Name Bian Zhongyun Died 1966, Beijing, China | Spouse Jingyao Wang | |
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Bian Zhongyun (Chinese: ๅไปฒ่, 1916, Wuwei County, China โ 5 August 1966, Beijing) was a deputy principal at the Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, in Beijing, China. She became the first victim of the Cultural Revolution in August 1966, when she was beaten to death with wooden sticks by her students, who were led by Song Binbin. Prior to her death, Bian had been the party leader at the school, but was denounced as a "counter-revolutionary revisionist" by Red Guards
A documentary about her, Though I am Gone, was released in 2006. Song Binbin, the student leader who beat Bian to death, was sent to the United States to study on government sponsorship and invited back to Beijing Normal University as a prominent alumni. Song's father was the mayor of Beijing and a high member of the Chinese Communist Party. She has openly and widely spoken about her successful academic career, much before any formal or informal apology came forward.