Li Min (politician)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li.

Li Min (Chinese: 李敏; pinyin: Lǐ Mǐn; born 1936 in Zhidan, Yan'an, Shaanxi with family roots in Xiangtan, Hunan), original name Mao Jiaojiao (Chinese: 毛姣姣; pinyin: Máo Jiāojiāo), is the daughter of Mao Zedong, former chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the Peoples' Republic of China and his third wife, He Zizhen. Her surname is Li rather than Mao, because Mao had changed his name to "Li Desheng" (simplified Chinese: 李德胜; traditional Chinese: 李德勝; pinyin: Lǐ Déshèng) for a period of time to prevent from being chased by Kuomintang army during the Chinese Civil War.

Biography

The names of Li Na and her sister Li Min come from Book 4 of the Analects of Confucius: "ne yu yan er min yu xing" (讷于言而敏于行, meaning slow in speech and earnest in conduct).[1][2] She married Kong Linghua (simplified Chinese: 孔令华; traditional Chinese: 孔令華; pinyin: Kǒng Lìnghuá) in 1959. She has one son, Kong Jining (simplified Chinese: 孔继宁; traditional Chinese: 孔繼寧; pinyin: Kǒng Jìníng) and one daughter, Kong Dongmei (simplified Chinese: 孔东梅; traditional Chinese: 孔東梅; pinyin: Kǒng Dōngméi). Kong Dongmei herself has 3 children and is said to own an estimated amount of 620 million Euro.[3]

Li Min was a member of the 10th National Congress of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ (Chinese) Sohu.com: “红色公主”李讷 ('The "red Princess", Li Na') (Chinese)
  2. ↑ Zhao Zhichao (赵志超), The Family of Mao Zedong (毛泽东一家人), Zhongyang Wenxian Press (中央文献出版社), 2000, ISBN 978-7-5073-0770-2. (Chinese)
  3. ↑ Yvon Quiniou in ARTE Philosophie, February 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ (Chinese) Three Sisters of Mao Zedong Family Get Together at CPPCC, People's Daily Online, March 3, 2003.
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