Lin Yunan

Lin Yunan

Lin Yunan (December 1898 - February 7, 1931), a native of Huanggang, Hubei Province, was one of the early leaders of the Communist Party of China. He has been engaged in the Chinese workers' movement for a long time. He has successively served as the director of Wuhan Branch of the Secretary Department of the Chinese labor union, the Secretary General of the Hubei Provincial Federation of trade unions, the propaganda director of the Central Committee of the Socialist Youth League, the propaganda director of the Hubei Provincial Federation of trade unions, the Secretary General of the all China Federation of trade unions and the Communist Party of China Deputy Secretary of Hubei provincial Party committee, Secretary General of the national Soviet central Preparatory Committee, etc. On July 16, 1921, he and Yun Daiying established a communist revolutionary group co-existence society. After the first National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Yun Daiying and Lin Yunan announced the dissolution of the coexistence society, joined the Communist Party of China and became professional revolutionaries. In May 1927, he was elected as an alternate member of the CPC Central Committee at the Fifth National Congress of the CPC.

He was arrested on January 17, 1931 and died in Shanghai on February 7, 1931.

Life story

Early experience

Lin Yunan, born in Huanggang, Hubei Province in December 1898, studied in the Middle School Department of Wuchang Zhonghua University in his early years. In October 1917, he joined the mutual aid society organized by Yun Daiying.

In May 1918, he took an active part in the struggle of Wuhan students against the signing of the treason treaty "military agreement on common defense against the enemy" between the Northern Warlords and Japanese imperialism.

In March 1919, he and his classmate Hu Yeyu initiated the organization of "Xinsheng society" in China University and published the semimonthly Journal of Xinsheng. The May 4th Movement broke out, and Yun Daiying, Chen Tanqiu and others organized and led the strike, school strike and market strike in Wuhan. He was one of the leaders of Wuhan student union.

In June 1919, entrusted by the Wuhan Federation of students, he went to Shanghai to participate in the work of the National Student Federation. Soon, he returned to his hometown and founded Junxin primary school in badouwan.

In the spring of 1920, he and Yun Daiying founded Liqun publishing house and Liqun towel factory in Wuchang. He was admitted to Beijing Medical College in the same year and often went to Peking University to discuss Marxist theory with members of the Beijing Communist group.

join the revolutionary ranks

In July 1921, he and Yun Daiying initiated the organization of "coexistence society" in Huanggang Junxin primary school.

He joined the Communist Party of China in early 1922.

In May 1922, he served as the director of Wuhan Branch of the Secretary Department of China's labor union, led the general strike of Hanyang Iron and steel plant with other comrades, and set up the first local federation of trade unions in China, the Wuhan Federation of trade unions and Youth League. In September of the same year, workers in Wuchang section of Yuehan railway held another strike to oppose the capitalists' dismissal of workers without any reason. He drafted the "letter of complaint" and other strike notices, and personally directed the strike. We launched various labor unions in Wuhan to organize "Guangdong Han strike support association" to support the striking workers. In October of the same year, he served as the Secretary director of Hubei Federation of trade unions and Youth League, and founded the official newspaper of the association, Zhenbao, with Shi Yang.

In 1923, he took part in organizing and leading the "February 7th" strike which shocked the world. After the February 7th massacre, he was wanted by the warlords. He wrote the work Revenge of February 7th, which recorded the heroic history of February 7th strike and eulogized the revolutionary spirit of the martyrs. He also issued a declaration in the name of Zhenbao, accusing Wu Peifu and Xiao Yaonan of the heinous crimes of slaughtering workers. In June of the same year, he attended the third National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Then, at the second National Congress of the Chinese Socialist Youth League, he was elected member of the Central Committee of the league and Minister of organization.

In 1924, after the establishment of the United Front between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, he served as the youth director of the Hankou executive department of the Kuomintang. In May of the same year, he was wanted by the reactionary authorities again and went to Shanghai to participate in the Chinese youth. Soon after, he returned to Han and became the president of Wuhan students' Federation, continuing to carry out youth work.

In 1925, he took part in leading the May 30th Movement and was responsible for propaganda work in Shanghai Federation of trade unions.

In May 1926, after attending the third National Labor Conference in Guangzhou, he was ordered to return to the Han Dynasty and lead the workers' movement in Hubei with Li Lisan, Liu Shaoqi and Xiang Ying.

In January 1927, he served as Secretary General of the first Congress of Hubei Federation of trade unions, and was elected director of Propaganda Department of Hubei Federation of trade unions. Training courses for workers' movement and propagandists have been set up. Workers' and peasants' news agency has been set up. Workers' guide and workers' pictorial have been published. In April of the same year, he was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee at the Fifth National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Later, he was elected secretary general of the all China Federation of trade unions and served as Secretary General of the Pacific Labor Congress and the Fourth National Labor Congress. After the failure of the great revolution, he served as the propaganda minister of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee. Together with Huang Songling and Xiang Jingyu, he secretly published "Yangtze River" to continue to publicize the revolution. He participated in the August 7th Meeting of the Communist Party of China and then actively led the autumn harvest riots in Hubei.

Underground struggle

After the failure of the great revolution in 1927, Lin Yunan turned to underground struggle in Hubei Province. He successively served as member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee, Minister of the Propaganda Department, and Acting Secretary of the CPC Hubei Provincial Committee.

At the end of 1927, he went to Shanghai as secretary of the Hudong District Committee of the Communist Party of China.

In November 1929, he participated in the preparation of the Fifth National Labor Conference in Shanghai, and continued to be elected as a member of the Executive Committee of the all China Federation of trade unions. He served as the head and Secretary General of the Committee and presided over the daily work.

Since 1930, he has been Secretary General of the central Preparatory Committee of the national Soviet Regional Congress.

Arrested and killed

On January 17, 1931, he, together with he Mengxiong and Li Qiushi, studied the issue of opposing Wang Ming's left leaning adventurism leadership in Shanghai Oriental Hotel. He was arrested by the Kuomintang reactionaries because of the traitor's information. In prison, Lin Yunan withstood the torture of the enemy. He was loyal to the party, fought with the enemy firmly, and maintained the firm position and lofty character of the Communist Party member.

On February 7, 1931, 24 Communists and revolutionaries, including Lin Yunan and he Mengxiong, died bravely in Longhua, Shanghai, at the age of 33.

Anecdotes of characters

Nanjing war of words Chen Lifu

On the third day of Lin's arrest, the police room handed him over to the Kuomintang Shanghai Public Security Bureau. During his detention, the second court of Jiangsu Provincial High Court of the Kuomintang tried Lin Yunan as the "first criminal", but got nothing. Later, the enemy escorted him to the detention center of Longhua Songhu police headquarters. When the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee learned of the arrest of Lin Yunan, he Mengxiong and others, it once evaded Wang Ming's instructions to the central special branch for rescue. The central special branch immediately organized several capable armed men in plain clothes to hijack vehicles at the Longhua garrison headquarters and the concession, but they failed because the enemy was already on guard.

When Lin Yunan and his party were escorted to Longhua, they were just seen by Chai Yuntang, who was the first to go to prison. Chai wrote in the materials: they stood in a line from east to west. The little monk in the prison said to me softly, "the sixth person in the front row in the west is Lin Yunan." When I saw him, he was only 30 years old. He was wearing a turquoise black top hat, a turquoise gray robe, of medium build, and his eyes were shining like anger. A pair of eyebrows are raised like a fan Thirty six "Prisoners" were put on 20 jin iron shackles by the enemy and were held in No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 cells respectively. The KMT knew all about Lin Yunan. They believe that to catch Lin Yunan is to catch a big political prisoner. Therefore, he was closely watched. Although Lin Yunan is in prison, he is indifferent to life and death. What he is thinking about is still the cause of the party. In order to tell the organization about his arrest, he and Li Qiushi jointly wrote a report to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and passed it to the Central Committee through secret channels.

At the end of January 1931, he wrote a letter to his fellow countryman Lu Ruobing in code language: he was tired on the 17th and transferred to Longhua headquarters on the 23rd. If Qi Mei wants to see him, she can go to Longhua headquarters detention center from 12:00 to 3:00 on Wednesday in the name of relatives and ask to meet Li Shaotang (an advertiser) from Huangpi, Hubei Province. If you don't want to see it for the first time, you can deliver it (he wants the novel book), and you need to see it for the second time. The case is related to politics. It's convenient for the female Qi to meet with her. Please feel free to note and hear about it. Lu Ruobing passed the letter on to the CPC Central Committee. At the same time, the central government is also very concerned about Lin Yunan and others. In addition to sending people to spy on them in the name of "Li Shaotang" family members, it also instructs the "mutual aid society" to send them some clothes, medicine and money. The sympathy and care of the Central Committee inspired Lin Yunan's fighting spirit and strengthened his determination to fight for the cause of communism. He drew a red flag on the wall of the prison, then wrote his name on it, and other difficult friends followed suit one by one to express their unyielding faith. When the Kuomintang caught Lin Yunan, it always wanted to get something out of him. Although several trials failed, they did not give up. Chiang Kai Shek instructed Chen Lifu, Secretary General of the party department and head of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, to "persuade Lin Yunan to surrender" and publicize in the newspaper.

One night in early February, Lin Yunan was escorted to the Central Party headquarters of the Kuomintang in Nanjing. He was taken into a wide and big office. A spy said to him, "sit here for a while. Minister Chen will come to talk to you soon." He sat for a while, and Chen Lifu came in with some senior party workers. In the past, Lin Yunan had never met Chen Lifu. He had only seen his articles and photos in newspapers. Chen Lifu went to Lin Yunan and sat down. Then he introduced himself and said, "my name is Chen Lifu." Lin Yu Nan took a look at Chen Li Fu and said nothing. Chen Lifu said with a smile, "Mr. Secretary General, you have been wronged." "I don't exist to be wronged!" "Mr. Secretary General," Chen Lifu continued, "is your Communist Party no longer working?" "Who said no?" "Hey, hey," Chen Lifu stood up from the sofa, walked a few steps and turned around,

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