Li Shenyan

Li Shenyan

Li Shenyan (1895.11.13 -- 1994.12) was a native of the Tang Dynasty in Hebei Province. He was named Bolun, Zihu and Shiqiao. In his early years, he worked as a reporter for Beijing Morning Post. After entering the Institute of Chinese Studies of Tsinghua University, he studied as a graduate student under Liang Qichao and Wang Guowei. Then he transferred to the Institute of Chinese Studies of Peking University and studied as a graduate student with Shen Yinmo, Liu Bannong, Qian Xuantong and Ma Heng. He also studied characters and calligraphy with Zhang Taiyan and ye gongchuo. After graduating from the University, he has successively taught in Hubei Institute of education, central China Normal University (now the predecessor of central China Normal University), Beijing Institute of Russian and Central University for nationalities. He has successively served as director of teaching and research section and leader of teaching and research group. He is good at calligraphy, literature, education, arts and crafts and architecture. His works took part in the calligraphy and seal cutting exhibition commemorating the 35th anniversary of the victory of the Huaihai Campaign and the National Exhibition of 100 Calligraphers' works in celebration of the International Youth Year. He has published and written Mencius' political and economic thoughts, travels to the famous mountains of Yandu, travels to the Ming Mausoleum of the Great Wall, manuscripts on Chinese calligraphy, and an introduction to calligraphy.

Life of the characters

Li Shenyan, formerly known as Li Jian, was born in December 1908 in Ningxiang County, Hunan Province. His father was versed in poetry and books and managed the ancestral property; his mother was industrious, virtuous and well managed. The whole family is well fed.

As a child, Li studied in a private school and recited four books and five classics. After graduating from middle school, he was admitted to the sixth military cadet of Huangpu Military Academy, the same period as Dai Li and Liao Yaoxiang. After graduating in 1929, he was assigned to the eighth division of the Kuomintang as the platoon leader of the second company of the 47th regiment, and took part in the warlord scuffle between Chiang Kai Shek and Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang. In July 1930, he was promoted to the commander of the 10th company of the 16th regiment of the third division. In February 1931, he went to the constitutional police class of the Central Military Academy of the Kuomintang in Nanjing for training. At the beginning of the next year, he joined the Fuxing society and was appointed as the commander of the sixth company of the fourth regiment of the Kuomintang's military police in Nanchang. He was responsible for military discipline and maintaining public order. In the spring of 1935, at the order of he Zhen attached to the regiment, Li cooperated with the regiment in plain clothes and arrested Wan Yongcheng, Acting Secretary of the Fujian provincial Party committee of the Communist Party of China, and several staff members.

In September 1936, Li was transferred to be the leader of the second brigade of the first security regiment in Shanghai, and served as the guard of Shanghai. After the outbreak of the "August 13" incident, he led the troops to repel the Japanese army landing twice in Wusong Town, Shanghai, and then withdrew because of the unfavorable situation of the whole war. After the beginning of the Anti Japanese War, he was promoted to head of the 464 regiment of the 78th division, stationed in Henan and Shaanxi, and took on the defensive task along the Yellow River. In January 1939, he was transferred to the seventh branch of the Central Military Academy of the Kuomintang in Xi'an. He successively served as the captain of the military officer's team, the head teacher of the military officer's class, and the commander of the ninth corps of the 17th phase. He was responsible for the training and management of the cadets. In April 1941, he was transferred to southwest China as the deputy division commander of the army's 196th division. Later, he was the division commander. He was responsible for the garrison of Chongqing and the security of the seat of the national government. After several years in office, he witnessed the Kuomintang's military and political corruption, and came into contact with all kinds of opinions on the current situation. He deliberately abandoned the secret and turned to the light, but he couldn't find a right way. In February 1945, he was transferred to Huaiyang, Henan Province as the chief of the 17th Traffic Police Corps.

At the turn of spring and summer in 1946, Li was ordered to lead a team to Queshan, Henan Province, to take part in the battle of encircling xuanhuadian. During that time, he sent people to xuanhuadian to contact Wang Zhen and Li Xiannian to express his willingness to help the Central Plains military region break through the encirclement. Later, because the two sides had different understandings and did not reach an agreement, they led the Ministry to intercept the seventh column of the Hebei Shandong Henan military region under Yang Yong's jurisdiction to prevent him from going south to help the Central Plains military region break through. Later, he was ordered to enter Eastern Henan, but refused to implement the "three lights" policy of the higher authorities, avoiding the death of local people. In October 1947, he was transferred to the commander of 268 division of the 99 army, stationed in Anhui and Jiangsu.

At the end of 1948, Li led his division to take part in the Huaihai battle. He was defeated and retreated to the south of the Yangtze River to defend the defense line of the Yangtze River. In April of the next year, he was captured by the people's Liberation Army in Guangde, Anhui Province in the battle of crossing the Yangtze River. In the later reform of detention, Li Chu was antagonistic and wanted to commit suicide many times. He asked to be shot and fasted for five days when he was imprisoned. He was pardoned and released in March 1975, and returned to Changsha in April to serve as the Secretary of the Counselor's office of the Hunan Provincial Revolutionary Committee. Later, he was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Yongxing CPPCC.

In December 1994, he died in Yongxing County, Hunan Province at the age of 87.

Previous position

Former counsellor of Hunan Provincial People's Government

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