Bian Zhongyun
Bian Zhongyun | |||||||||
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卞仲耘 | |||||||||
Bian in 1964 | |||||||||
| Born | June 19, 1916 Wuwei, Anhui, China | ||||||||
| Died | August 5, 1966 (aged 50) Xicheng, Beijing | ||||||||
| Cause of death | Murdered by Red Guards | ||||||||
| Occupations | Party secretary, deputy principal | ||||||||
| Employer | Beijing Normal University Female Middle School | ||||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||
| Spouse | Wang Jingyao | ||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 卞仲耘 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 卞仲耘 | ||||||||
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Bian Zhongyun (Chinese: 卞仲耘; 19 June 1916 – 5 August 1966) was a deputy principal at the Beijing Normal University Female Middle School (now Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University). She was attracted to the Chinese Communist Party during the Second Sino-Japanese War and joined the party in 1941, and before working for the high school in Beijing, she worked as an editor for People's Daily then located in rural Hebei. During the Red August of 1966, she was beaten to death by the school's female Red Guards, becoming the first educator to be beaten to death in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution.