Ep. 163 | Zhou Enlai (Part 3)

In this Part 3 episode, the story of Zhou Enlai is taken all the way up to the 1943 Yan’an Rectification Campaign. We’ll look at the Zunyi Conference, the Long March, the Xian Incident, and finally the ill-fated Second United Front.

At every historic moment, Zhou Enlai was there, playing a lead role.

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Terms in Episode

Pinyin/Term	Chinese	English/Meaning
Ba Lu Jun	八路军	The Eighth Route Army
Bai Chongxi	白崇禧	former Guangxi warlord together with Li Zongren
Bai Qiu’en	白求恩	Norman Bethune
Bo Gu	博古	One of the 28 Bolsheviks and right hand to Wang Ming
Changsha	长沙	Capital of Hunan Province
Chen Duxiu	陈独秀	CCP Co-Founder, along with Li Dazhao
Chen Yi	陈毅	Great general, Shanghai mayor, Foreign Minister
Chiang Ching-kuo (Jiang Jingguo)	蒋经国	Future ROC president and son of Chiang Kai-shek
Chongqing	重庆	Wartime capital of China after it was removed from Nanjing and Wuhan
Dadu River	大渡河	River in Sichuan, site of a famous battle during the Long March retreat
Dai Li	戴笠	Chiang Kai-shek’s secret police chief
Deng Yingchao	邓颖超	Wife and lifelong partner of Zhou Enlai
Dong Biwu	董必武	Early CCP leader and founding member
Dongbei Jun	东北军	The Northeast Army
Fu Lianzhang	傅连暲	Nelson Fu, Western trained Chinese doctor who made the Long March
Gu Shunzhang	顾顺章	Early CCP leader and later betrayer
Guilin	桂林	Picturesque city in Guangxi Province
Guiyang	贵阳	Capital of Guizhou Province
Guizhou	贵州	Western province in China
H.H. Kung	孔祥熙	Husband of Song Ailing and consummate insider into ROC politics
Jiu Yi Ba	九一八	September 18, 1931 the Mukden Incident
Lan Ping – Jiang Qing	蓝苹－江青	Madame Mao
Li Zongren	李宗仁	former Guangxi warlord together with Bai Chongxi
Lianghekou	两河口	Place in northern Sichuan, site of the Lianghekou Meeting 6/28/1935
Liping	黎平	City in eastern Guizhou
Liu Shaoqi	刘少奇	Great early CCP mover and shaker of a thousand talents. Prime target of the Cultural Revolution
Luoyang	洛阳	Former imperial capital from ancient times, city in Henan
Manchukuo	满洲国	Japanese puppet state set up in Manchuria
Maoergai	毛儿盖	Place in northern Sichuan, site of the Maoergai Meeting in August 1935.
Peng Dehuai	彭德怀	Great Red Army general
Pu Yi	溥仪	the Last Emperor, brought out of retirement to be the figurehead of Manchukuo
Ruijin	瑞金	City on Fujian-Jiangxi border
Shaanxi	陕西	Northwest province of China
Shangguan Yunxiang	上官云相	KMT General, led the New Fourth Army Incident
Shao Shi	少师	Young Marshal
Song Meiling	宋美龄	Madame Chiang Kai-shek
Song Qingling	宋庆龄	Madame Sun Yat-sen
T.V. Soong	宋子文	Brother of the Soong Sisters
Tai’erzhuang Campaign	台儿庄会战	The Battle of Taierzhuang. The Rep. of China’s first victory over the Japanese army.
Tang Xuanzong	唐玄宗	The Tang Dynasty emperor who took the dynasty to great heights
Wang Jiaxiang	王稼祥	Another former 28 Bolshevik and Party leader who sided with Mao
Wang Ming	王明	Comintern appointed CCP leader and head of the 28 Bolsheviks
Wuhan	武汉	City in Hubei made up of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang
Xian	西安	Site of ancient Chinese capitals and the capital of Shaanxi Province
Xiang Ying	项英	Early CCP organizer and leader in the New Fourth Army
Xiang Zhongfa	向忠发	Early CCP leader appointed by the Comintern
Xikou	溪口	Near Ningbo, the birthplace of Chiang Kai-shek and location of the Young Marshal’s first prison
Xinhua	新华	New China
Xinhua Ribao	新华日报	the New China Daily
Yang Guifei	杨贵妃	Tang Xuanzong’s favorite concubine
Yang Hucheng	杨虎城	Nationalist general commanding the Northwest Army
Yang Lisan	楊立三	Future PRC minister, helped carry Zhou’s stretcher during the Long March
Yang Shangkun	杨尚昆	Major CCP leader and later President of PRC
Yan’an	延安	Revolutionary base of the CCP after the Long March
Yan’an Zhengfeng Yundong	延安整风运动	Yan’an Rectification Movement
Ye Jianying	叶剑英	Immortal Communist military leader and statesman
Ye Ting	叶挺	Red Army general from the early days of the revolution
Yundong	运动	Campaign or movement
Zhang Guotao	张国焘	CCP founding member, Mao rival and later KMT defector
Zhang Wentian	张闻天	Former 28 Bolshevik and Party leader who sided with Mao
Zhang Xueliang	张学良	The Young Marshal, son of Zhang Zuolin, PRC hero, ROC villain
Zhang Zuolin	张作霖	The Manchurian Warlord, father of Zhang Xueliang
Zhu De	朱德	Founder of the Red Army
Zong Hòuqín Bù	总后勤部	Logistics and supply division of the PLA
Zunyi	遵义	City just north of Liping
Zunyi Huiyi	遵义会议	The Zunyi Conference