Yun Daiying

Yun Daiying (August 12, 1895 – April 29, 1931) was an early leader of the Chinese Communist Party.

Early life

In 1913, Yun Daiying entered the private Zhonghua University in Wuchang, and after graduation in 1918, he stayed there as an instructor. In 1919, he participated in the May Fourth Movement in Wuhan. In 1920, he founded the Socialist Youth League of China with Xiao Chunü and others, and in 1921, he joined the Chinese Communist Party as one of the first batch of party members.^[1] In 1923, he became an instructor at Shanghai University. In Shanghai, he became a leader of the Communist Youth League of China and the chief editor of the periodical China Youth from 1925 to 1927.^[2]

Political career

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In 1924, he joined under orders the

In the end of 1927, he led the Guangzhou Uprising and was appointed secretary-general of the Canton Soviet Government. After its failure, he fled first to Hong Kong and later to Shanghai. In the end of 1928, he started to direct propaganda work of the communist party, creating the periodical Red Flag. In June 1929, he was elected as a central committee member in the 2nd Plenary Session of 6th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Due to his opposition to leftist mistakes within the party, he was demoted and appointed communist party council secretary of Shanghai Ludong District.^{[citation needed]}

Execution

On May 6, 1930, he was captured and detained in Shanghai, and later in February 1931, he was detained in Nanjing. Initially, he did not reveal his identity. Right before he was to be rescued out of prison, he was identified and betrayed by Gu Shunzhang.^[1] After Chiang Kai-shek's men failed to entice or force surrender, Chiang ordered his execution on April 29.

Before his death, Yun Daiying wrote in prison a poem of martyrdom:

Having roamed far and wide, I recollect old comrades,

Old comrades are immortal regardless of life or death, I've dismissed personal loss, seeing it as negligible,

Preserving my heroic bent albeit serving as prisoner.^{[citation needed]}

Statue

His statue was erected at Central China Normal University.

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