Chairman Mao Zedong Full Name Xu Maoxun Spouse(s) Xiong Licheng Role Politician | Chairman Mao Zedong Nationality Chinese Name Xu Teli Party Communist Party of China | |
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Born February 1, 1877
Changsha County, Changsha, Hunan ( 1877-02-01 ) Political party Communist Party of China Children Xu Shouzhen
Xu Duben
Xu Moqing
Xu Houben Died November 28, 1968, Beijing, China Education University of Paris, Moscow Sun Yat-sen University | ||
Xu Teli (February 1, 1877 – November 28, 1968) was a politician of the People's Republic of China. Xu was Mao Zedong's, Cai Hesen's, and Tian Han's teacher. Xu was a member of the 7th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the 8th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
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Biography
Xu was born Xu Maoxun (Chinese: 徐懋恂) in Changsha County, Changsha, Hunan on February 1, 1877, during the Qing Dynasty. At the age of four, his mother died. In 1885, by age nine, Xu was sent to school.
At age eighteen, Xu set up a private school and taught there. In 1905, Xu attended the imperial examination when he was twenty-eight. In 1907, Xu cut his pinky and wrote a letter to the Qing Government.
In 1911, Xu took part in the Xinhai Revolution and Hunan Uprising.
In 1912, Xu founded the Changsha County Normal School (currently Changsha Normal University).
In 1919, Xu studied natural sciences at the University of Paris, he also visited Belgium and Germany. In this trip Xu observed modern European societies and cultures for the first time. In June 1924, Xu returned to Changsha, he founded the Changsha Women's Normal School and served as the President there. At that time, Xu also taught at Hunan First Normal University.
In 1927, during the White Terror, Xu joined the Communist Party of China and took part in the Nanchang Uprising.
In 1928, Xu was sent to Moscow Sun Yat-sen University to study at the expense of the government.
In 1930, Xu returned to Jiangxi–Fujian Soviet, he was appointed as the Minister of Education of the Chinese Soviet Republic, a position he held until September 1937.
In 1934, Xu took part in the Long March.
In 1940, Xu worked as the President of Yan'an Academy of Natural Sciences. When he was in Yan'an, he and Dong Biwu, Lin Boqu, Wu Yuzhang, and Xie Juezai were called the Yan'an Five Seniors (Chinese: 延安五老).
After the founding of the PRC, Xu was appointed as the Vice-Minister of Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, a few days later, he resigned his post.
On November 28, 1968, during the Cultural Revolution, Xu died in Beijing, aged 91.
Personal life
Xu married Xiong Licheng (Chinese: 熊立诚), they had four children, Xu Shouzhen (Chinese: 徐守珍), Xu Duben (Chinese: 徐笃本), Xu Moqing (Chinese: 徐陌青), and Xu Houben (Chinese: 徐厚本).