Yongye Academy (1889-present) is located on the banks of the Qingshui River in Jinzhu Town, Cenxi City, Guangxi Province, at the foot of Ma'an Mountain. Jinzhu Town has a history of more than 1,500 years since Yongye County was established in 524 AD. Therefore, Jinzhu is also called Yongye. Since the establishment of Yongye Academy, it has lasted for three dynasties and gone through many vicissitudes. The hardships during the period are difficult to describe. Here are some excerpts. , looking back at the past, remembering the sages above and inspiring future generations below.

Chronology of Major Events

In 1889 (the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty), an enlightened squire donated money to build the academy. It was completed in 1898 and the school was expanded to enroll students.

In 1910 (the second year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty), Chen Jieqing, a member of the school board, and others advocated the establishment of a Kaiming school, namely Yongye Higher Primary School.

In 1932 (the 20th year of the Republic of China), Chen Shuxun advocated the establishment of "Yongye Junior High School" with an enrollment of 120 students.

In 1934 (the 22nd year of the Republic of China), the county government appropriated school funds for office expenses, and the school was transformed into a tutoring club.

In 1940 (the 29th year of the Republic of China), Chen Shuxun, who was the chairman of the Guangxi Academic Affairs Council at the time, asked Lei Peihong, director of the Department of Education, and Governor Huang to take back the school property, reopen the middle school, and form an anti-Japanese propaganda team. . By 1949, the school had enrolled 29 classes with a total enrollment of 1,450 students.

In 1953, the county people's government took over the school and renamed it "Cenxi County No. 1 Junior High School" (referred to as Cenxi No. 1 Middle School).

In 1958, a high school section was added, becoming the only three high school completion schools in the county and named Jinzhu Middle School.

From 1978 to 1983, the County People's Government designated Jinzhu Middle School as a county-level key middle school.

Famous students

Chen Jihuan (1893-1944), born in Kunshan, Jinzhutang, was a student of Yongye Academy. At the age of 17, he joined the army. During the Revolution of 1911, he joined the mixed brigade of the Guangxi New Army and went north to Wuchang to support him. Later, he joined the Tongmenghui led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen. He served successively as platoon, company, battalion and regiment commander in the Xingui Clan. In 1923, he served as the county magistrate of Si'en County (today's Huanjiang County). In 1926, during the Northern Expedition, he served as the commander of the 21st Regiment of the First Division of the Seventh Army, which left Wuhan. He was later promoted to Major General Gao Shen of the Military Department and Director of the Hankou Anti-Smoking Bureau. In 1930 He served as the deputy commander of the Nanning garrison in 1937 and the director of the Second Mining Area of ??Guangxi in 1937. In 1944, when the Japanese army besieged Guangxi from Hunan and Guangdong, he served as the chief of staff of the Guilin City Defense Command despite his lameness. He was later promoted to deputy commander and fought bloody battles with the Japanese army. , fought to the end and died heroically for his country. Afterwards, the Nationalist Government posthumously recognized him as a lieutenant general, and in 1984 the Guangxi District Government posthumously recognized Chen Jihuan as a revolutionary martyr.

Chen Yuexiu (1898-1960), courtesy name Yunsheng, Jinzhu Ren, a native of Heping, was a student of Yongye Academy. He was known as the "Nanling No. 1 Wizard". In 1922, he ranked first in the Guangdong examination area in the Chinese Language Examination. , was admitted to Guangdong Higher Normal School. In 1926, he applied to teach at the Provincial Liuzhou No. 4 Middle School. In 1927, he taught at Guangdong Taishan Middle School. In 1936, he returned to Guangxi and served as provincial inspector. Later, he was transferred to the Department of Education as section chief. From 1945 to 1948, he served as the county magistrate of Longming County (today's other counties), and from July to December 1948, he served as the magistrate of Yongchun County (today's Hengxian County). After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he taught at Wuming Middle School. He loved education in his hometown throughout his life, actively prepared to build Yongye Middle School, and founded Jinzhu Culture Book Club.

Wei Canfang, courtesy name Yaotang, a master of Jinzhu Buddha, a student of Yongye Academy, a member of the Alliance, served as captain and company commander of the 929th Regiment of the 155th Division of the Kuomintang, and in 1930 he was appointed as the brigade commander of the Nanning Garrison Army in August 1938. He died in the Anti-Japanese War in Jiangxi, and the Nationalist Government posthumously recognized him as an Anti-Japanese Martyr.

Mo Dihua, a native of Jinzhu Yishui, was a student of Yongye Academy and a college student during the Republic of China. From 1933 to 1934, he served as the county magistrate of Sile County (now Ningming County), and from 1934 to September 1936, he served as the magistrate of Long'an County.

Chen Piyang, a native of Dayena Society, a student of Yongye Academy and a college student during the Republic of China. A doctor who studied in France, on the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, he built the largest paper mill in South China (Guangzhou Paper Mill) and was the chief engineer.

Lan Songjun, the former principal of Jinzhu Middle School, has been teaching for a long time. He was at Jinzhu Middle School in the late 1970s and was later transferred to the principal of Cenxi Middle School (county level), making great contributions to Cenxi’s education. .

Li Yukai, a student of Jinzhu Middle School, had great ambitions when he was young. After graduating from a domestic university, in order to serve the motherland and master more science and technology, he decided to study abroad, studying in the Soviet Union and France, and received a doctorate.

Wei Changqi, a native of Jinzhuzhongwei, a student of Yongye Academy and a college student during the Republic of China, served as the county magistrate of Liucheng County from December 1935 to November 1936.

Liang Weicheng, a native of Jinzhu Renheping, is a junior high school student of the 49th class of Jinzhu Middle School. After graduating from university, he has been engaged in cutting-edge national defense research. He has served as a researcher at the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, a researcher at the former Seventh Ministry of Machinery, and a researcher for the development of the country. The missile industry has made great contributions.

Chen Haitao, a native of Dayena Society, is a student of Jinzhu Middle School. He is a descendant of Mr. Chen Zhuming, the founder of Jinzhu Middle School. He has been engaged in national scientific research after graduating from university. He has served as a researcher in the laser laboratory of the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Deputy Director, Director. An academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cen Xi is currently the highest technical authority in his field work.

Liang Maohong, a native of Jinzhu Street, a student of Yongye Middle School and a college student during the Republic of China, has been engaged in journalism, publishing, books, literature and history for a long time. He has served as a newspaper reporter, editor-in-chief, Propaganda Minister of Wuzhou Municipal Party Committee, Guangxi Bookstore National research administrator of the museum.

Deng Shande, a native of Guiyi, is a student of Jinzhu Middle School. He has high attainments in geology. He has been engaged in geological research since graduating from university. He has served as a geological and mineral researcher and deputy director of the State Mineral Administration.

Li Guicai, a native of Jinzhu Street, was a student in Class 30 of Jinzhu Middle School in 1951. He graduated from Hunan Agricultural University in 1962 and is a senior agronomist. In 1974, the country sent him to Gabon, Africa, to provide guidance. The country developed agricultural production. After returning to China, he served as deputy director of the Cenxi County Agricultural Bureau and deputy director of the Cenxi Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee.

Liang Maohuan, a native of Jinzhu Street, is a junior high school student of the 49th class of Jinzhu Middle School. He has worked in Rongxian County, Guangxi for a long time. He once served as secretary of the Rongxian County Party Committee, chairman of the Rongxian CPPCC and other important positions.

Chen Jun, a native of Jiuzhu County, a junior high school student of the 50th class of Jinzhu Middle School, has been involved in politics for a long time and has served successively as Secretary of Cangwu Shiqiao Town Committee, County Mayor of Cenxi County Government, and Deputy Director of Wuzhou City Urban Construction Committee.

Lu Zhonghe, male, born in August 1940, is from Luoding, Guangdong. Joined the Communist Party of China in July 1966. Started working in September 1963. Postgraduate degree (Organic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences). researcher. After 1958, he studied polymer chemistry in the Department of Polymer Chemistry and Polymer Physics of the University of Science and Technology of China. After 1963, he served as an intern researcher at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. After 1965, he became a graduate student in organic chemistry at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. After 1969, he trained at the Tianjin People's Liberation Army Farm. After 1970, he served as deputy director and assistant researcher of the Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (period: from September 1979 to September 1980, he studied in the Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, USA, and from September 1980 to November 1981, he studied in the Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, USA. Studying at Selyer Polytechnic). After 1982, he served as deputy director, director, deputy director, associate researcher and researcher of the Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. After 1986, he served as director and party secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Commission, president and deputy party secretary of the Guangzhou Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Guangdong Academy of Sciences. After 1988, he served as deputy governor of Guangdong Province (period: from February 1989 to July 1989, he studied in the provincial and ministerial level cadre training class of the Central Party School). After 1993, he served as member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Committee and deputy governor. After 2001, he served as deputy director and deputy secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress. In January 2003, the first meeting of the 10th Guangdong Provincial People's Congress elected Lu Zhonghe as the director of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress. On January 26, 2005, the Presidium of the Third Session of the Tenth National People's Congress of Guangdong Province accepted Lu Zhonghe's request to resign as director of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial People's Congress. In March 2008, he served as deputy chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 11th National People's Congress. Chairman of Guangdong Soong Ching Ling Foundation.

Xie Derong, Jinzhuyue Liuren, was a junior high school student in the 1960s of Jinzhu Middle School. He joined the army in 1962 and has been engaged in politics for a long time. After resigning from the army, he served as Secretary of the Party Committee of Daye Town, member of the Standing Committee of the Cenxi County Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission and Vice Chairman of Cenxi CPPCC.

Qin Hongsheng, a native of Jinzhu Zhongwei, was a junior high school student in the 61st class of Jinzhu Middle School. He joined the army in 1962 and was transferred to the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department in 1967. He has been engaged in public security work for a long time and has successively served as the Sixth Division Section Chief of the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department. Chief, Director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, and obtained the rank of third-class police superintendent.

Deng Beiguang, a native of Jinzhu Shilong, is a junior high school student of the 62nd class of Jinzhu Middle School. He once served as a cadre of the Cenxi County Commercial Bureau, the director of the Cenxi City Second Art Team, the Guiyi Town Party Committee Secretary, and the deputy director of the Cenxi County Public Security Bureau. , director and secretary of Cenxi City Water and Electricity, and serves in Cenxi Municipal Law Committee.

Huang Zhanbo, a native of Jiuzhu County, is a junior high school student of the 65th class of Jinzhu Middle School. After graduating from university, he has been engaged in the design and construction of military barracks for a long time. He served as the director of the Barracks Department of the Guangzhou Military Region and held the rank of senior colonel.

Wu Fangyuan and Daye Yang Leren are junior high school students of the 65th class of Jinzhu Middle School. He once served as deputy director of the Cenxi Municipal Party Committee Office of the Communist Party of China, deputy director of the Municipal Government Office, deputy director and director of the Education Bureau, and later served as secretary of the Education Bureau.

Li Jian, a native of Huangling, Jinzhu, was a high school student in the 69th class of Jinzhu Middle School. He joined the army in 1968 and served as Minister of Armed Forces Department of Teng County, member of the Standing Committee of Cenxi County Party Committee, Minister of Armed Forces of Cenxi County (City), Cenxi Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Chairman of Cenxi CPPCC.

Li Shurong, a native of Jinzhu Maqin, is a high school student of the 69th class of Jinzhu Middle School. He is good at English and has been engaged in foreign trade for a long time. He can directly communicate with foreign businessmen in English. He once served as the general manager of Guangxi Minmetals Import and Export Group Company. , later settled in Hong Kong, joined the business world, and then immigrated to the United States and became a Chinese-American.

Chen Yicai, a native of Jinzhu Street, is a junior high school student of the 69th class of Jinzhu Middle School. He has been engaged in journalism for a long time. He once served as the deputy director of the "Guangxi Daily" reporter station in Wuzhou and the "People's Daily" reporter station in Guangxi. Reporter, "People's Daily South China Edition" reporter, "People's Daily" South China Branch Internal Reference Department Director.

Li Ming, a native of Jiuzhu County, is a high school student in the 72nd class of Jinzhu Middle School. He is lively, diligent, studious and motivated. After joining the work, he successively served as director of the Materials Bureau of Cenxi County, secretary of the Party Committee of Zhangmu Town, deputy county magistrate and deputy secretary of the Cenxi County Government, county magistrate of the Hexian County Government, member of the Hezhou Prefectural Committee and secretary of the Hezhou Municipal Committee, and Hechi City Vice Mayor, Deputy Director of Guangxi Civil Affairs Department.

Pan Meichang, a native of Huangling, Jinzhu, is a student of No. 72 (1) of Jinzhu Middle School. Having worked as a worker and cadre, he was eager to learn and motivated. He was admitted to Guangdong Sun Yat-sen University and later studied as a graduate student in the History Department of Sun Yat-sen University, specializing in modern Chinese history. After graduation, he successively served as deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Fangcheng Port Working Committee, in charge of overall work, and was later transferred to the office director of the Shenzhen Party School and the director of the Shenzhen Port Office.

Qin Dexin, a native of Jinzhu Xinlian, is a student in Class 75 (2) of Jinzhu Middle School. He worked hard since childhood and was admitted to university. After graduation, he entered politics, first serving as deputy director and later director of the He County Animal Husbandry Bureau.

Chen Cuizhen, a native of Hengdong, Jinzhu, is a student of Grade 76 (2) of Jinzhu Middle School. She has been engaged in agricultural science and technology work for a long time. She once served as a cadre of Daye Town, a cadre of the Wuzhou Regional Agricultural Bureau, and the deputy director of the Hezhou Municipal People's Congress.

Hu Liucai, a native of Jinzhu Xinlian, a student of Class 76 (2) of Jinzhu Middle School, has worked hard since childhood and has been involved in politics for a long time. He once served as the director of the Cenxi County Audit Bureau, the mayor and secretary of the Nandu Town Government, Member of the Standing Committee of the Cenxi Municipal Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda of the Communist Party of China, Deputy County Magistrate of Teng County Government, and Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Teng County People's Congress.

Huang Shaojin, a native of Huangmao, Jinzhu, is a student in Class 76 (3) of Jinzhu Middle School. He has been engaged in financial work for a long time and is the vice president of Wuzhou People's Bank.

Wei Hongwen, a native of Ishii, Jinzhu, is a high school student of the 77th class of Jinzhu Middle School. He has been engaged in automobile machinery for a long time, especially devoted to the research of Wuling automobile manufacturing, and personally designed the Wuling automobile trademark, Guangxi Wuling Group Executive Vice President.

Chen Jianwen, a native of Jinzhutang, a student of No. 76 (1) of Jinzhu Middle School, first joined the army and then entered politics. He once served as the Minister of Armed Forces of a county in Guangdong with the rank of colonel. He transferred to Guangzhou Tianhe District Intermediate Court as a leader. position.

Shen Hongmei, a native of Jinzhu Shiqin, is a student of Class 76 (1) of Jinzhu Middle School. She is a hero among girls in Jinzhu Town. She once served as the deputy mayor of Cenxi Guiyi Town, deputy director of Cenxi City Water and Electricity Bureau, Director, deputy director of Changzhou District, Wuzhou.

Deng Dongming, a native of Jinzhu Shilong, was a high school student in Grade 76 of Jinzhu Middle School. After the resumption of the college entrance examination, he was admitted to Tsinghua University with absolutely high scores. After graduation, he worked in Wuzhou City Water and Electricity Bureau and was the deputy director of Wuzhou City Power Supply Bureau. .

Qin Rusheng, a native of Dayehekou, is a high school student in Grade 1982 of Jinzhu Middle School. He once served as section chief and deputy director of Wuzhou City Finance Bureau, and deputy county magistrate of Cangwu County Government.

Ye Jianqiang, a native of Cuncheng, Cenxi, taught at Jinzhu Middle School from 1983 to 1985, and was later transferred to Cenxi to teach. He served as the mayor and secretary of Nandu Town, Cenxi City, and the party committee secretary and secretary of Longwei Town, Cangwu County. Mayor of Changzhou District, Wuzhou, deputy secretary of the Wuzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and director of the Municipal Supervision Bureau.

Huang Zhengliang, a native of Wanglu, Jinzhu, attended Jinzhu Middle School in the 1970s, has been engaged in financial work for a long time, and is the director of the Nanning People's Bank.

Chen Yijun, a native of Jinzhu Street and a student of Jinzhu Middle School, has been engaged in the work of the People's Political Consultative Conference for a long time. He has served as a member of the District CPPCC Culture and History Committee, an editorial board member, editor-in-chief, and deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine "Literary History Spring and Autumn Period".

Liu Zhi, a native of Shuiwen, Cenxi, is a student of Jinzhu Middle School. He has been involved in politics for a long time. He once served as section chief of the Organization Department of Wuzhou Prefectural Committee, deputy director of Wuzhou Regional Bureau of Statistics, and director of Wuzhou Municipal Bureau of Statistics.