1893, after his father Liao Zhubin died in San Francisco, he returned to Guangzhou, China with his mother and went to Liao Zhigang, the uncle who was then the general manager of China Merchants Bureau of Qing government.
After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, I fell in love with western learning.
1896 studied in Imperial College London.
1897, under the arrangement of his uncle, he married He Xiangning, the ninth daughter of Hong Kong real estate developer He Dai, who is also a leftist of the Kuomintang. In Longxi New Street, Tongfu West Road, Guangzhou, there is a two-story building with blue masonry feet facing south. It is the former residence of revolutionaries Liao and He Xiangning, and the seat of "Shuangqing Building".
1897, Liao and He Xiangning were newly married, and lived with their brother Liao Entao's family in Liao Mansion, a two-story building with brick and wood structure. The couple built a cabin on the terrace of the second floor roof as their residence.
In the humble new house, the couple who have never met each other gradually get to know each other and fall in love.
From 65438 to 0898, after the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, many young people went abroad to study, hoping to change the situation of China's peril after returning home. The atmosphere of studying abroad is very hot. After the end of public school, Liao also had the desire to study in Japan.
In order to support her husband to realize his dream, despite the resolute opposition of his family and sister-in-law Liao, He Xiangning resolutely sold her wedding jewelry, all the soft clothes and furniture, and * * * * * her own private money to help Liao study in Japan.
1903 65438+ 10, Liao bid farewell to He Xiangning and went to Japan first. After that, He Xiangning sold all the sundries, arrived in Tokyo in April of the same year, and began their study abroad in Japan. 1in March, 904, Liao was admitted to Waseda University to study for the preparatory course of economics, and entered the Department of Political Economy of Central University to encourage each other with aspiring young people, and sprouted the anti-Qing revolutionary thought. The two rented an apartment near Waseda University and named it "Juelu".
1903 In September, Liao and He Xiangning met Sun Yat-sen in Tokyo, Japan, and were deeply moved by his great spirit and firm revolutionary belief. They expressed to Sun Yat-sen that they wanted to take part in the revolutionary work and were willing to contribute. Liao and He Xiangning followed Sun Yat-sen's instructions and "organized a group of students who are interested in learning things to preside over state affairs" in Japan. From then on, the couple followed Sun Yat-sen and embarked on the arduous road of democratic revolution, and also established a profound revolutionary friendship with Sun Yat-sen. ..
From 65438 to 0905, Liao and He Xiangning helped Sun Yat-sen to establish the China League, and they joined in succession. Liao used to be the deputy accountant and director of the Foreign Affairs Department of the League of Nations Headquarters, and the vice minister of the Foreign Affairs Department. As the first female member of the League, He Xiangning undertook the liaison and service work of revolutionaries. The couple's home in Tokyo has also become a liaison station and meeting place for revolutionaries such as Sun Yat-sen. ..
During the busy study and revolutionary work, the birth of daughter Liao Mengxing and son Liao Chengzhi brought warm family happiness to the couple's tense life. During this period, Liao was instructed by Sun Yat-sen for many times to sneak back to China and conduct secret activities in Tianjin and other places, engaging in contacting revolutionary volunteers, publicizing revolutionary principles, setting up revolutionary organs, etc., and was too busy to take care of his wife and children at home. While taking part in revolutionary activities, He Xiangning shouldered the burden of family alone.
After the Revolution of 1911, Liao and his wife followed Sun Yat-sen back to the motherland to continue the revolutionary cause. Liao served as secretary, finance director and national tax director of the Tang Dynasty in Guangdong, and made many contributions to the establishment and consolidation of the new democratic regime in Guangdong.
Liao and He Xiangning, a revolutionary couple, have devoted their lives to the democratic revolution in China, supporting each other in their careers and lives, and sharing the same interests. 1906, some early socialist theories were translated and published in People's Daily, the organ newspaper of the NLD. He was ordered by Sun Yat-sen to return to China to secretly carry out revolutionary activities. He was one of the earliest people in China who introduced and discussed the issue of socialism. In People's Daily, he published translations such as Progress and Poverty and Outline of Socialist History under the pseudonyms of Du Fu and Yuan Shikai.
1907 spring, transferred to the Department of Political Economy of Tokyo Central University.
1909 After graduating from Central University of Japan, he returned to China, took part in the imperial examination of law and politics, and worked as an interpreter in the Governor of Jilin. After Wuchang Uprising, he became the Deputy Minister of Finance of Guangdong Military Government in Guangzhou.
19 1 1 After the Revolution of 1911, he successively served as the finance minister of the Guangdong General Staff, the Presidential Palace and the director of the Guangdong Provincial Finance Department.
19 12 in may, he served as the finance director of Guangdong military government, and implemented measures such as land tax exchange law to sort out finance and taxation. After the Song case, he went to Beijing to crusade against Yuan.
1965438+After the failure of the "Second Revolution" in August 2003, he and Sun Yat-sen and others despaired of Japan.
19 14 assisted sun yat-sen in organizing the revolutionary party of China, 19 15 served as the deputy finance minister of the revolutionary party of China. He continued to raise military expenses for begging Yuan, participated in the movement to protect the law, and devoted himself to the struggle against Yuan.
1965438+In September 2007, he served as Deputy Minister of Finance and Acting Chief of the Military Government of the Republic of China, trying his best to protect the law. Praise and support the student movement after the May 4th Movement.
1965438+After going to Shanghai with Sun Yat-sen in June, 2008, he and Hu founded Construction magazine in Shanghai, published three articles on civil rights and the preface to the translation of National Politics, and publicized and studied revolutionary theory. At the same time, I translated the first plan of the Industrial Plan written by Dr. Sun Yat-sen in English.
19 19 10 used to be the chief financial officer of China Kuomintang. Praising the October socialist revolution is "an unprecedented move that shocked the whole world and has a bright future, which will surely lead people to out of the dark." Learn Russian with Zhu Zhixin and others, and prepare to study in the Soviet Union.
19 19, 1920, Sun repeatedly ordered him to go to Zhangzhou, Fujian Province to help form the Fujian-Guangdong army, solve its financial difficulties, drive the Guangdong army back to Guangdong and drive away the warlords in Guangxi.
192 1 in April, after the war to expel warlords from Guangxi, Sun Yat-sen formed the Guangdong Revolutionary Government, and Liao was appointed as the second minister of the Ministry of Finance. Later, he also served as the director of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Finance. He worked hard to help Sun Yat-sen and tried to create a new revolutionary situation in Guangdong. Chen Jiongming was also appointed Commander-in-Chief of Guangdong Revolutionary Government Army, Commander-in-Chief of Guangdong Army, and Governor of Guangdong Province, and mastered the military and political power in Guangdong.
1921may, served as acting director-general of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of China, supporting Sun Yat-sen to send troops to explore Guangxi and the Northern Expedition.
1922, Sun Yat-sen decided to explore the North, overthrow the warlords and unify the whole country. On the other hand, Chen Jiongming opposed the Northern Expedition. He not only made things difficult for Liao to raise funds for the Northern Expedition, but also secretly colluded with Beiyang warlords to prepare a plot.
On the eve of Chen Jiongming's public rebellion, Liao was detained in Shijing Arsenal on the outskirts of Guangzhou. After being rescued by He Xiangning and others, he immediately took a boat to Hong Kong, transferred to Shanghai to reunite with Sun Yat-sen, and assisted him in formulating three major policies of "uniting Russia, uniting with * * * and helping farmers and workers".
192365438+1October 4th, Sun Yat-sen electrified Chen Jiongming to form the East and West armies, and conquered Guangzhou on 16. Chen Jiongming retired from politics and went to Hong Kong in seclusion. 1923 In February, specific consultations were held with the terms of the joint statement of the Soviet Union. In March, he served as the finance minister of Marshal Lu Haijun's base camp. In May, he served as the governor of Guangdong. After 10, he was appointed by Sun Yat-sen as a member of the reorganization of the Kuomintang and an interim executive member of the Central Committee, and actively participated in leading the reorganization of the Kuomintang.
1924 65438+1October 20th, the first congress of China Kuomintang opened in Guangzhou, and was appointed as a member of the presidium by Sun Yat-sen. During the meeting, the principles of cooperation between countries and anti-imperialism and anti-feudalism were adhered to, which contributed to the success of the meeting. He was elected as Secretary-General, Executive Committee Member, Standing Committee Member and Minister of Workers' Department of the Grand Marshal Base Camp of the First Central Committee of the Kuomintang. He assisted Sun Yat-sen in preparing for the establishment of the Army Military Academy, the famous Whampoa Military Academy, and served as the party representative of the school to work hard for the establishment of the revolutionary army. He is known as "Huangpu loving mother". In June, he served as the governor of Guangdong. In July, he served as a member of the Political Committee of the Kuomintang Central Committee, supported the strike of shamian workers, and ordered the county magistrate to help organize peasant associations. In September, he served as the finance minister of the base camp. Insist on suppressing the rebellion of Guangzhou business group. On the eve of Sun Yat-sen's northward journey, he served as the Party representative and Minister of Agriculture of all the Party's troops, military academies and Jiangwu Hall. 1 1 June, he served as a representative of the base camp, the party and army, various military academies and Jiangwutang, and concurrently served as the central peasant minister.
192565438+1On October 25th, Huangpu Military Academy established the Young Soldiers Club, with Liao as its president, and its publication Young Soldiers was published in its inaugural issue. 1March, 925 12 After Sun Yat-sen's death, he still unswervingly implemented the three major policies, played an important role in quelling the rebellion of the business group, the rebellion of Yang and Liu, and the northern expedition, made great contributions to consolidating the revolutionary regime in Guangdong, and supported the Guangdong-Hong Kong strike. The National Government was founded in July 1925, and has served as finance minister, member of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission and finance director of the Guangdong Provincial Government. Liao adhered to the three major policies, closely cooperated with domestic production, supported the revolutionary movement of workers and peasants, and promoted the development of China's national revolution. But what he did was undoubtedly extremely undesirable to the Kuomintang Rightists, feudal warlords and imperialism. Therefore, Chinese and foreign reactionary forces regard Liao as a thorn in the side and want to kill him. Shortly after Sun Yat-sen's death, Xie Zhi, Lin Sen, Zou Lu and others formed the so-called "Xishan Conference School", betraying Sun Yat-sen's three major policies and undermining the unity of the national revolutionary leadership.
From July 1925, Kuomintang Rightists Zou Lu, Wu Chaoshu and others began to focus on attacking Liao, spreading all kinds of rumors in an attempt to bring down Liao and deny the three major policies. In the face of menacing right-wing opponents, Liao waged an uncompromising struggle with them. To Liao's particular disgust, some Kuomintang Rightists, old party member, even colluded with the reactionary warlords in the north to achieve the goal of opposing * * *. In May, Liao published an article entitled "Revolutionaries and Counter-revolutionaries", which sharply criticized the old Rightists of the Kuomintang. He said: "Now all the counter-revolutionaries in our party call themselves the revolutionary old party and put on the old signs of revolution, thinking that after being a revolutionary party, they will collude with bureaucrats, warlords and imperialists in any case and try their best to suppress the overwhelming majority of workers in our country. They can also be called revolutionary parties, thinking that old signs of revolution can. I don't know that revolutionaries are not a hollow reputation. No matter what achievements he has made in the past, he is not a revolutionary if he does not continue the revolution. On the contrary, as soon as there is counter-revolutionary behavior, it will immediately become counter-revolutionary. " This article greatly stimulated the old Rightists, such as Zou Lu,, Lin Zhimin and Zhu. They hate Liao, and some of them plan to get rid of Liao by despicable assassination.
In August, there was a storm all over the city, and the news that the Kuomintang Rightists wanted to kill Liao was circulated. At that time, the clouds were overcast and the pressure was increasing. At that time, there was a right-wing club "Nanti Nap" in Nanti, Guangzhou, where Zhu and other right-wingers often plotted to kill Liao. They are familiar with Soviet advisers such as Bao Luoting, Galen, Wang Jingwei and Liao. Every day, they get together at Bao Mansion on Baizi Road in Dongshan. At first, Zhu and others wanted to kill all these leaders with bombs, machine guns and snipers. Wu Tiecheng, the police chief, was frightened by the news and stopped the bloodshed before they did it. Faced with this situation, Liao is fearless and continues to make unremitting efforts. When he heard that the enemy was going to shoot him with a machine, he laughed it off and joked, "Assassination with a pistol bomb is something you can see, but if you use a machine gun, it will be very new." He Xiangning advised him to put two more guards on guard. He replied disapprovingly, "if we add more guards, we must catch the assassins, but we can't stop them from committing crimes." I go to trade unions, peasant associations, student unions and other organizations for meetings or speeches every day, and I have to go to several places all day long. If they want to murder me, they can pretend to be workers, farmers or students and mix with the masses. I used my conscience to do things for the people all my life and asked myself if I was sorry for the party and the country. In short, life and death are up to him, and I must not relax in the revolution. "
At a meeting of the National Government on August 1925, Wang Jingwei, who was sitting next to Liao, wrote him a note telling him that someone was going to be bad for him. He immediately said: "It is a revolutionary's long-cherished wish to sacrifice for the party and the country, so why worry!" In August 1925, 19, another person reported him, and there was definite news. Liao said generously: "In this difficult autumn of the party and the country, personal life and death have long been put aside, and what I can't forget all day is the strike movement and the unified Guangdong movement!" On this day, he worked late into the night to raise money for the Whampoa Military Academy and came home very late.
On the morning of August 20th, 1925, Liao and his wife He Xiangning took a bus to the Party Department for a meeting. On the way, they met Chen Qiulin and went by car together. They don't want to be killed in front of the heavily guarded Kuomintang Central Party Department (Huizhou Hall, the former site of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, No.89 Yuexiu South Road, Guangzhou, with a monument).
After the Liao case happened, the National Government immediately set up the "Liao Case Inspection Committee" to trace the mastermind and murderer behind the assassination. It was found that the assassination was committed by imperialism and the Kuomintang Rightist clique. The main members are Zou Lu, Lin Zhimian, Zhu, and others. It was Hu's cousin and his friends Zhu, Liang Hongkai and others who came forward to buy off the murderer. After killing Liao, one of the murderers found Zhu and told him about it. Zhu gave it to 200 yuan and let him leave Guangzhou. After the case was found out, the national government sent troops to search the home of Hu brothers, arrested Hu Qingrui and Lin Zhiming, and removed Liang Hongkai from his position as commander of the First Army. And Hu was also suspected of leaving Guangzhou, which dealt a heavy blow to the right forces of the Kuomintang.
On September 1925 and 1 day, Liao's funeral was attended by more than 200,000 people including teachers, students, workers, farmers and citizens of Guangzhou Huangpu Military Academy. His body was temporarily buried next to the tomb of Zhu Zhixin, a good friend of Fumagang.
September 1935, 1, was moved and buried at the side of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Zijinshan, Nanjing.