[1] An expert in guerrilla warfare and a capable fighter, He Zizhen was also an excellent shooter who earned the nickname of "Two-Gunned Girl General".

[1] Despite this, she was still severely injured by shrapnel in 1935 and needed to be carried by stretcher on parts of the Long March,[1] suffering 17 gunshot wounds during it.

Their eldest daughter, who was left to a local family in Fujian, was found and recognized by He Zizhen's brother in 1973, but never had the chance to meet Mao or He.

[12] Being closely pursued and having given birth to a daughter, He glanced at her and was carried back to the Long March, leaving 13 yuan and a note behind.

[13] Two English researchers who retraced the entire Long March in 2002–2003 located a woman whom they believe might be a missing child left in the care of others by Mao and He in 1935.

[1] After a confrontation with Mao, He Zizhen traveled, pregnant,[1] to the Soviet Union for treatment of a wound suffered earlier in battle,[17] later attending the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies, under the pseudonym Ven Iun.