Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t12.8

v2.c15.s2.t12.8

It may be noted that the general socio-political atmosphere of Chinese society then had turned out to be quite vicious, despicable and oppressive due to the autocratic regime of the Guo-mindang. The most disappointing moment in his life came when his close friend Li Gongfu, one of the executive members of the China Democratic League, was assassinated in Kun-ming on July 11, 1946. As a crusader of democracy and freedom, Wen Yiduo gave an impassioned speech in the condolence meeting of Li Gonfu on July 15, while openly and stridently denouncing the reactionary government in the strongest possible vitriolic terms, and consequently, it was in the same evening of that fateful day when the poet was returning home after the meeting, that assassins struck him and he was instantly killed, while his son was grievously injured.