Most of Wen Yiduo’s descendants live in Beijing.

Wen Yiduo’s descendants

1. The eldest son Wen Lihe

Wen Lihe was born in 1927 and was talented since childhood. When he was in middle school, he took a year off due to illness and dropped out of high school in his second year of high school. However, he was admitted to Southwest Associated University.

Wen Yiduo was so happy that he gave him his beloved Parker pen as a prize. Wen Lihe is cheerful and versatile. Not only is he excellent in Chinese and foreign languages, he is also capable of writing poetry, painting, singing and acting. He was deeply influenced by Wen Yiduo and always followed his father as an example.

On the afternoon of July 15, 1946, the day Wen Yiduo was killed, the Democratic League held a press conference on the assassination of Li Gongpu at the Democracy Weekly. Wen Yiduo attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Wen Lihe went to take his father home.

On the way back to the Xicangpo dormitory, the Wen family and his son were besieged and sniped by Kuomintang agents. At that time, as soon as the gunfire rang out, Wen Lihe immediately understood what had happened. He threw himself on his father who had fallen to the ground without hesitation, using his body to protect his father. As a result, he was hit by five bullets, his right leg was broken, and his lungs were damaged. He was penetrated, and one of the bullets was only half an inch away from his heart! Despite this disaster, he still endured the pain and said to the family members who came to rescue: "I am good enough to be my father's son!"

After Wen Lihe recovered from his injury, he returned to Tsinghua University (Beiping) with the help of people from all walks of life. Deeply hating his country and his family, he inherited his father's legacy and continued to participate in the revolutionary struggle. Under the leadership of underground workers of the Communist Party of China, he bravely and actively participated in Tsinghua University with his slightly lame right leg. After the founding of New China, he worked in the Youth League Working Committee of the Ministry of Railways and the Political Department of the Ministry of Railways.

Wen Lihe also loves literature. He has read a large number of classics and published several reportages and interviews. He hopes to inherit his father's legacy in literature.

In 1956, Wen Lihe was transferred to the Propaganda Section of the Political Department of Tianjin Railway Branch as deputy section chief. During the "Great Leap Forward", he frankly expressed his views on various unconventional practices, so he was labeled as a "rightist" and tortured. During the "Cultural Revolution", someone wanted to take advantage of the fame of Wen Yiduo's son, and asked Wen Lihe to write and criticize Jin Jingmai - the author of "The Song of Ouyang Hai" - (Liang's note: Jin lived in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City. I was in Guangzhou many years ago. (when I had a relationship with him).

I heard that Lihe is a follower of the crowd and doesn’t want to follow others’ opinions. After detailed investigation, he found that Jin Jingmai was not at fault and refused to write critical articles. As a result, he offended the powerful and was sent to labor twice.

2. The second son Wen Lidiao

Wen Lidiao was luckier than his eldest brother. After Wen Yiduo was murdered, Wen Lidiao followed his mother to the Liberated Areas in early 1948, changed his name to Wei Ying, and studied in the Literature Department of Northern University. For decades, he has been working in high-level organs of the Communist Party. He retired from the Central Propaganda Department and became a bureau-level cadre. He frequently accepted invitations to give reports on Wen Yiduo's patriotic thoughts.

3. The third son Wen Lipeng

Wen Lipeng inherited his father's art hobby, thrived in the fertile soil of the Chinese art world, and became a famous painter in our country. Wen Lipeng was formerly the director and professor of the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and is now the deputy director of the Oil Painting Art Committee of the Chinese Artists Association. The influential oil paintings he created include "The Internationale", "Ode to the Red Candle", "Stele of Death", "White Stone Series", etc. Many of his works have been collected by authoritative art institutions at home and abroad.

4. The eldest daughter is Wen Ming

The eldest daughter is called Wen Ming. Before she went to the liberated area with her mother, she secretly went to the place where her father died, dug out two piles of blood and soil, and put them in two small cloth bags. She still carefully preserves these two bags of blood and soil.

After liberation, she transferred to Renmin University of China to study Russian. After graduation, she worked as a translator for Soviet experts. Before her retirement, she was an associate professor at the Institute of Foreign Literature at Beijing Normal University. In the 1970s, she transcribed her mother Gao Zhen's dictation and wrote "A Record of Wen Yiduo Before and After His Sacrifice". This book is an important document for the study of Wen Yiduo.

5. The second daughter Wen (Hui Yu)

Among Wen Yiduo’s many children, she is the only one who focuses on Chinese classical literature like her father. She graduated from the Chinese Department of Beijing Normal University and was sent to teach in a school in rural Shanxi during the "Cultural Revolution".

In a spring when the ice and snow melted, she was in a hurry to teach students just one month after giving birth.

One day after school, the water in the small river that students must pass through every day rose. She was afraid that the cold water would freeze the young girls, so she went into the water and carried them across the river one by one. The children were safe and sound, but she suffered from severe rheumatoid syndrome. Due to the progression of the disease, she is now basically unable to take care of herself, but she is physically disabled and strong-willed, and has never succumbed to the disease.

In the late 1970s, she was transferred to work at the Beijing Institute of Education. Later, her illness worsened and she took a long illness. After retiring, she supported her half-rigid and half-disabled body and worked hard on writing. In 1996, she compiled and published her father's incomplete manuscript "The Book of Songs". Later, he wrote the 100,000-word "Annotations on Wen Yiduo's Old Style Poems", which will be published soon.

The 3rd-4th generation:

Wen Yiduo’s descendants are prosperous, including nine in the third generation and eight in the fourth generation.

The third generation is basically graduates of famous domestic universities or famous foreign universities. Among them: Wen Lidiao’s eldest son Wen Liming graduated from the History Department of Peking University and is now a professor of modern Chinese history at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Researcher of the Institute, author of "The Biography of Wen Yiduo", "The Collection of Wen Yiduo" and other works; Wen Lihe's daughter Wen Danyi completed her studies at Harvard University in the United States and is now engaged in bioengineering research in the United States; Wen Ming's daughter Dan Mei once studied in prestigious universities such as the University of Tokyo in Japan and now works at the Xinhua News Agency.

Most of the fourth generation are primary school students. The eldest great-granddaughter Wenting is 19 years old and is already in her second year of college.

Extended information:

Introduction to Wen Yiduo’s family members:

His wife Gao Xiaozhen, also known as Gao Zhen, is a representative of the people of North China. Born in 1903 and died in 1983. ?

The eldest son Wen Lihe, also known as Gao Ke, was born in 1927 and died in 1981.

The second son Wen Lidiao, also known as Wei Ying, was born in 1928.

The third son, Wen Lipeng, is a famous oil painter and professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

The fourth son Wen Lihong died in his early years.

The eldest daughter Wen Liying died unfortunately when she was four years old.

The second daughter Wen Ming was born in 1933.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Wen Yiduo