Deng Xiaoping and Zhuo Lin

Author: Wu Shi Hong
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Deng Lin: My father was a professional revolutionary. He was very introverted and didn’t use words to express his emotions. He thought very practically and objectively. My mother was quite the opposite; she was very outgoing, had a "bourgeois sentiment," and a bit of a "liberal inclination" typical of intellectuals. But I really think my parents were very harmonious. The differences in their personalities actually brought about harmony. In many ways, my parents had a lot in common, such as tolerance.
Deng Rong: Both of them were very sincere people, very pure, with few schemes. Their needs in life were also quite simple. Although they had different personalities on the surface, their inner selves were deeply connected and intertwined. They were comrades, fellow warriors, and also husband and wife. In the autumn of 1939, Deng Xiaoping and Zhuo Lin got married in Yan'an. A few days later, Deng Xiaoping took his newlywed wife Zhuo Lin to the fierce battlefields of the Taihang Mountains, embarking on a life journey of shared hardship and mutual support. From the arduous and desperate years of war to the vibrant era of peaceful construction, through the turbulent storms of the Cultural Revolution, to the whirlwind of reform and opening up—through multiple rises and falls, they navigated the turbulent waters of life for 58 years. Their emotional vessel, sailing at the mercy of the winds, witnessed a grand era and highlighted the vast and profound hearts and ideals of this revolutionary couple.