Celebrity Stories

Yang Jingyu was born in a peasant family in Liwan Village, Gucheng Township, Queshan County, Henan Province on February 26, 1905 (the tenth day of the first lunar month in the 31st year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty). He studied in the village private school when he was a child. In 1918, he was admitted to the No. 1 Higher Elementary School of Queshan County with excellent results. There was one thing that the teacher still remembered: One day, Yang Jingyu was studying in school (the situation of his study cannot be verified), and suddenly he heard someone shouting outside. , it turned out that Lao Zhang was beaten by some soldiers. So they came out to watch. Suddenly, a tall boy shouted: "You are such a bully!" Then all the students followed suit. A soldier said angrily: "How? He has offended us and deserves to be punished!" So, the tall boy waved his hand and said: "Go up." Dozens of students beat and chased him away. They drove out of the school and saved Lao Zhang's life. That tall boy is Yang Jingyu.

The soldiers were unwilling to give in and felt it was too embarrassing. So the next day, they called more soldiers and came to the school aggressively. As soon as I entered the school, I shouted to find the tall boy from yesterday. The principal became anxious and apologized profusely. The soldiers didn't listen. At this time, Yang Jingyu climbed up to the house, took a match, and said to the soldier: "Do you know what this is? It's a match! If you don't leave, I will burn the house down." The principal also said quickly: "Hey , we can't control him. You'd better leave, this kid, if you don't leave, he will burn the house, and you won't let him go." So, soldiers. The gangsters had no choice but to leave in despair.

From this incident, we can see Yang Jingyu’s courage.