Sun Bingwen

In 1908, he was admitted to the English class of the prep school of the Imperial University of Peking.

Sun joined the Tongmenghui in 1911, and served as the editor-in-chief of the Republic of China Daily.

He met Zhu De in 1917, and served as chief of staff of a brigade.

In September 1922, he and Zhu De went to study in Germany and in November of the same year, he joined the Chinese Communist Party in Berlin.

After his death, his daughter Sun Weishi was adopted by Zhou Enlai, later Premier of China.