Zhuo Lin
{{Short description|Wife of Deng Xiaoping (1916–2009)}}
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{{Infobox First Lady
| name = Zhuo Lin
卓琳
| image = Madame Zhuo Lin at an arrival ceremony for the Vice Premier of China. - NARA - 183167 (cropped).jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Zhuo Lin in 1979, during a visit to the US
| order = Spouse of the paramount leader of China
| term_label = In role
| term_start = 1978
| term_end = 1989
| predecessor = Han Zhijun
| successor = Wang Yeping
| birth_date = April 6, 1916
| birth_place = Xuanwei, Yunnan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|07|29|1916|04|06}}
| death_place = Beijing, China
| nationality = Chinese
| spouse = {{marriage|Deng Xiaoping|1939|1997|reason=died}}
| children = {{plainlist|
- Deng Lin
- Deng Pufang
- Deng Nan
- Deng Rong
- Deng Zhifang}}
| relatives = Deng Zhuodi (grandson)
}}
{{Chinese|c=卓琳|p=Zhuō Lín|w=Chuo Lin}}
Zhuo Lin (April 6, 1916 – July 29, 2009) was the third and last wife of Deng Xiaoping, former Paramount leader of China.{{Cite book|title=Deng Xiaoping and the transformation of China|last=Vogel |first=Ezra F. |authorlink=Ezra F. Vogel|date=2011|publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press|isbn=9780674055445|location=Cambridge, Mass.|oclc=754841335}}
Biography
Born Pu Qiongying ({{zh|s=浦琼英|t=浦瓊英|p=Pǔ Qióngyīng}}) in Xuanwei, Yunnan province, she was the daughter of an industrialist who manufactured Yunnan ham.{{Cite news |last=Barboza |first=David |date=2009-07-31 |title=Zhuo Lin, the Widow of an Ex-Leader of China, Is Dead at 93 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/world/asia/31zhuo.html |access-date=2022-06-03 |issn=0362-4331}} She attended Peking University, then moved to the Chinese Communist Party base in Yan'an, changed her name to Zhuo Lin, and then joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1938. In 1939 she married Deng in Yan'an.{{Rp|page=38}} They had five children - three daughters (Deng Lin, Deng Nan, Deng Rong) and two sons (Deng Pufang, Deng Zhifang).
Along with numerous other family members, Zhuo accompanied Deng Xiaoping on his 1992 southern tour.{{Cite book |last=Chatwin |first=Jonathan |title=The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |year=2024 |isbn=9781350435711}}{{Rp|page=38}}
She died on July 29, 2009, aged 93, in Beijing.
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090801094133/http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-07/29/content_11793498.htm Obituary] {{in lang|zh}}
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