Liu Renjing
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Liu Renjing | |
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| 劉仁靜 | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 March 1902 |
| Died | 5 August 1987 (aged 85) |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party Kuomintang |
| Alma mater | Peking University International Lenin School |
Liu Renjing (simplified Chinese: 刘仁静; traditional Chinese: 劉仁靜; also romanized as Liu Jen-ching; March 4, 1902 – August 5, 1987) was a Chinese revolutionary who was a founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Out of sympathy for Trotsky, he was a Trotskyist from 1929 to 1949, and a member of Kuomintang during the 1940s. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he published a statement in the People's Daily announcing his change of position.
On March 4, 1902, Liu Renjing was born into a scholar family in Yingcheng, Hubei, Qing China.[1] He attended Yingcheng Elementary School in his childhood. In 1914, he enrolled at Bowen Academy, and two years later entered the affiliated high school of Zhonghua University. During this period, Liu Renjing was influenced by magazines such as New Youth and The Tiger. In 1917, he met Yun Daiying and joined a mutual aid society organized by Yun. In 1918, he graduated from secondary school and enrolled in the Department of Physics at Peking University.[2]
On May 4, 1919, he participated in the May Fourth Movement and was arrested by the police and sentenced to one month in prison for taking to the streets to call for unity among the masses. After his release, he transferred to the Department of Philosophy.[2] He obtained information about the Russian Revolution and Marxism, and in 1920 joined a Marxist group organized by Li Dazhao.[3]
Early revolutionary activities
In 1921, Liu Renjing and Zhang Guotao jointly attended the founding congress of the Chinese Communist Party as representatives from Beijing. Liu Renjing was 19 years of age at the time of the founding meeting and was dubbed "little Marx" because of his knowledge of Marxist writings.[4]: 260 He was reported to have engaged in heated discussion with Li Hanjun on the floor of the meeting.[4]: 260
In 1922, Liu Renjing traveled to Moscow with Chen Duxiu to attend the Fourth Congress of the Communist International, where Liu Renjing delivered a speech.[3]
In 1926, Liu Renjing was sent by the Chinese Communist Party to study at the International Lenin School in Moscow. During his studies, the Soviet Union witnessed the power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky. Sympathizing with Trotsky's expulsion from the party and subsequent exile, Liu Renjing spent years searching for him across Europe after graduating from the Lenin School. He finally located Trotsky in Turkey, where they engaged in discussions for approximately one month.[2][3]
