Anti-Japanese Military and Political University

Anti-Japanese Military and Political University

中国人民抗日军事政治大学
Gate of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University with motto.
Motto	团结、紧张、严肃、活泼
Motto in English	Togetherness, alertness, seriousness, liveliness
Type	Public
Active	1931 (1931)–1945 (1945)
Affiliations	CPC Central Committee of the Board of Education
President	Lin Biao (1937-1943) Xu Xiangqian (1943-1945)
Location	Yan'an , Shaanxi , China

The Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, also commonly known as Kàngdà (抗大) and Kangri Junzheng University (抗日军政大学), was a military academy located in Yan'an, Shaanxi, the headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Its former site has been converted to a memorial hall.

History

The Anti-Japanese Military and Political University was founded in 1931 in Ruijin, Jiangxi, capital of Jiangxi Soviet, it was initially called China Red Army School (中国红军学校) and then extended to a college named China Red Army College (中国红军大学) in 1933. During the fifth counter-campaign against "encirclement and suppression" in 1934, the college relocated to Wayaobu Town of Anding County in northwest China's Shaanxi province (Shaanbei), formed China Workers' and Peasants' Red Army School (中国工农红军学校) by the merger of Shanbei Red Army School (陕北红军学校) and later changed the name to Xibei Anti-Japanese University of the Red Army (西北抗日红军大学) in 1936. Zhou Kun was its president and Yuan Guoping was political commissar. On January 20, 1937, it was renamed "Anti-Japanese University of the Red Army" (中国人民抗日红军大学). Lin Biao was its president, Liu Bocheng was vice-president, and Mao Zedong was its chairman of the Board of Education. In March 1943, Xu Xiangqian succeed Lin Biao as the president. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the university was merged into PLA National Defence University.

Culture

• Motto: 团结、紧张、严肃、活泼; 'Be United', 'Alert', 'Earnest and Lively'
• University Song: Song of the Military University (军校之歌)

Presidents

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Ref
1		Lin Biao	1937	1943
2		Xu Xiangqian	1943	1945

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

See also

• Kàngrì (抗日)

References

Further reading

• Li, Xiaobing. China at War: An Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, 2012) pp 5–8.
• Saich, Tony, and Benjamin Yang. eds. The Rise to Power of the Chinese Communist Party: Documents and Analysis: Documents and Analysis (`996)

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