Shu Tong, 1905, from dongxiang county. As a teenager, he pursued truth. Under the influence of the May 4th Movement, he and his classmates formed the "Golden Orchard Society" and founded the progressive publication "The Voice of Teachers", which became the disseminator of local new ideas and new cultures. At the age of 20, he wrote The True Face of the Republic of China, which exposed the hypocritical nature of Beiyang warlords and showed the fearless revolutionary spirit. 1926, Shu Tong joined China * * * as Dongxiang County Party Secretary to lead the mass movement. 1In September, 930, Shu Tong joined the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants and experienced the first to fifth counter-campaigns against "encirclement and suppression" and the 25,000-mile long March. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Shu Tong served as the Secretary-General of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, and later helped Nie to establish the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Anti-Japanese Base Area and served as the director of the Political Department of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. During the War of Liberation, Shu Tong served as the director of the Political Department of the New Fourth Army, Shandong Military Region and East China Military Region. In the early days of liberation, Shu Tong successively served as member of the Standing Committee of the East China Bureau of the Communist Party of China, minister of propaganda, director of the Culture and Education Committee of the East China Military and Political Commission, president of the East China People's Revolutionary University and president of Jiefang Daily, showing great revolutionary enthusiasm and selfless work spirit. From 65438 to 0954, Shu Tong served as the first secretary of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the first political commissar of jinan military area command for eight years. 1963 transferred to Shaanxi provincial party Committee secretary. During the Cultural Revolution, Shu Tong suffered cruel political persecution and was imprisoned for a long time. However, he righteously wrote a well-known battle essay "New Year Message to the Task Force" in his cell, which showed his fearless spirit of sticking to the truth and not being afraid of arrogance and slowness. 1978, Shu Tong was transferred to the Academy of Military Sciences as the vice president and editorial director of the Institute of Military War History of the Central Military Commission. During this period, Shu Tong led a delegation of Japanese calligraphers to visit China twice, and led the establishment of the China Calligraphers Association at the age of 75, and was elected as the first chairman.