Amidst the years

Lei Jieqiong Yan Jingyao of Beijing Law SchoolHospitalTwo or three things

   Mr. Lei Jieqiong106Years old walked her century in life2011Years1Month9The day passed away. Her husband, Mr. Yan Jingyao1976Years1Month12Day died, aged72Years old. The couple two people left many memorable story with its extraordinary and long life. More and more people know that Lei Jieqiong is a social activist, vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, vice chairman of NPC Standing Committee, vice mayor of Beijing City, the Central Committee Chairman, Peking University Professor; also know Yan Jingyao is the founder of the Association for the promotion of democracy, sociology, criminology scholars, professor of Peking university. But few articles and reports mention two gentlemen1952Years-1972Once in the Beijing Institute of political science and law to teach career achievement; or is rarely mentioned or simple with one or two words this paragraph of experience. But after twenty years, how can the spot of words? Probably don't want to say?! People have to go, they do not know they are on the period of years of experience. Twenty years and worked for them or listen to their teaching people now have over seventy years of age, more or less to remember some two professors at the Beijing Institute of political science and law of things, as memories of debris, together can be roughly understand them here for people and situations.

   1952Years, setting the Central People's Government large-scale adjustment of the national higher school departments, the Republic of China era system of modern universities system into the "Soviet model" of higher education system. After full adjustment, many of the nation's high school was split, re established eight Beijing college. Some college of sociology, political science, humanities and social science majors are stop and cancel, private education from the stage of history. Peking University Department of Tsinghua University, cancel, Fu Jen Catholic University, Yanjing University political system, social (Yenching University, Fu Jen Catholic University was canceled), the teachers and students together with the law students adjusting to a new University: Beijing Institute of political science and law. So many intellectuals at that time from the original institutions have been adjusted to leave, there is no choice, but to obey. Lei Jieqiong, Yan Jingyao couples from Yanjing University adjusted to the Beijing Institute of political science and law, Yanjing University they taught for many years without, become a Peking University campus. Then these professors fate be changed, began a new career.

In Beijing Institute of politics and law, Lei Jieqiong was appointed Vice provost, two professor level; Yan Jingyao director chamber method research three national professor. It is in this period of twenty years, two people of connubial and other intellectuals experienced as a political movement, they have a lot of which it would be awkward to disclose. The passage of time, then things have forgotten alienation, two people in the world are rarely mentioned, several decades through interview that year and working with Lei Jieqiong Yan Jingyao two Mr. some teachers, how many know some of them at that time of the chores, through which much can also reflect the fate of intellectuals.

The chairman and the national law department deputy dean
   Beijing Institute of political science and law established Lei Jieqiong and fee green was appointed Vice provost, Liu ang as dean. Lei Jieqiong every day to school classes, fee green seldom come to work. Office things mostly by Liu Ang decided, he is the Party cadres, and later the Soviet Union experts, academic thing and they have the final say. Although the number of Lei Jieqiong's social activities, but the meeting in addition to go abroad, she came to school on time to work, see the document, handle the educational administration teaching work, also offers courses in marriage law.





    Lian Xi Sheng, Professor of constitutional law at China University of Political Science and Law,79Years old.1954He graduated from the law department of Renmin University of China, assigned to the room of national law department of Beijing Institute of political science and law, and Mr. Yan Jingyao work together."When we arrived, that is20Many years, although the university graduation but don't know how to teach how to do them, Yan Jingyao, Professor Wu Enyu told us in learning from data collection, collation of data when started, and then how to use data, they say, is when the teacher didn't make bricks without straw. They are honest to do knowledge, but everyone has some unique practices his. Then I as a teacher for many years, has been on her own, the young teacher said: if you want to make a good teacher, one must first be a good information. This sentence is inspired by Mr Yan. Yan Jingyao is the director of the Department, is to our young teachers concern, hands-on teaching. The trial chamber we research at that time, every young teacher on the platform before the trial, Yan Jingyao their old teachers to listen to, this is a great help to our. Lei Jieqiong Dean also often come to our department meeting, their relationship with the young people very well, without what. Yan Jingyao and Lei Jieqiong's social activities, often not in school. The couple as a deputy to the National People's Congress, after attending the conference, Yan Jingyao often important spiritual and policy to the Department told us the people congress, in fact played publicize the party's principles and policies, we all like to listen to him, because from the introduction will get some new information, help for our teaching." Teacher Lian recollections of the past that.

   Professor Xu Qing1956He graduated from the law department of Jilin University, assigned to the room of national law department of Beijing Institute of political science and law teaching, from teaching40Year in, year80Years old. He said: "when I first came here to visit Lei Jieqiong and Yan Jingyao, because Lei Lao and I are Cantonese, communication is very kind to me, they are very enthusiastic, let me feel very relaxed and casual. Our young teachers have to listen to his lecture that year, he opened the course is the bourgeois constitution, the struggle between political parties, the complex political relations thoroughly, we listen very understand. He lectures without notes and books, because there was no textbooks, only the Soviet Union's book. Mr. Yan never took notes, smooth and fluent, talk cheerfully and humorously, sometimes also some examples, very lively, students like to listen to, and actively take notes. But Mr. Yan's class is not the main subject, the final did not test."

When school is not to let Yan Jingyao and Lei Jieqiong speak what legal subjects, in the middle and old intellectuals, such as they can teach is not much, mostly idle, first thought to transformation.

   Teacher Fang Yan is a retired Administrative Law Department of our first director,1952Year's work in the Beijing Institute of political science and law. This year89Years old. When he was young and Mr. Yan Jingyao teaches in a department. He recalled: "at that time seems to have no what lessons can tell, is bourgeois things. Professor Yan Jingyao proposed that we lecture, Department of United got a lesson: 'the World Factbook', Professor Yan wrote the part of the lectures, because he has been to the Soviet Union, the manuscript written in neat, well behaved. Professor Yan also talked about the constitution of the Soviet Union, teaching effect is good. Remember he inspected the back from the Soviet Union, gave us a report, were later criticized said he is preaching the bourgeois ideology." At that time people talk is cautious, not because of any words will be criticized, Yan Jingyao didn't think about the things can be said to be reactionary, bourgeois.

   Ren Zhongjie teacher,72Years old, graduated from the Beijing Institute of political science and law, also once and Yan Jingyao teacher in the chamber method research of a country to work, he said: "the state law department at the time of the business is divided into two parts, one is the constitution, is an international law. I was in the international law, and Mr. Yan Jingyao are in contact at the time of the meeting.1962Years when I remember him to give students a lecture, he was senior Democrats, is representative of the people, open political association back his internal report at the school, said the situation at home and abroad. Mr. Yan is very serious, prepared a speech, let us these young teacher, and then to give students speak. Class is over, the night he also to answer the students, I accompanied him to answer, spent a night. The old professor is not much, Mr. Yan to lectures, the effect is also very good, popular with the students."In the national law teachers know as long as Mr. Yan to come to the meeting, will bring some candy, chocolate, biscuits and smoke for everyone to enjoy the food, good smoke you have not seen, only their senior Democrats have, that they go back, two is the advanced democracies have special, but Mr. Yan is for everyone to enjoy, very harmonious relationship with colleagues.
Yan Jingyao, the reception of the foreign guests in Beijing Institute of political science and law in fifty

The marriage law and the national law course teaching

   1952Zhao Kejian teacher (1954I graduated from Beijing College of political science and law) school, Lei Jieqiong vice Provost taught them the marriage law, let him remember60Years ago, he still wants to a few days and said: "when I go to school at that time, the old professor to give us a lecture about Lei Jieqiong and Yan Jingyao, who is a senior Democrat, is a united front, other professors are the so-called old intellectuals so sidelined. I was from the north to adjust students,1953The first half of year, Lei Jieqiong and Yan Jingyao gave us a big lesson. Yan Jingyao told Lei Jieqiong about the national law, the marriage law. I am now in retrospect, Lei Jieqiong said the marriage law, the law of the taste is not very strong, because she's a sociology, is Yanjing University sociology professor. The early liberation sociology class stopped, don't get out of this course. It emphasizes the analysis of class struggle, class. These classes class is not so clear, not to speak of class analysis, but in terms of the common things, such as psychology, sociology, ethics, aesthetics, who do not speak the class nature class relegate to limbo, who speak the common humanity courses are not out of the way, Lei Jieqiong into the Beijing Institute of political science and law will be changed to the professor legal lessons. The marriage law class professor ray that large classes in the auditorium, basic principles of her marriage law: the principle of freedom of marriage, monogamy principle, the principle of equality between the sexes, criticism, the three obediences and the four virtues, the three cardinal guides criticized the feudal ethical code, the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of women, for women's lawful rights and interests should be give special care, in order to realize the equality between men and women. In her lecture in few cases, because of her practice in this aspect is very few, so more is to promote social progress, promote the emancipation of women about marriage law perspective. We thought it is sociological content. She is a famous sociologist, sociology not to speak, she put the sociological content on the teaching of the marriage law, talk was quite wonderful, level clear, articulate, the voice also, is worthy of the old experts.

Professor Yan Jingyao speech at the opening ceremony on 1956 Conference

   Professor Yan Jingyao in the great hall also our class. When the Yanjing University he was engaged in Criminology and penology. But in Beijing politics and law science and did not let him drive the two course, just let him speak the national law. At that time China has not only the common programme of the constitution, the constitutional role, the only law is the law of marriage. He told the bourgeois constitution, the Soviet constitution, teaching effect is very good, class time to master is very accurate, just in time. Tight structure, articulate, eloquence is very good, be lively and vivid, sometimes with some small story, we feel that the old professor is very good. But only two of them out carefully, others are sidelined, good transformation and then came on stage to talk. Both of them are senior Democrats, Lei Jieqiong, Yan Jingyao and representatives of the National People's Congress, school to them or with other old intellectual distinction. Yan Jingyao attended the conference, back in class communication, we all love. At that time there was no one willing to class truancy, willing to learn, too less classes, law doesn't taste too strong. At that time, not many courses, criminal law course please the Central Party school, people's university teacher to teach. The Soviet Union experts told the civil law course, say a few words to translate, so the effect is not very good."

The time before the cultural revolution, most students remember hearing Yan Jingyao's class, praise. He told the class, the bourgeoisie, the world of the constitution Chinese constitution, international law.

Courteous gentleman

 Lei Jieqiong Yan Jingyao two people of husband and wife relationship as China saying goes: "juanjimei, Xiangjingrubin" plus Western gentleman elegant demeanor.

Lei Jieqiong Yan Jingyao and his wife to Beijing Institute of political science and law, as long as no country and social activities, they always come to school every day classes, work on time. At that time they lived in Nanluogu Lane, the original Peking University courtyard inside, adjustment after the yard on the return of the Beijing Institute of politics and law, all. The school has just moved to Xueyuan Road, living in the city professors are bus to what is on the outskirts of Xueyuan Road41Number of work, then this place is a wilderness, a muddy dirt roads go bad, bus also rarely, traffic is very inconvenient. "After a period of time the school has a large America truck ten wheels as the shuttle bus, shuttle off the old professors, this situation is almost a two years. There was also a big nose Sigeda limousine, work professors on the situation is much better." Mr. Wu Zhaoming (1955Beijing Institute of political science and law school graduate, former party chief,79Years old) memories of this time.

1941 November

   "Ray and I live in the courtyard. The couple in Nanluogu Lane, is the neighbours for years. On the way to school class catch the shuttle bus, to get out of the alley journey, because the bus to go into the hutongs. Every morning Lei Jieqiong Yan Jingyao are always follow like a shadow of walked out Hu Tong to take the shuttle bus to work in Xueyuan Road." Mr. Zhang Xiaowen (graduated from the Beijing Institute of political science and law, teaches, now retired,79Years old) said.

To Xueyuan Road, "I remember that once I saw Yan Jingyao get off, Lei Jieqiong to open the door, and make a gesture, meaningLadyFirst,Please Lei Jieqiong go first, very gentleman, left a deep impression on me. The relationship between husband and wife, let us rather regrets, I think they are well-educated western behavior, so different, so refined and courteous between husband and wife, it is rare." Professor Xue Meiqing (1954The people's University Graduate assigned to Beijing politics and law schools,81Years old) are feeling says.

   "Every day to school early in the morning, Yan Jingyao took Lei Jieqiong to the building entrance (Lei Jieqiong's office in building two layer), two people mutual baibaishou said 'Goodbye'. Then Yan Jingyao went to her office (3Building) to work, noon they6No.250Room at. From the time, Yan Jingyao is often to pick up Lei Jieqiong sit bus home. Yan Jingyao is always let Lei Jieqiong go in front, behind her in." Fang Yan teacher remember the past50For many years.

   When I was young, in order to cause Lei Jieqiong not to have children, Yan Jingyao will respect the decision of Lei Jieqiong. "I think the thing that Yan Jingyao respect for Lei Jieqiong, respect her choice, the husband is really generous performance." Professor Xue Meiqing says.

"I remember one student Lei Jieqiong and the grassroots campaign, the students asked her why she had no children, Lei Jieqiong smiled and replied: 'we are the first sterilization, after marriage.' None of the problems were not happy." Mr. Zhang Xiaowen recalled. Zhang and Lei Jieqiong neighbors for years, said he had "never heard of Lei Yan two people in the house to quarrel or even speak loudly, very quiet. A clump of things they are also very enthusiastic to participate actively in the courtyard, only the thunder home phone, her many times to help me a phone call.1976Years1Month Mr. Yan Ching Yao died of cerebral haemorrhage, Mr. Lei Jieqiong long time mood slowly don't come over, oneself a person is not at home. Their relationship is so good, suddenly a person not, really is a big blow to Lei Jieqiong."

The Great Cultural Revolution time

   The Cultural Revolution began, the school leadership, the old professor's life is not easy. Qian Duansheng, Liu Jingxi and other leaders of the school being criticized, shaved head, the old professor who was shut in5Building, account problem. Lei Jieqiong, Yan Jingyao this is not because they are senior Democrats escape. Before the Cultural Revolution school for them is quite polite, but by the Cultural Revolution regardless of the set, they also belong to the reactionary academic authority, so nobody can escape. Lei Yan two people during the cultural revolution are written account of material. Especially Yan Jingyao is considered to have a history major,1936Years, Yan Jingyao in order to study the problem of crime many years served as the deputy warden of Shanghai Tilanqiao prison5Years. The teacher remember during the cultural revolution, Yan Jingyao therefore to criticize the shaved head of yin and yang. Lei Yan Nanluogu Lane family was copied.

   Zou Deci (female,1954Years after graduation, bureau of justice assistance,78Years old) recalls: "the Great Cultural Revolution began, Lei Jieqiong also began to change the fate of.1969Nian Linbiao issued1Number of orders, the preparation, the city people are to be evacuated to the suburbs and rural areas. The winter of that year, the school staff were evacuated to a village Zhang Jia Ying Zhen Yanqing, people living in the home for several months, families in the city. Lei Jieqiong Yan Jingyao also went, a young female comrade Lei Jieqiong and I have a PLA propaganda team with a Kang. Has been very cold days, should be wearing a coat of the season, Lei Jieqiong did not wear cotton padded jacket, because her home to the red guards to copy, paste the seal, not Lei Jieqiong Yan Jingyao home to take the clothes. The trip to Yanqing we are wearing cotton padded jacket, Lei Yan only wearing a sweater. In Yanqing is also not what to do, we went to the town around the cotton padded jacket, and Lei Jieqiong did not only on the Kang sit around the quilt. Her house was sealed, wages stopped, only to the point of living expenses, in fact is the meals, or very difficult. Remember Lei Jieqiong all day sitting on the Kang textile clothing line, is to the labor insurance gloves off line, weaving clothing line or line of pants, because do not have money to buy wool. In fact, Lei Jieqiong is not a dry household chores, so she sat all day in the Kang woven sweater I feel very strange, asked her, she speaks Guangdong accent said: 'in order to pass the time!' She said to her niece, children clothing. Why the three of us in a bed? In order to monitor Lei Jieqiong. Military propaganda team that the woman gave me the assignment, when she's not there and let me watch Lei Jieqiong. In fact, I am a hat right, the object is being monitored, the PLA propaganda team watching me, let me watch Lei Jieqiong. Remember every several days to allow Yan Jingyao to see Lei Jieqiong, the military propaganda team let me secretly listen to what they are told, and then report back to her. Lei Jieqiong kept talking very cautious, not showing any attitude, never complain, they greet each other, chat, so what did not handle can let the military propaganda team caught. Lei Jieqiong's request for her jacket, but the weather is too cold, the military propaganda team will allow them to bring home the cotton padded clothes to wear. Then Lei Jieqiong60Years old, and together we go outside to carry water, but the road is not too near."

   1971Beijing Institute of political science and law faculty to Anhui Province five shop five seven cadre labor reform, Lei Jieqiong Yan Jingyao was asked to the cadre school. "Remember to cadre of the train, we arrange the sleeper these young faculty, and Mrs. Lei Jieqiong was arranged in the hard seat carriage, their age is not young, but simply sat in Anhui County, this is the military propaganda team wants, all two of them. The cadre is also more humane, let them live in a hut, others are split between men and women live collective dormitory." Zou Deci said.

   Professor Sun Bingzhu (1952The people's University graduate student after graduation, assigned to the Beijing Institute of political science and law teaching until retirement,81Years old) Said that: "cadre when Professor Lei Jieqiong and I a, our own cooking, Lian Xi Sheng, Yu Shutong, cook a meal, I and Zou Deci were to open a store, for quanlian people to solve the daily problems. They also went to the kitchen to get Professor ray meal, and then go back to the cabin to eat. I remember asking Professor ray how to maintain the body, she said she never deliberately maintenance or what to eat tonic drink milk, is long, to the cadre school to buy milk powder. At the time of the cadre school net campaign, let the day everyone in the meeting hold what '516'molecular, did not find a'516'to. So work time is relatively less, live not too heavy."

   Professor Xue Meiqing said: "although I don't mine the old one, sometimes also can encounter. A meeting with Lei Lao, she asked me how, I said is in the menopause not in very good condition, feel very tired, she said that she was very smoothly through menopause, leaving no sequela. She told me that I should pay more attention to himself in this period, not to do too tired to live. I always remember this conversation, ray old very amiable and easy of approach, not what."

   Fang Yan recalled: "teacher in the cadre school when, Lei Jieqiong Yan Jingyao hut was cloudy and tide, but they never complain about what, easy-going, also stand. Two of them were older, do not too heavy, also is to let them into the vegetable vegetable leaf, pick up a thinning of what. I live every day we made to the newspaper, I was not working in the fields and so.1972Years of military propaganda team announced that it decided to disband the Beijing Institute of political science and law, we each find a way out. Lei Jieqiong Yan Jingyao returned to Beijing, went to Peking University to teach, after the Beijing politics and law school complex do, she never came back."
In 1975 September, and Mr. Yan Jingyao was taken to Lugou Bridge, Mr. Yan died the following year

   Beijing Institute of political science and law in this twenty years, Lei Jieqiong Yan Jingyao has experienced the adjustment, after all in accordance with the instructions of the Soviet experts, experienced the anti rightist struggle, experienced because they are patriotic and democratic personage be relied on to a certain extent, to be used in a certain range, and then through the cultural revolution, has experienced the reactionary academic authority over station, was down to encounter, they must have many grievances and pain in my heart never can say. This20Years, two of them almost didn't become an author. Early in the1934Years, Yan Jingyao was when he was young to Chinese crime research results in America University of Chicago doctoral thesis "relationship" crime and social changes of the Chinese, but after50Years was published by the Peking University press. Another of the "collection of Yan Jingyao" the article inside until1954Years later, it did not see Yan Jingyao again have what works, as one of the earliest research China crime scholars, but not what achievements. Young when they are progressive patriotic intellectuals, for the motherland, was not to hesitate to bleed. Lei Jieqiong Yan Jingyao's life of country always keep the love from the heart of the sincere love for the party, so that in the most painful the most miserable years, they stick to their beliefs, prudent self-restraint, don't complain, just like their generation intellectuals with a heart always sincere, always a kind heart, love the motherlandLove the people.