist issue; his wife, Yu Qiyun, was also severely beaten and forced to jump from a building in 1968, and bled to death. Their youngest daughter, Huang Keqing, disappeared.
Huang Wanli, a famous water conservancy expert who was known for his opposition to the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, had his home raided during the Cultural Revolution, and some valuable paintings and photographs were torn up, and he was beaten by Red Guards and had his hair shaved into a yin-yang head. After that, he was kicked out of his home and three generations had to live in a group dormitory in Tsinghua. His salary was deducted and he was only paid 20 yuan a month for living expenses. In addition, he was ordered to participate in on-campus labor. in 1969, Huang Wanli was sent down to Jiangxi to work; in 1972, he was sent to Sanmenxia to receive reform and criticism, and suffered a lot.
Huang Yanpei would have been saddened if he knew what happened to the Huang family.
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