Heroes in Deng Xiaoping's Eyes: Eulogies, Inscriptions, and Records of Heroes Composed by Deng Xiaoping

Author: Mu Chenglin, Cheng Julin, Yang Hai (editors)
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Deng Xiaoping dedicated his entire life's effort and energy to the Chinese people. As a great Marxist, a great proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military strategist, and diplomat, and as the architect of China's socialist reform and opening-up and modernization, Deng Xiaoping, as an important member of the central leadership collective with Comrade Mao Zedong at its core and the core of the second generation of the central leadership collective, cherished a deep sense of camaraderie and friendship for his comrades and colleagues. With profound feelings for the revolution and construction, he fully affirmed and highly praised these martyrs and exemplary figures. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he wrote inscriptions in various ways for martyrs who sacrificed during the revolutionary war era, expressing his highest respect for them in concise and powerful language. He attended funerals for deceased leaders of the Party and the state, delivering eulogies on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, expressing the profound sorrow of the entire Party and the people of the nation for them. He also wrote inscriptions for heroic figures and exemplary individuals who emerged in different historical periods, fully affirming and praising their advanced deeds and calling on the entire Party and the people of the nation to learn from them. Deng Xiaoping's inscriptions, along with the advanced deeds of the revolutionary martyrs and exemplary figures, became a powerful spiritual driving force inspiring the Chinese people to move forward continuously.