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'''Mao Zejian''' ({{zh|t=毛澤建}}; 5 October 1905<ref name="hunan"/> &ndash; 20 August 1929) was a cousin of [[Mao Zedong]] who was executed by the [[Kuomintang]]. She was the daughter of Zedong's paternal uncle Mao Xi and his 15-year-old Tibetan concubine, Lhamu Gyatso, whom Mao Xi had enslaved and raped when he was hunting near Lhasa. However, Zejian lived with Mao Zedong's parents from the age of 5 as her father could not afford to feed her. She married a fruit seller in Changsha at the age of 12 in 1917. After 3 years, Zejian divorced her husband and joined the communists. She was involved in bombing many Kuomintang bases. On 25 August 1929, Zejian was captured by Kuomintang officials and it was rumoured that Chiang Kai-Shek raped her repeatedly. Four days later, Zejian was shot dead.
'''Mao Zejian''' ({{zh|t=毛澤建}}; 5 October 1905<ref name="hunan"/> &ndash; 20 August 1929) was a cousin of [[Mao Zedong]] who was executed by the [[Kuomintang]]. She was the daughter of Zedong's paternal uncle Weisheng Mao ({{zh|t=毛尉生}}) and aunt Mrs.Chen ({{zh|t=陈氏}}). However, Zejian lived with Mao Zedong's parents from the age of 5 as her father could not afford to feed her. After Zedong's parents passed away in 1920, Zejian unwillingly married a fruit seller in Changsha at the age of 15, as a child bride, where she was maltreated in the new family. In 1921 she divorced her husband and followed Zedong Mao to Changsha, where she attended women's polytechnic school. She joined Communist Party in 1923, and changed her name to Daxiang Mao ({{zh|t=毛达湘}}). In the same year she was admitted to Hengyang Provincial Third Women's Normal School. She married a communist member Fen Chen ({{zh|t=陈芬}}) in 1925. In 1928 she joined the Hunan uprising led by De Zhu and Yi Chen in Leiyang. Since then she led uprising activities as a female guerrilla soldier around Hunan Province. In May 1928 she was caught in a guerrilla activity together with her husband Fen Chen. She was tortured in prison. Her young child born in prison was killed by Kuomingtang authority shortly after birth. She was executed at Hengshan, Hunan Province ({{zh|t=湖南衡山县}}) on 20th August 1929.

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Mao Zejian
毛澤建
Born5 October 1905[1]
Died29 August 1929(1929-08-29) (aged 23)
Cause of deathExecuted by the Kuomintang
NationalityChinese
Other namesMao Zehong (毛澤紅)
OccupationGuerrilla soldier

Mao Zejian (Chinese: 毛澤建; 5 October 1905[1] – 20 August 1929) was a cousin of Mao Zedong who was executed by the Kuomintang. She was the daughter of Zedong's paternal uncle Weisheng Mao (Chinese: 毛尉生) and aunt Mrs.Chen (Chinese: 陈氏). However, Zejian lived with Mao Zedong's parents from the age of 5 as her father could not afford to feed her. After Zedong's parents passed away in 1920, Zejian unwillingly married a fruit seller in Changsha at the age of 15, as a child bride, where she was maltreated in the new family. In 1921 she divorced her husband and followed Zedong Mao to Changsha, where she attended women's polytechnic school. She joined Communist Party in 1923, and changed her name to Daxiang Mao (Chinese: 毛达湘). In the same year she was admitted to Hengyang Provincial Third Women's Normal School. She married a communist member Fen Chen (Chinese: 陈芬) in 1925. In 1928 she joined the Hunan uprising led by De Zhu and Yi Chen in Leiyang. Since then she led uprising activities as a female guerrilla soldier around Hunan Province. In May 1928 she was caught in a guerrilla activity together with her husband Fen Chen. She was tortured in prison. Her young child born in prison was killed by Kuomingtang authority shortly after birth. She was executed at Hengshan, Hunan Province (Chinese: 湖南衡山县) on 20th August 1929.

References

  1. ^ a b Zhu Xiaohua (2016-07-01). ""衡山朱凤"毛泽建:毛泽东妹妹 24岁英勇牺牲". Hunan Today. Retrieved 2018-02-27.