Ye Duyi
Ye Duyi | |
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Chinese: 叶笃义 | |
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| Vice Chairman of the China Democratic League | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1912 Tianjin, China |
| Died | February 19, 2004 Beijing, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party; China Democratic League |
| Alma mater | Yenching University |
| Occupation | Social activist, publisher, politician |
Ye Duyi (Chinese: 叶笃义; January 1912 – February 19, 2004) was a Chinese social activist, publisher, and politician. He was a prominent patriotic democratic figure and served as honorary vice chairman of the China Democratic League. Over the course of his career, he held a number of positions in the political and legal institutions of the People's Republic of China, including member of the Legal Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and deputy secretary-general of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Ye joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1993.[1]
Biography
Republic of China period
Ye Duyi was born in January 1912 in Tianjin, with ancestral roots in Anqing, Anhui. In 1930 he graduated from Nankai High School in Tianjin and, due to his outstanding academic performance, was admitted to Yenching University without entrance examination. He graduated in 1934 from the university’s Department of Political Science. In 1936 he and his brother Ye Duzhuang jointly founded the Knowledge Bookstore in Tianjin, which became a center for the dissemination of progressive publications.[2]
During the Second Sino-Japanese War period, Ye became involved in democratic political movements. In 1944 he joined the Chinese Democratic Revolutionary League, and in September of the same year he became a member of the China Democratic League.[3] In 1945 he helped organize the North China General Branch of the League in Beijing, serving as a propaganda committee member and later as spokesman and deputy director of the organization’s publicity department. After the League was forced to suspend its activities, Ye continued related work in Shanghai until the establishment of the People's Republic of China.[4]
People's Republic of China period
After 1949 Ye assumed several important governmental and publishing positions. He served as a member and deputy secretary-general of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of the Government Administration Council of the People's Republic of China and became president of the Law Press. In 1956 he was elected deputy secretary-general of the China Democratic League and director of its general office.[5]
During the Anti-Rightist Campaign in 1957, Ye was labeled a rightist and subsequently underwent political reeducation. From 1958 to 1959 he studied at the Central Institute of Socialism, and in 1960 the designation of “rightist” was removed.[6] Between 1961 and 1966 he worked in the Cultural and Historical Materials Office of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. During the Cultural Revolution, he was imprisoned in Qincheng Prison from 1968 to 1972. He was fully rehabilitated at the end of 1978.[7]
In the following decades Ye continued to participate in political and cultural activities. He served as a member of the Legal Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, deputy secretary-general of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a council member of the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs and the China International Culture Exchange Center.[8] Within the China Democratic League he successively served as central committee member, standing committee member, deputy chairman, and secretary-general, and later became honorary vice chairman of the organization. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1993.[9]
Ye was an alternate delegate to the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 1949 and a deputy to the National People's Congress. He also served as a standing committee member of the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth National Committees of the CPPCC and as a member of the ninth National Committee.[10]
Ye Duyi also worked as a translator. His translated works include A History of American Foreign Policy and The British Embassy's Audience with the Qianlong Emperor, both published by Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House.[11]
Ye suffered a severe cerebral thrombosis in September 1996 that left him partially paralyzed. He died in Beijing on February 19, 2004, at the age of 92.[12]
References
- ↑ 燕京大學史稿 (in 中文). 人民中国出版社. 2000. p. 1054. ISBN 978-7-80065-689-7. Retrieved 2026-03-15. Search this book on
- ↑ 辛亥以来人物年里录 (in 中文). Jiangsu Education Press. 1994. p. 151. ISBN 978-7-5343-2076-7. Retrieved 2026-03-15. Search this book on
- ↑ 中囯民主党派词典 (in 中文). 中国政法大学出版社. 1989. p. 594. ISBN 978-7-5620-0245-1. Retrieved 2026-03-15. Search this book on
- ↑ 二十世纪中华爱国名人辞典 (in 中文). 吉林大学出版社. 1990. p. 64. ISBN 978-7-5601-0732-5. Retrieved 2026-03-15. Search this book on
- ↑ 中国抗日战争人物大辞典 (in 中文). 天津大学出版社. 1999. p. 99. ISBN 978-7-5618-1102-3. Retrieved 2026-03-15. Search this book on
- ↑ 中国民主同盟卷 (in 中文). Hebei People's Press. 2001. p. 350. ISBN 978-7-202-02483-6. Retrieved 2026-03-15. Search this book on
- ↑ 乔明甫; 翟泰丰 (1991). 中国共产党建设大辞典 (in 中文). Sichuan People's Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-7-220-01279-2. Retrieved 2026-03-15. Search this book on
- ↑ 当代中国百科大辞典 (in 中文). 档案出版社. 1991. p. 336. ISBN 978-7-80019-286-9. Retrieved 2026-03-15. Search this book on
- ↑ 中国统一战线全书 (in 中文). 國際文化出版公司. 1993. p. 757. ISBN 978-7-80049-613-4. Retrieved 2026-03-15. Search this book on
- ↑ 中国民主党派工作辞典 (in 中文). 黑龙江教育出版社. 1994. p. 351. ISBN 978-7-5316-2483-7. Retrieved 2026-03-15. Search this book on
- ↑ 中国当代名人录 (in 中文). Shanghai People's Press. 1991. p. 111. ISBN 978-7-208-01198-4. Retrieved 2026-03-15. Search this book on
- ↑ 章诒和 (2004). 往事並不如烟 (in 中文). 人民文学出版社. p. 330. ISBN 978-7-02-004440-5. Retrieved 2026-03-15. Search this book on
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