Children's Pinyin Famous Person Stories: Lei Feng

Author: Zhong Lei
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: Lei Feng (1940–1962), a model of wholeheartedly serving the people, a great communist fighter. He was a squad leader in the Transportation Company of the Shenyang Military Region Engineering Corps. From Wangcheng County, Hunan Province. His father died of illness caused by Japanese aggression during the Anti-Japanese War, his elder brother and younger brother died young in hardship, and his mother took her own life in grief. Orphaned at age seven, he relied on poor neighbors for support. After his hometown was liberated in August 1949, he received education under the care of the Communist Party and the government. He studied diligently and actively participated in the land reform struggle. Lei Feng always prioritized caring for others, enthusiastically helping his comrades, and did a great deal of good for the collective and the people. The masses praised him as "Lei Feng traveled a thousand miles on a business trip, doing good deeds for the entire train."