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Chairman Mao's "study hard and make progress every day" is a household name, which has been encouraging and inspiring generations of primary and secondary school students to study hard and make progress in the past 50 years. How did Chairman Mao's important inscription come from? Recently, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of East China People's Revolutionary University, it was found in the 46th issue of Reform Newspaper published on May 28th that Chairman Mao had given an inscription "Study hard and make progress every day" to children in Chen Yongkang after learning that Chen Yongkang, an 8-year-old student of Suzhou Jinchang Primary School, was injured by catching a spy.

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At 6 o'clock on the afternoon of May 3rd, Chen Yongkang, 8 years old, and two children from her neighbor left Jinchang Primary School.

Playing on the wall in the distance. Suddenly, a man in his twenties with a western hairstyle and black leather shoes stopped him: "Where are you studying, little friend?" Chen Yongkang pointed to his school and replied, "Jinchang.

Elementary school. "The man immediately took out a bag of sugar, mysteriously gave him some money and a bag of yellow powder, and said," This is flour, put it on your teacher's desk. "

Chen Yongkang recalled that the teacher said in class that "counter-revolutionaries will use gunpowder, grenades and various methods of killing to destroy our factories and schools." I think this man must be a bad person for his sneaking around. So he said very calmly, "I'll go with you!" " After walking about 100 meters, Chen Yongkang saw several PLA men coming towards him from the other end of the city wall. He immediately put down what he was holding, grasped the man's leg tightly and shouted, "Uncle PLA, come and catch the spy!" " The man panicked and hit Chen Yongkang hard on the head. Chen Yongkang was punched several times by the man, and his nose and mouth were bleeding, but he still clung to the other side until the China People's Liberation Army came to subdue the man and then escorted the injured Chen Yongkang home. Later, China People's Liberation Army told Chen Yongkang and his family that the man was a spy and the yellow powder was an explosive.

After the news that Chen Yongkang's spy was arrested came out, people from all walks of life paid great attention to it. The school receives many phone calls, letters and various gifts every day. At that time, the most gifts were pennants, which filled a classroom. 195 1 On Children's Day, Wang Dongnian, the first mayor of Suzhou after liberation, met Chen Yongkang and Li Yunzhen, the head teacher. The story of an 8-year-old pupil, Chen Yongkang, who bravely caught a spy soon spread all over Suzhou and even the whole country.

The situation described by Chen Yongkang was confirmed in the New Suzhou Daily on May 8 and May 6, and so was his teacher Li Yunzhen. 1951May 13, Liberation Daily reported the little hero in the form of a letter from a reader.

The life portrayal of the "little hero" was written into the textbook.

The reporter saw the photos of Chen Yongkang and his teacher Li Yunzhen in the New Suzhou Daily on May 195 10, and Chen Yongkang's autograph-"It is glorious to catch spies", with crooked handwriting. The photo was taken while giving a report. The title of the report is "Holding a meeting to suppress counter-revolutionaries". The article said: "Chen Yongkang, the 8-year-old brother who bravely and tactfully caught the spy, stepped onto the stage and was warmly cheered and respected by all the delegates. He is a good boy of China people. In order to reward his heroic exemplary behavior, the Municipal People's Government issued certificates and certificates to the school. "

After many inquiries, the reporter found the 79-year-old teacher Li Yunzhen. Teacher Li said that Chen Yongkang was honest at school and his academic performance was average. At that time, she learned from the headmaster that Chen Yongkang's story of catching gangsters was even known by the central leadership. The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League planned to invite Chen Yongkang to Beijing to meet the central leadership, but somehow it failed.

Teacher Li said that saboteurs often create some terrorist incidents because Suzhou was liberated soon. In order to protect the safety of the little hero, the school specially arranged a dormitory for Chen Yongkang, and the teachers took turns to take care of it. A leader of the Central Committee spoke highly of Chen Yongkang.

The story of Chen Yongkang's arrest of the spy was widely circulated, and it was later written into primary school textbooks. Several old leaders of the former unit can prove that they have seen Chinese textbooks with Chen Yongkang content.

Soak rice in soy sauce-no intention to "eat"

Chen Yongkang has five brothers and sisters, three sisters and a younger brother. His mother is illiterate and his family is very difficult. Big sister 12 years old only goes to the first grade of primary school. My brother dropped out of school for his fourth grade, which still made him feel guilty. However, Chen Yongkang, who is in junior high school, has a hard time. At that time, when he was broke, he added some soy sauce to the cooked rice. He never wanted to find an organization or leader to solve anything. "There is no need to trouble others."

After becoming a "little hero", Chen Yongkang never regarded honor as the weight of life. After graduating from high school, Chen Yongkang willingly became an ordinary person and began dredging for more than 20 years. Looking back, Lao Chen believes that the words "study hard and make progress every day" are not only written for students, but also for adults as a work attitude and spirit. "These eight words have nothing to do with the rich and the poor."

The reporter asked Chen Yongkang what difficulties he had at home. He said: "My life is much better than that of laid-off workers. There is no need to make any demands on the organization."

Unfortunately, I'm still not a member of * * *

For the past, Mr. Chen has another regret-so far he is not a member of * * * *, which is related to his marriage. At that time, Chen Yongkang boarded a boat on the waterway to clean up the silt in the river. Because of his diligence and hard work, he was listed as a party activist by 1968.

However, due to another life choice, he lost the opportunity to join the party in that special year. At that time, he fell in love with a female worker in the guest house of Suzhou Transportation Bureau. This girl is beautiful and capable, and she also takes a fancy to Chen Yongkang's honesty and diligence. However, because the female worker came from a family of industrial and commercial owners, the relevant personnel asked Chen Yongkang to draw a line with her, otherwise she would be disqualified from joining the party, so she failed to join the party. Chen Yongkang still wants to join the party.

This matter needs further study.

Mao Zedong's inscription pennant is important evidence.

Before looking for Chen Yongkang, the reporter consulted a lot of information and finally found such a little news in the media such as Reader magazine and Newspaper Digest. The content is as follows:

Chairman Mao's "study hard and make progress every day" is a household name, which has been encouraging and inspiring generations of primary and secondary school students to study hard and make progress in the past 50 years. How did Chairman Mao's important inscription come from? Recently, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of East China People's Revolutionary University, it was found in the 46th issue of Reform Newspaper published on May 28th that Chairman Mao had given an inscription "Study hard and make progress every day" to children in Chen Yongkang after learning that Chen Yongkang, an 8-year-old student of Suzhou Jinchang Primary School, was injured by catching a spy.

Accordingly, the reporter searched for Jinchang Primary School in Suzhou for the first time, but the primary school has been merged by Jinmen Primary School for many years, and the previous student data can no longer be found. So the reporter contacted the Education Bureau again, and there was no result. It was not until an accidental opportunity that I knew that there was an old man named Chen Yongkang in a neighborhood committee in Suzhou. After repeated inquiries, the reporter finally got the phone number of the old man's home. Yesterday, the reporter met this "legendary" figure.

Chen Yongkang said that because the spy was arrested, there were lectures one after another, and because all the honors were given to the school, he never thought about keeping those pennants. The Jinchang Primary School in Suzhou, where Chen Yongkang was located, has long since ceased to exist. The warehouse where various honor flags were stored was demolished as early as the 1980s, and now there is no trace of these flags. Chen Yongkang is very sorry that the only clue that can provide evidence has been destroyed.

Where is the manuscript of "Study hard and make progress every day" inscribed by Mao Zedong? Chen Yongkang wants to find the answer in his lifetime.

While looking for the answer, I also learned how to put forward the famous saying "study hard and make progress every day", which is not in vain! Hehe, thank you! !