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Gao Junyu (; October 22, 1896 – March 5, 1925) was a member of the
2nd Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 2nd Central Executive Committee, officially the ''2nd Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of China'' (CPC, Traditional Chinese: 中共第二中央執行委員會), was elected by the 2nd National Congress and its electoral term ...
. Born in
Jingle County Jingle County () is a county of central Shanxi province, China. It is under the administration of Xinzhou Xinzhou, ancient name Xiurong (), is a prefecture-level city occupying the north-central section of Shanxi Province in the People's R ...
,
Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...
Province, he entered
Peking University Peking University (PKU) is a Public university, public Types of universities and colleges in China#By designated academic emphasis, university in Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the Peop ...
in 1916 and participated in the May 4 Movement of 1919. He attended the 2nd congress of the
Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...
from 1922 to 1923. In 1924, he accompanied
Sun Yat-sen Sun Yat-senUsually known as Sun Zhongshan () in Chinese; also known by Names of Sun Yat-sen, several other names. (; 12 November 186612 March 1925) was a Chinese physician, revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who founded the Republ ...
to
Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...
, where he worked as Sun's secretary. Shortly after returning to Beijing with Sun, he died suddenly of illness. He was laid to rest in Beijing's Taoranting Park.高君宇病逝日期,过去的资料上一般都说是1925年3月5日。但依据协和医院病历的记载,其病逝日期应为3月6日。参考:宋诚 关于高君宇传记中几则史实的辨正 In the years before he died he had met the talented Marxist writer
Shi Pingmei Pingmei Shi or Shi Pingmei (石评梅; 20 September 1902 – 30 September 1928) was a Chinese writer. She was considered as one of the four women famous for their contributions to modern Chinese literature in the early Republic of China. Life ...
. Gao Junyu's own marriage had been arranged when he was young but it was still extant. They would meet and eventually Gao Junyu divorced his wife, but his love was unrequited. The only token of love Shi accepted was an ivory ring which matched one that he wore. He died when she was 23 and for the next three years she went to Taoran Pavilion where he was buried. After Shi's early death her friend Lu Yin wrote a novel based on their love story named "Ivory Rings". This story has been retold in a book and a film. Gao Junyu and Shi's graves are a place of pilgrimage for young couples., Renditions.org, Retrieved 3 November 2016


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{{Authority control 1896 births 1925 deaths Politicians from Xinzhou National University of Peking alumni Republic of China politicians from Shanxi Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shanxi Members of the 2nd Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Burials in Beijing