Zhang Wentian: Don't be afraid to show the "bald head" to others.

Original title: Zhang Wentian's personality charm

"I have always believed that a person's opinions and actions, such as his hope to have the slightest influence on others, have a certain effect, and must have a noble personality. People without personality do not deserve to talk about any sports or advocate any doctrine. Even if they are worthy of talking and advocating, they will not have any influence and effect on others."

 

"Whoever has the truth, follow it"

 

Zhang Wentian's search for truth and insistence throughout his revolutionary career, especially at the moment of the fate of the party and the country. He is not only honest and upright, showing the lofty party spirit of a true Communist Party member, as he said: "Whoever has the truth will follow him".

There are two outstanding things in Zhang Wentian's adherence to the truth in his life. One is that the Zunyi Conference stepped forward to support Mao Zedong's correct propositions, which led to the convening of the meeting and realized a life-and-death turning point in the history of the Communist Party of China. In this regard, Mao Zedong has a very good evaluation: "the Zunyi Conference is a key, the impact on the Chinese revolution is very large. However, we should know that without the division of Luo Fu (Zhang Wentian) and Wang Jiaxiang from the third 'left' line, it would be impossible to hold the Zunyi Conference well. Their "role is very important". The second is the Lushan meeting. Zhang Wentian's speech at the Lushan Conference made a comprehensive, profound and scientific summary of the experience and lessons since the "Great Leap Forward". It was a scientific analysis of the laws of China's socialist construction from the economic, political, and ideological aspects using Marxism. It was the representative of the correct thoughts and policies within the Chinese Communist Party at that time. It not only had direct practical relevance at that time, and it has a guiding and warning significance throughout the socialist period. In October 1969, Zhang Wentian was sent to Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province under the pseudonym of "Zhang Pu". From then on, he began a lonely and lonely supervision life for six years. During this period, he took Lenin's words "In order to be able to analyze and examine different situations, you should have your head on your shoulders" as his motto. Despite the adversity, but still tirelessly committed to the study of the theory and practice of socialist construction. By 1974, he had completed nearly 100000 words of articles and notes, fully reflecting the courage and feelings of a revolutionary theorist. He said:"Communists should have the courage to face the naked reality and the courage to tell the truth."Zhang Wentian's scientific and rational spirit and his selfless and fearless spirit of adhering to the truth have set an example for all Communist Party members, especially the party's leading cadres.

 

"Don't be afraid to show your own bald head to others"

 

　　

　　To test whether a Communist Party member has a strong party spirit, an important yardstick is how to deal with one's own mistakes. In the early 1930 s, the dogmatization of Marxism and the sanctification of Soviet experience were rampant in the Communist Party of China. Zhang Wentian successively served as the head of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, secretary of the Secretariat, and chairman of the People's Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic. Therefore, he is responsible for the mistakes of this period. He himself made no secret of it. During the Yan'an Rectification Movement, he deeply conducted self-reflection and dissection, and sincerely stated: "I am one of the main persons in charge and should admit my mistakes. "He said:" To oppose subjectivism, we must make a thorough liquidation, do not cover up, do not be afraid to expose our own mistakes, do not be afraid to show others ";" My personal subjectivism and dogmatism are extremely serious, and I have not deeply understood the separation between theory and practice in the past ". The reason is that" the action is boastful, careless and comic understanding of the problem "," The conclusions drawn are subjective ". When he later read Lenin's works, he commented: "It is very important to dare to admit failures and mistakes and learn from them!"

 

This is what Zhang Wentian said and did. He conscientiously and profoundly summed up the lessons of failure from practice, abandoned mistakes and changed them to the right side, never made big mistakes again, and even when the party made serious mistakes, he basically maintained the correct point of view. After the "Cultural Revolution" began, Zhang Wentian was criticized again and again for "historical mistakes". In 1967 alone, he was interrogated, answered questions, signed records, or wrote materials in 219 cases. However, whether dealing with abuse, intimidation, or seduction, coaxing and coercion, he always adhered to the attitude of seeking truth from facts to reflect on his mistakes in those years. In order to protect other comrades, he also took the initiative to assume historical responsibility, never shirking responsibility, and maintained the dignity and personality of a revolutionary.

 

"That's the best thing to say about me"

 

The attitude towards "name" and "profit" is the "touchstone" to test the proletarian party spirit of a party member, especially a leading cadre ". From this point of view, Zhang Wentian is undoubtedly a model of the highest party spirit of the Communist Party. As a senior party cadre, Zhang Wentian worked faithfully for the party and the people all his life, but he never took power and "fell in love with the stack". He does not fight for fame, does not fight for profit, can go up and down, regardless of personal honor or disgrace. According to Yang Shangkun's recollection, at the Zunyi meeting, a relatively unanimous opinion was that Zhang Wentian replaced Bogu as the general secretary, but Zhang Wentian was very modest and repeatedly declined. At that time, Mao Zedong thought it was better for him to participate in military command, so the general secretary was vacant for more than 20 days. It was not until the Central Standing Committee made a decision that Zhang Wentian took up this burden.

 

From February 1935 to March 1943, when the Politburo meeting elected Mao Zedong as chairman of the Politburo and secretary of the Secretariat, Zhang Wentian took the initiative to give way twice in the eight years. Once during the Long March, Zhang Guotao used an excuse not to implement the decision of the Central Committee to go north and raised the issue of military leadership. In order to 1. the unity of the four armies, Zhang Wentian took the initiative to give up his post as general secretary of the Party Central Committee. However, Mao Zedong did not agree with Zhang Wentian in view of Zhang Guotao's strength and ambition. The other time was at the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Party, he once told Mao Zedong to "give up the post of general secretary" and elected Mao Zedong as the general secretary of the Party Central Committee, but Mao Zedong did not accept this proposal. Mao Zedong believed that Zhang Wentian's style of democracy, can take into account the overall situation, and continue to serve as the head of the CPC Central Committee is more conducive to work, "it is better not to discuss this matter for the time being".

 

After the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Zhang Wentian concurrently served as the head of the Propaganda Department of the Party Central Committee. He focused his main energy on publicity and education. Later, he served as the dean of the Central Marxist-Leninist Institute, focusing on the theory of Marxism-Leninism. Suitable for his work. Wang Zhen once wrote an article in memory of Zhang Wentian, saying: "In Yan'an, Chairman Mao once talked to me and said that Comrade Luo Fu did not fight for power. I told Comrade Wen Tian what Chairman Mao had said. Comrade Wen Tian repeatedly said: 'This is the best evaluation of me '. "Zhang Wentian's lack of competition for power, regardless of personal gains and losses, is because he has the broad mind and strong party spirit of a proletarian revolutionary. He is dedicated to the party and the people, and has no personal ambition and power desire, so he can put his personal gains and losses aside.

 

"You mustn't get involved in this evil"

 

"Cadres are the people's public servants, and public servants have only the duty of dedication to the people, not the right to claim. "This is the principle that Zhang Wentian has always followed. In 1955, Zhang Wentian returned from his post as ambassador to the Soviet Union and served as executive vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Because he is an alternate member of the Politburo, after returning to China, the Central General Office will allocate cars and guards according to their grades. However, Zhang Wentian refused to equip him with a high-grade "Gis" car, saying that it would be nice to have a "Jim". At the same time, he also refused to equip him with a squad of guards, which was halved to six. According to the regulations at that time, his house should have been covered with carpet, but he refused again. Not only that, after his wife Liu Ying returned home with him, she served as Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director of the Personnel Department. She was also a senior cadre in terms of rank and should be equipped with a special car. However, Zhang Wentian proposed to cancel Liu Ying's special car on the grounds that the two could go to work together, saying that there was no need to waste a temporary call for a car when there was another official business.

Zhang Wentian had three sons and three daughters, but he never sought personal gain for any of his children. He warned his children more than once: "China has experienced thousands of years of feudal society, feudalist ideology and culture are deeply rooted, and the dead of the predecessors will also have an effect on future generations. You must not get involved in this evil trend. "Once, his son Zhang Hongsheng climbed into the car before his father went to work and couldn't get down, thinking that this would allow him to take a long-awaited car. Who knows the father did not compromise, simply walked to work, let the car parked in place. Zhang Hongsheng had to get off the bus disgruntled.

 

In the 1950 s, young intellectuals began to go to the countryside. zhang wentian mobilized his son, who had just graduated from middle school, to respond to the party central committee's call to go to tianjin's chadian farm for exercise. Two years later, Zhang Hongsheng was allowed to return to Beijing for college entrance examination. Because he has been away from school for a long time, Zhang Hongsheng is not sure about foreign languages and hopes that his father, who is vice minister of foreign affairs, will say hello to the Foreign Affairs College, which is directly in charge. Zhang Wentian rebuffed: "If you can do it, don't do it if you don't. "In the end, Zhang Hongsheng was admitted to the Beijing Normal University on his own.

 

In 1962, Zhang Wentian once again sent his son to work in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. Due to difficult conditions, not long after arriving in Xinjiang, Zhang Hongsheng suffered from hepatitis, and he asked his parents to return to Beijing for treatment, but Zhang Wentian wrote back to him: "What qualifications do you have to come to Beijing to see a doctor? So many workers in Xinjiang have hepatitis, they are treated in Xinjiang, and hepatitis can be treated locally. "And warned his son not to be special. Zhang Hongsheng worked in Xinjiang for 15 years. He married and gave birth to a daughter there. It was not until two months after Zhang Wentian's death that he was transferred back to his ancestral home in Jiangsu by "implementing the policy" and settled in Xiaozhuang Farm in Nanjing.

 

Zhang Wentian's eldest daughter has always been an ordinary farmer. The second daughter used to work as a typist in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Later, the government implemented streamlining of the organization and called on young people to exercise. He took the lead in streamlining the second daughter to the factory.

Zhang Wentian's life is a life of loyalty to the party and the people, as well as a life of adhering to the truth and constantly correcting mistakes. He is a model of revolutionary intellectuals, with lofty great demeanor and unique personality charm, and is an example for Communist Party members, especially leading cadres.

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May 22, 2017 Source: Learning Times