Zhao Shiyan

Zhao Shiyan
Zhao Shiyan
赵世炎
Member of the 5th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
	In office; 9 May 1927 – 19 July 1927
General Secretary	Chen Duxiu
Personal details
Born	13 April 1901; Youyang Zhou, Sichuan, Qing China
Died	19 July 1927 (aged 26); Shanghai, Republic of China
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Xia Zhixu
Relations	Zhao Juntao (sister); Li Shuoxun (brother-in-law); Li Peng (nephew)
Children	2 sons
Parent	Zhao Dengzhi
Alma mater	High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	赵世炎
Traditional Chinese	趙世炎
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhào Shìyán
Courtesy name
Simplified Chinese	琴荪
Traditional Chinese	琴蓀
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Qíng Sūn

Zhao Shiyan (Chinese: 赵世炎; 13 April 1901–19 July 1927) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and former Chinese premier Li Peng's uncle.

Biography

Zhao was born in Youyang Zhou, Sichuan (now Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing), on 13 April 1901, to Zhao Dengzhi (赵登之). In 1915, Zhao went to Beijing to study at the High School Affiliated with Beijing Normal University and majored in English. In 1919, he participated in the May Fourth Movement, China Youth Association. The following year, he went to France to study, co-founded the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).^[2] In 1922, Zhao Shiyan and Ho Chi Minh were invited to join the French Communist Party. In 1922, he went to the Soviet Union and studied at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East. In 1923, he was appointed as CCP Committee Chairman of Beijing. In the same year in December, he was appointed as Chairman of the Northern Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.^{[citation needed]}

In 1926, Zhao was sent to Shanghai with Zhou Enlai to lead the workers' armed uprising during the Northern Expedition. On 12 April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched a coup against his communist allies and massacred them in Shanghai. After Chen Yannian was arrested by Kuomintang, Zhao took over as secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CCP. Zhao was arrested at his home on North Sichuan Road on 2 July because a renegade betrayed him. He was executed in Shanghai on 19 July.^{[citation needed]}

赵世炎文集 [Collected Works of Zhao Shiyan]. Beijing: People's Publishing House. 2013. ISBN 9787010127149.

Zhao married Xia Zhixu (夏之栩), the couple had two sons, Zhao Shige (赵施格) and Zhao Lingchao (赵令超).^{[citation needed]}

Zhao's sister Zhao Juntao married Li Shuoxun. Their son, Li Peng served as China's premier from 1987 to 1998.^{[citation needed]}

^ 赵世炎文集 [Collected Works of Zhao Shiyan]. Beijing: People's Publishing House. 2013. ISBN 9787010127149.
^ Li, "the passage of years," Introduction: (I) visited the Chen Yi. His study in France remember very clearly, so talk about it in detail. In addition to the fact that after he talked about, but also made some very valuable advice. He said: "Zhao Shiyan was the party, when we caught up in Lyon, locked up after they leave the territory he has to go to study in the Soviet Union; and our group of people arrested, were escorted home. Although he is well-known martyrs of our party, I always thought he was doing so bad. leading party members Dangtao Bing, a bad influence among the masses."

Shen Guofan (2017). 赵世炎 [Zhao Shiyan]. Beijing: Workers' Publishing House. ISBN 9787500864264.
Li Xin; Chen Tiejian (2008). 流逝的岁月：李新回忆录 [The Passing Years: Li Xin's Memoirs]. Taiyuan, Shanxi: Shanxi People's Publishing House. ISBN 9787203062400.

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