Xie Fei[lower-alpha 1] (simplified Chinese: 谢飞; traditional Chinese: 謝飛; pinyin: Xiè Fēi; 3 February 1913 – 14 February 2013)[1] was a Chinese revolutionary and politician. She participated in the Long March and was the third wife of Liu Shaoqi.
Early life
She was born Xie Qiongxiang (Chinese: 謝瓊香) in Wenchang, Hainan Province. She was a revolutionary from the age of 13,[2] and became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in 1927.[3] After exile to Hong Kong and undercover work in Singapore, she returned to China in 1932,[3] where she worked in Fujian Province before going to Ruijin in 1934.[4] In her time in Fujian, on several occasions she boiled and ate sensitive documents to keep them from Kuomintang agents, leading to lifelong stomach problems.[5]
Chinese civil war
Xie was one of thirty women participants of the Long March, 1934–1935.[3] In October 1935,[6] she married Liu Shaoqi, who later became Chairman of the People's Republic of China, as his third wife.[7] Their marriage has been described as "brief, mysterious, and apparently childless,"[8] and ended in divorce in January 1939.[6] or in 1941.[9]
In 1937, Xie studied at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China in Yan'an[10] and then served as party functionary at various levels.[1]
Later life
After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Xie became director of a special course at Renmin University of China and, in 1956, deputy principal of the Central Political and Legal Cadre School.[11][1] She was sent to work on a pig farm in 1959.[11] During the Cultural Revolution, Xie was imprisoned as a former close associate of Liu Shaoqi;[9] she was rehabilitated in 1978.[11] She became the deputy principal of the People's Public Security University of China[11] and retired in February 2000.[1] She died of illness in Beijing on 14 February 2013.[10]
Notes
- ↑ In this Chinese name, the family name is Xie.
References
- 1 2 3 4 Cheng & Chang 2013.
- ↑ Young 2001, p. 150.
- 1 2 3 Wiles 2016, p. 586.
- ↑ Young 2001, p. 177.
- ↑ Wiles 2016, pp. 586–587.
- 1 2 Dittmer 2015, p. 146.
- ↑ Dittmer 1981, p. 460.
- ↑ Dittmer 1981, p. 461.
- 1 2 Young 2001, p. 242.
- 1 2 Liu 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 Wiles 2016, p. 587.
Sources
- Cheng, Hongyi; Chang, Xuemei (9 April 2013). "谢飞同志逝世--新闻报道-人民网". People's Daily (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- Dittmer, Lowell (1981). "Death and Transfiguration: Liu Shaoqi's Rehabilitation and Contemporary Chinese Politics". The Journal of Asian Studies. 40 (3): 455–479. doi:10.2307/2054551. ISSN 0021-9118. JSTOR 2054551. S2CID 153995268.
- Dittmer, Lowell (12 February 2015). Liu Shaoqi and the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-46600-0.
- Wiles, Sue (8 July 2016). "Xie Fei". Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: v. 2: Twentieth Century. By Lee, Lily Xiao Hong. Routledge. pp. 586–588. ISBN 978-1-315-49924-6.
- Liu, Juntao (9 April 2013). "谢飞同志逝世". world.people.com.cn (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- Young, Helen Praeger (2001). Choosing Revolution: Chinese Women Soldiers on the Long March. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-02672-0. JSTOR 10.5406/j.ctt2ttbrr.