"Children should also work hard and conscientiously in order to succeed"-read the letter to the police to their parents.

In July 1920, Cai Hesen, Xiang Yingyu, Cai Chang, Li Weihan and others took a group photo in Montana Park, France.

In 1927, Xiang Xiangxiangyu took a photo with his family when he was passing through Changsha.

Loving parents:
 

My son didn't arrive in Changsha until yesterday dusk and went all the way to the fifth brother of Changzhi road, because I didn't know that he had moved home. fortunately, he met Xiang ruitang on the way. he told me, so I changed to the 10th brother's apartment. The second brother's voice has been heard by Ruitang! When my son set off, he was already an incurable phenomenon, but unexpectedly his death was three days after I moved! This trip is inhuman in the eyes of ordinary people. It is less than March to build a home, and it is also worth the second brother's life. Alas! Why on earth am I in such a hurry? Is it not the only bright and only hope for the country, for the two parents, for the brothers, for the self? I have committed the thing of being unfilial and unfriendly for the only bright and only hope. If I have nothing to build, how can I feel at ease?! May my loving relatives give more training to their son, and his son should also be extra hard and conscientious in order to succeed in case he ears. Five elder brother on the military affairs department, ten younger brother about still. Seven elder brother will soon return to Hongjiang where he was. The nephews have not yet met. Nini was very happy to see her son, nodding and jumping. This son is very interesting, but the nursing mother is just 20 years old. Although the son is good, it may not be very comprehensive to take care of the child, and her experience is too little. In this letter of my son's book, there is something that lingers on my parents. My father is 80 years old and my mother is frail and sickly. If my second brother changes this time, my two parents are not optimistic and afraid of the crime of being unfilial to their children. My second brother knows it underground and is afraid of it. Son you never forget, for my 80 old relatives. My father has been suffering from hemoptysis for years. This is a critical illness, and the elderly feel even more difficult to support. Children outside, when the regular letter, not the old man suspense. Children's own body should also be extra care, never dare to follow perfunctory, leaving two parents worry. I love my two relatives, and my son will never make a false statement to get a momentary pleasure from them. Hesen arrived in Hunan in a short time, and told him after he stopped.
 

Nine children
20th before noon
 

This is a letter to the parents on January 6, 1923. There are ten brothers and sisters in Xiang Xinyu. She is ranked ninth and her baby name is "Nine Nine". Therefore, in her family books, she calls herself "Jiuer".
 

In early 1922, Xiang Xunyu returned from studying in France and returned to Shanghai. Then he joined the Communist Party of China and became one of the earliest female Communist Party members. On April 1, Xiang gave birth to her first child. Cai Hesen and Xiang Yingyu named their daughter "Cai Ni" to commemorate their union in Mondani, France. After the baby was born, there was no money for the nurse to take care. They often move because they can't afford the high rent. For a period of time, they moved their family to a ruined temple in a secluded street. The platform in the middle of the temple was divided into a room with bamboo strips, which was their bedroom. In such a humble place, they took care of the baby while working.
 

In July 1922, the second National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. Xiang Jingyu was elected the first female member of the Central Committee and served as the first minister of the Central Women's Department. The work of Xiang Jingyu and Cai Hesen is even busier. In order to concentrate on the work of the women's department, Xiang Jingyu decided to take the opportunity to contact the south and stop by Hunan to send her daughter to Cai Qingxi's elder sister Cai Hesen in Changsha to be raised by them. In August, she arrived in Changsha. Because she missed her former comrades and teachers and students very much, she returned to her hometown Xupu after a short stay in Changsha. This is her first and last return to Xupu since she left Xupu in 1919.
 

My father is nearly 80 years old, and my stepmother is not in good health. My second brother is seriously ill in bed. The family is looking forward to her staying at home for more days. However, the heavy responsibility of the revolution was on his shoulders. Xiang Jingyu only lived at home for more than two months and hurriedly embarked on his way home to Shanghai.
 

When passing through Changsha, Xiang Yingyu learned the sad news of his second brother's death. In addition to the pain, she wrote four letters to her parents, sixth brother, eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law on the same day. The theme of the letters was one-to comfort the relatives who were grieved by the death of second brother Xiang Xiancheng. In the family letter to his parents, Xiang Hangyu clearly pointed out: "This letter from my son's book, there is something that I have been thinking about that lingers on the two parents ...... This time the second brother's change, if the two parents are not optimistic, they are afraid of their health and more serious children's unfilial sin, the second brother knows it underground, and they are afraid of it. You never forget it, for my 80 years old relative." Every word shows the heart of boxing! This is the only time in Xiang Yingyu's life that she has sent multiple letters to her family at the same time, which shows that she is deeply concerned about her family at this time, and pieces of tenderness are on paper!
 

In the family letter to her parents, she blamed herself for being "unkind" and "unfilial and unfriendly", and asked herself, "Why on earth is such a hurry?" On one side is the revolution, on the other side is the family, and the lack of skills is evident in her helplessness.
 

As a mother, Xiang Jingyu loves her daughter very much. In Changsha, she met her daughter Cai Ni again. Its joy, beyond words. In order to comfort her parents, she said in her home book that "Nini was very happy when she saw her son, and she was very interesting". In fact, due to the busy revolutionary cause, Cai Ni was placed in Cai Qingxi's house for a long time. Xiang Jingyu spent so short a time with her daughter in her life that many years later, Cai Ni recalled her mother and could only say that she was "not impressed". The only thing that is still fresh in Tsai Ni's memory is that in 1927, Xiang Jingyu returned from Moscow, went to Wuhan from Guangzhou and stopped by Changsha to visit her. Xiang Jingyu stayed in Changsha for only two or three days before going to Wuhan. "When I was going to bed at night, my mother asked, 'Who wants to sleep with me? 'I said hastily,' I think I do. 'Because I seldom see my mother, I turned my head shyly when I woke up in the morning, and my mother patted my ass and woke me up." And this turned out to be a mother and daughter farewell.
 

Parents, brothers, children, alma mater, hometown, relatives, all of this, Xiang Jingyu is unforgettable and cannot bear to give up. However, she put the revolutionary cause in the first place, and she comforted the two old people in her home book: "Isn't it the only bright and only hope for the country to the two parents to the brothers to oneself?" "My son should also work hard and work hard to succeed in case he ears." Although she is a daughter, she is proud and shocked. These words fully demonstrated Xiang Jingyu's lofty ideals, magnanimous mind, and touching feelings!
 

While promising to "create true learning and store true ability" and to fight for "the only bright and only hope", in order not to worry parents, he made a second promise to Jingyu: "Children should also take extra care of their own bodies and never dare to follow perfunctory."
 

After returning to Shanghai, Xiang Jingyu actively participated in leading the earliest proletarian women's movement in China. During this period, she drafted a series of documents and resolutions on the women's movement, wrote a large number of important articles on the women's movement, and trained a large number of women's cadres. At the same time, she also personally led the famous Shanghai silk factory women workers' strike and Nanyang cigarette factory strike, mobilized the majority of women to participate in the activities of the National Conference to promote the meeting, organized women to participate in the vigorous May 30th Movement, proposed and organized the "Women's Liberation Association" with working women as the main force and uniting women from all walks of life ". Xiang Jingyu became a pioneer of the Chinese Communist Party's women's liberation movement and made an indelible contribution in the history of women's liberation movement. On Women's Day on March 8th in 1939, Mao Zedong issued a call in Yan'an: "We must learn from the model women leaders and female Communist Party members who sacrificed during the Great Revolution. She has fought for the liberation of women, the liberation of the working masses, and the cause of communism."
 

Xiang wenyu fulfilled his first promise to his parents very well, but the revolution and himself were in trouble! Xiang Hingyu and Cai Hesen have always lived in poverty. They worked all day for the revolution, had no fixed economic income, and lived almost entirely on meager contributions.
 

Once, in order to solve the difficulties of life, Li Dazhao wrote to Hu Shi, enthusiastically recommend Cai Hesen's manuscript. The letter said, "The History of Russian Social Revolution written by Cai Hesen Jun, can it be included in the world series? He Sen is very poor, and he only lives here, hoping that my brother will be able to make it."
 

In early 1924, Xiang conceived her second child. Unfortunately, Cai Hesen was "ill in bed and had no medical expenses". In addition, "the old year is approaching" and "money is urgently needed". At this time, Chen Duxiu "could not bear to sit back and watch him die of poverty" and hurriedly wrote to Hu Shi, asking him to ask the bookstore for the balance of Cai Hesen's manuscript, so that Cai Hesen "could have medical expenses or live."
 

This is how Cai Hesen and Xiang Yingyu stubbornly persisted in revolutionary work in the struggle against poverty and disease. It is also difficult to do "extra maintenance" to the police ".
 

On May 25, 1925, Xiang Jingyu gave birth to his second child, his son Cai Bo, in Changsha. In order to concentrate on the work of the party, she entrusted Cai Bo to Cai Qingxi and asked him to raise her. For the revolution, for the "only bright and only hope", Xiang Gangyu sacrificed too much.
 

Xiang Jingyu is the new woman of the revolution. as a comrade, comrade-in-arms, and sister, cai chang knew her best. She described Xiang Jingyu this way: "She is a brave revolutionary, but her nature is very kind. She is not only good to her comrades and classmates, but also to other people. She also helps them solve various personal problems. If a woman has no clothes and Xiang Jingyu has only two, she must give her one. She has a very tough will, stubborn and tenacious, arguing with others, her meaning is very difficult to change, however, although she has a tough will, but also reasonable control of her feelings." "In the Communist Party of China, Jingyu is often called" Sister Xiang "or" Mother of the Revolution '." Xiang Jingyu loves her family and the families of thousands of working people; she cares about her children and the children of thousands of working people. For the happiness of thousands of families and children in China, she can give her everything without hesitation.
 

On March 20, 1928, due to betrayal by traitor Song Ruolin, Xiang was unfortunately arrested. During the court interrogation, Xiang questioned the concession authorities first in Chinese and then in fluent French. The French Consul Lu Gongde admired her selfless and fearless dedication. According to the "Continued Journey to the West", "because she is a heroic Communist Party member and a French student", Lu Gongde used "protecting expatriates" as an excuse and "unwilling to hand her over to the Chinese government". However, the French colonial authorities, in political collusion with the Kuomintang government, subsequently replaced the consuls and handed over the police to the Kuomintang authorities.
 

In prison, Xiang Jingyu was awe-inspiring, and the guards respected her. Many workers in Wuhan planned to escape from prison because of their close relationship with her. While struggling with the enemy, Xiang Jingyu often thought of his children, and his tenderness surged in his heart. She took a picture of the two children out, or put it on the face, or put it on the lips to kiss. She mumbled to the photo, "Nini, Bobo, mom called you, did you hear that?" Xiang Jingyu's heart was in tears and bleeding, but when he thought about the cause of the Party and the fact that the Party organization would take good care of his children, he felt much more calm. Tsai Ni still clearly remembers the letter her mother wrote to her in prison-"Baby, baby, mom can't forget!... I hope you fly in the free sky like a bird......"
 

On the way to the execution ground, Xiang Jingyu sang the "Internationale" and shouted slogans. The enemy hurriedly stuffed stones into her mouth and strangled her cheeks with a belt. This heroic scene made many people gathered on the roadside cry. The news of Xiang Jingyu's heroic death shocked the whole country. When the bad news came, Cai Hesen wrote a commemorative article "My Wife". he wrote emotionally, "great and heroic, you are not dead, you will never die! you are not the lover of hesen, you are the eternal lover of the chinese proletariat!" Poet Liu Yazi with a heavy heart, wrote a poem: "male generous Xiangjiang River, love words lingering Zhejiang Shui Yang. Long pain Han Gao buried blue blood, difficult to ask red makeup from the sea."

September 4, 2017 Source: People's Network-Communist Party of China News Network