Li Shuoxun

Li Shuoxun, alternative names Li tao, Li Kaizhuo and Li Shuxun, was a Chinese communist revolutionary, early leader of Chinese Communist Party and martyr.

Career

Born in Gao County, Sichuan, in 1903, Li joined the Chinese [Communist Party] in 1924 and turned into the underground after the Kuomintang 's massacre of communists in 1927. Later in the year, Li Shuoxun, Zhou Shidi and Nie Rongzhen led the 25th division of National Revolutionary Army to join the Nanchang uprising, which marked the start of the Chinese Civil War. Li went to Hainan to take charge of Qiongya guerilla in 1931, before he was caught and executed by the KMT in the same year. He is now commemorated by CPC as a revolutionary martyr.
His orphaned son, Li Peng, was adopted by Zhou Enlai, first Premier of the People's Republic of China, and also served as Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1988 to 1998.