Huang Cheng

Huang Cheng

Huang Cheng (May 16, 1914 - April 23, 1942) was born in diaohetou village, anci County, Hebei Province. He was deeply loved by his grandfather when he was a child. As a child, he was sent to a private school and received better enlightenment education.

In 1928, when he was 14 years old, he was admitted to Yongqing cunshi middle school in Linxian County. After the September 18th Incident in 1931, Huang Cheng, like most patriotic young students, actively participated in the national salvation movement. In September 1934, he was admitted to Peking National Tsinghua University. In the spring of 1935, together with Yang Shu and other students, he organized the progressive group "Dongfang Jibai society" and published "Dongfang Jibai" magazine. In November of the same year, he served as chairman of the National Salvation Association of Tsinghua University. On December 9, 1935, the 129th Movement broke out. In January 1936, Huang Cheng joined the Communist Youth League of China and became a member of the Communist Party of China in April. In June, he organized and participated in the "June 13" demonstration. Later, he published articles such as "let's be the last expelled student", "before and after I was expelled", "from school to colonial education"

At the beginning of 1938, Huang Cheng arrived in southern Anhui under the introduction of Chen Yi, joined the New Fourth Army, and served as the Secretary General of the Political Department of the New Fourth Army. Huang Cheng was called "the communicator in our new Fourth Army" by commander Ye Ting. On April 23, 1942, Huang Cheng, Li Zifang and other martyrs were killed at the same time.

Life of the characters

In 1928, when he was 14 years old, he was admitted to Yongqing cunshi middle school in Linxian County; in the autumn of 1930, he transferred to the fourth middle school of Beiping and was a junior middle school third year student. Huang Cheng, with the ardent desire of "reading to save the country", is eager to read extensively and is determined to serve the country with his knowledge in the future. After the September 18th Incident in 1931, Huang Cheng, like the majority of patriotic young students, took an active part in the national salvation movement. He took to the streets, distributed leaflets, posted slogans, and appealed to the people to rise up against Japan. He was warned by the school authorities for many times. In 1932, he was expelled from school for taking part in patriotic activities. He was forced to leave high school before he finished high school. But in the autumn of this year, he passed the preparatory course of Tianjin Beiyang Institute of technology with excellent results and entered the University. At the beginning of 1933, together with Wei Dongming and other students, he organized the "waste fire society" Reading Association, read progressive books and periodicals together, discussed the road of saving the country, and put forward: "Publicizing the people is the important task of saving the country today.". In February, together with Wu Chengming and other students, the "Beiyang University worker Tutorial school" was set up to impart cultural knowledge and promote patriotism to the staff and their children. During this period, Huang Cheng also participated in the activities of progressive groups such as Esperanto Society, and often wrote articles for Beiyang weekly under the pseudonyms of "huanghuang" and "Chengcheng", criticizing current abuses and promoting patriotism. He won the trust of the students, was elected chairman of the grade meeting, and on behalf of the grade to participate in the joint meeting of representatives of the whole school, to become a popular student leader. In the winter of 1933, the school authorities announced the abolition of student subsidies for books and instruments, which aroused the public indignation of students. According to the requirements of the students, the joint conference of student level Representatives announced the strike, and appointed Huang Cheng and others as representatives to negotiate with the school authorities, demanding that their orders be withdrawn. However, the school authorities not only refused the students' requests, but expelled the student representatives for the crime of "inciting the learning tide". Huang Cheng was forced to leave Beiyang Institute of technology. The successive attacks did not weaken his patriotism and ambition. After leaving Beiyang Institute of technology, he insisted on patriotic activities and paid close attention to the review of his studies. After several months of hard work, he was admitted to the Department of Geosciences of Peking Tsinghua University in September 1934. Huang Cheng came to Qinghua garden with great joy and began a new study life. at that time, among the students in Tsinghua University, there were not only good traditions such as serious study, but also some bad habits, one of which was "holding a corpse". Whenever the freshmen enter the school, the old classmates, in order to give the new students a "downfall", hold up and throw the offending little brother into the air, or even throw it into the school river. Huang Cheng, who has always been courageous, upright and fearless, how can he tolerate such injustice? Filled with righteous indignation, he organized with Yao Keguang (Yao Yilin), Yang Xuecheng, Wu Chengming and other new students to post the "Declaration on anti trust corpse", and resisted and struggled against this kind of degrading prank. Their just actions are supported by teachers and students. Since then, the bad habit of "supporting corpses" has disappeared in Tsinghua garden. After the anti "Tuo corpse" struggle, Huang Cheng left a deep impression in the minds of new and old students, and became an active figure in the new students. At the end of 1934, introduced by Zhou Xiaozhou, Huang Cheng participated in the national armed Self Defense Association. Among the Tsinghua students who participated in the national armed self defense association were Jiang Nanxiang, an underground member of the Communist Party of China, and Huang Cheng's classmates Yao Yilin, Wu Chengming, and Yang Xuecheng. Later, he took part in the activities of Tsinghua branch of Esperanto Society and became an active member of the society. Both organizations are semi open patriotic progressive organizations under the leadership of the underground Party of the Communist Party of China. From then on, Huang Cheng had contact with the underground Party organizations, and often received the education and guidance of the party organizations. His understanding of Anti Japanese and national salvation continued to improve, and his action became more resolute. In the spring of 1935, Huang Cheng, together with Yang Deji (Yang Shu) and other students, organized the "Oriental white society", published "Oriental White" magazine, publicized patriotism to the youth, and introduced dialectical materialism and the current international and domestic political situation. The magazine is very popular with young students. In June 1935, after the "He Mei agreement" came out, the whole North China was in the panic of "no day for the country to die", and the majority of students were worried about the fate of the country and nation. On September 24 of that year, the student autonomy Association of Tsinghua held a representative meeting. At the meeting, Huang Cheng was elected as the chairman of the student union secretary Association, and later changed to the chairman of the national salvation Congress, which provoked the heavy burden of leading students to carry out Anti Japanese and national salvation activities.

patriotic movement

In the late autumn of this year, the famous "August 1 declaration" of the Communist Party of China spread to Tsinghua garden. One night, the underground party organization posted it on the bulletin board. When the students found it, they were overjoyed and rushed to tell each other. The exciting words in the Manifesto: "compatriots, stand up and fight for the survival of the motherland! Fight for the survival of the nation! Fight for the independence of the country!" deeply touched the hearts of the students; in the Manifesto, "organize a unified national defense government of China", "organize a unified Anti Japanese coalition of China", "concentrate all national strength (human, material, financial, military, etc.) for the sacred mission of resisting Japan and saving the country The call of "strive for your career" pointed out the direction for them. On November 27, 1935, the national salvation Committee of Tsinghua students' autonomous association held a general meeting of all students to discuss what young students should do in the face of Japanese imperialist aggression and the crisis in North China. Huang Cheng, Wu Chengming and other members of the national salvation Congress proposed to contact all schools to hold a petition against Japan and save the nation. Due to the lack of sufficient preparation among the students in advance and the sabotage and obstruction of a small number of students, the petition was not passed. The next day, Huang Cheng and others also received an anonymous letter, challenging them and saying, "you failed. What's your face to see Marx and Lenin underground?" for this, Huang Cheng and others were very angry, but they did not flinch, but strengthened their fighting spirit. They made a serious study, accepted the lessons of failure, went deep into the students' deliberation separately, made clear the necessity of the March and petition, and held the students' meeting again on December 3. This meeting, after fierce debate, passed the resolution of "electrifying the whole country against all pseudo organizations and pseudo autonomy", and decided to contact students from all schools to petition the government. On the same day, the Beiping Federation of students also held a meeting of representatives of all schools and passed a resolution to oppose the pseudo autonomy movement and to contact all schools to March and petition on December 9. In accordance with the resolutions of the Beiping Federation of students and the general assembly of Tsinghua students, the National Salvation Association of Tsinghua students, with Huang Cheng as its chairman, actively carried out the preparations for the March and petition, and organized students to write slogans and print leaflets. Jiang Nanxiang, Secretary of the underground Party branch of the Communist Party of China, wrote the book of Tsinghua National Salvation Association telling the people of the whole country, which was published in the magazine "roar bar" of Tsinghua National Salvation Association. At the same time, it was mimeographed into a single page for distribution and posting during the parade. On December 9, 1935, the 129th Movement broke out. In the early morning of this day, Tsinghua students gathered in the big playground and planned to take the school bus to the city, but the school bus was detained in the city by the police, so they went to the city on foot instead. Huang Cheng, chairman of the National Salvation Association, was the general leader of the team. He led a mighty team to Xizhimen along the Ping Sui railway. When the team arrived at Gaoliang bridge, they met the obstruction of the military and police. Huang Cheng and others led the students to fight with the military and police, broke through the obstruction, and the team continued to move forward. When the team arrived at Xizhimen, the city gate was already closed. Armed soldiers and police were standing on the top of the city gate. Students were not allowed to enter the city. Repeated negotiations were of no help. After discussion, the leaders decided to hold a mass meeting on the spot outside the Xizhimen gate to publicize the Anti Japanese and national salvation principles to the public. At the public meeting, Huang Cheng stood on a mound, holding a microphone made of hard paper, and spoke enthusiastically about the brutal invasion of China by Japanese imperialism, the suffering of the people in Northeast China, the crisis in North China, and the humiliating and traitorous policy of the Nanjing Government of the Kuomintang. As soon as his voice fell, someone came forward and continued to speak. At the same time of the speech, the students also scattered leaflets such as the letter to the people of the whole country prepared the day before. Their speeches and speeches

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