When she was young, she was raised by a widowed stepmother, Chen (called "Niang") and her biological mother, Wan (called "godmother").

Chen was born in a scholarly family, with a quiet personality, outstanding talent, good at painting and calligraphy, good at poetry and good cultivation.

Chen is very strict with him.

Chen taught him to read when he was four years old.

At the age of five, Chen sent him to a private school and took his scientific name and character.

1904, Zhou Enlai's family moved to his grandfather's home in Qinghe county (now Qingjiang city) and continued to study in Wanjiashu.

In A.D. 1905, the family moved to Chen Zu's residence and studied at home.

In the following years, in order to cultivate him into a pillar, Chen woke him up at dawn every day.

Teach him to read saints, money, prodigy poems, the Analects of Confucius, Mencius, universities, the golden mean and some chapters in the Book of Songs.

Chen also helped to read The Journey to the West's novels, such as The Water Margin, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and The Legend of Yue, which were hidden in his grandfather's home.

2. The key to the change of life and thought.

The young man often corresponded with his uncle Zhou, who made a living in Fengtian (now Liaoning Province).

Through thinking between the lines, I appreciate the talent and character of this nephew Zhou very much.

When Zhou was promoted to a clerk in the Fengtian Branch (equivalent to the current Finance Bureau) and his life was a little more stable, he wrote to let him go to the Northeast and continue his studies with himself.

19 10 In the spring, Zhou Enlai came to Fengtian Yinzhou (now Tieling County) with his third uncle Zhou Yiqian, who went home to visit relatives, lived at home and merged into Yin Gang Academy (primary school) to study.

This autumn, he moved to Zhouyi's home in Fengtianfu (now Shenyang) and entered the newly-built Fengtian Class 62 Primary School (renamed Dongguan Model School after the Revolution of 1911) to study Class 4.

Courses include self-cultivation, Chinese, arithmetic, history, geography, ambition, English, painting, singing and gymnastics.

During his two years in Dongguan Model School, Zhou Enlai was "diligent in all subjects and good at reading essays, novels and news magazines", and his achievements in all subjects were among the best.

Zhou Enlai's composition was especially praised by the teacher, because he read Historical Records, Hanshu and Lisao extensively.

Often put on the label of "Biography" and put it on the school achievement exhibition for students to watch.

Among them, when reviewing Zhou Enlai's composition, Chinese teacher Zhao Chun said with emotion to his colleagues around him: "I have been teaching for decades and have never seen such a good student!" The famous saying "For the rise of China!" It was during this period that it was produced.

3. Nankai School: a versatile student with the best grades.

After tempering in Northeast China, Zhou Enlai has made remarkable progress.

But the bigger change happened after he entered Tianjin Nankai School.

Compared with the Northeast, Tianjin can get in touch with the social life of big cities and breathe the air of modern society, which provides a broader space for the growth of young people.

I like studying in the northeast, and I transferred to Tianjin thanks to his uncle Zhou.

19 13 In the spring, Zhou changed his job and was appointed as the clerk of the transportation department of Tianjin Salt Transportation Company.

Zhou Enlai moved to Tianjin with his uncle and lived in Li Yuanji, Wei Yuan Road, Hebei District.

Then I went to Ozawa English Mathematics Tutoring School to make up lessons and prepare for the entrance examination of Nankai School.

In mid-August, he was successfully admitted to Nankai School, and 19 entered Class 3 (later changed to Class 2).

Four years' study and life in Nankai School has made Zhou Enlai mature in all aspects.

His uncle seldom goes home because of his meager income and financial difficulties. He usually uses holidays and spare time to carve wax boards for schools, copy teaching handouts to subsidize meals, and reduce the financial burden on his family.

Despite the hard life, Zhou Enlai's achievements have not been affected at all.

His achievements in Chinese and mathematics are particularly outstanding.

19141214 Nankai School won the second place in the "Biography of China" competition; 1965438+participated in the whole school mathematics competition in March 2005, with excellent results, and the result of Class II was the first in the whole school.

1965438+On June 26th, 2007, Zhou Enlai graduated from Nankai School with an average score of 89.72.

When attending the graduation ceremony, he also won the highest prize in Chinese and made a defense on behalf of the graduating students.

4. Studying in Japan: Growing up in Frustration

After graduating from Nankai School, Zhou Enlai hopes to pursue further studies.

Because of his poor family, he decided to apply for a school funded by the Japanese government.

At that time, there was an agreement between China and Japan that Japan would designate a school to train foreign students in China.

According to the agreement, China students who can enter one of the Japanese designated universities can enjoy official fees before returning to China.

In September 2007, Zhou Enlai boarded a ship from Tianjin to Japan.

On June+10, 5438, he entered the East Asia Advanced Preparatory School in Kanda District, Tokyo, Japan to study Japanese, and prepared to apply for Tokyo Normal School and Tokyo No.1 Higher Education School.

1918 On March 4-6, Zhou Enlai entered Tokyo Normal School, took 8 subjects including Japanese, Mathematics, Geography, History, English, Physics, Chemistry and Natural History, and also had an oral test.

Unfortunately, he was not admitted because of his poor performance in Japanese.

However, Zhou Enlai was not too depressed mentally.

Since then, in order to prepare for the entrance examination in Tokyo No.1 University in July, however, due to the patriotic movement of students studying in Japan, Zhou Enlai's review plan was almost completely disrupted.

It was not until the beginning of June that he resumed reviewing his lessons and went all out to prepare for the exam.

1965438+On July 2nd and 3rd, 2008, Zhou Enlai was admitted to Tokyo No.1 College of Higher Education, but he was not admitted because of his poor performance in Japanese.

1965438+In March 2009, Zhou Enlai decided to go back to China to study after learning that Nankai School was about to set up an undergraduate department.

Although he failed to enter a Japanese university for further study, his self-study and practical activities during his stay in Japan still brought great help to Zhou Enlai, and his ideological progress was more obvious.

5. Work-study program: establish the belief of productism.

1965438+On September 25th, 2009, Zhou Enlai attended the opening ceremony of Nankai University and was the first liberal arts student in the department.

In order to further explore the truth of saving the country, Zhou Enlai decided to study in Britain, the birthplace of capitalism, with the recommendation and funding of Yan Xiu, the founder of Nankai School.

108, he and Li Fujing, a classmate of Nankai University, obtained the certificate of going to France issued by Beijing Fahua Education Association.

Before leaving, he agreed with Tianjin Yi Shi Daily that as a reporter in Europe, he would earn money by writing newsletters in Europe to maintain his life during his stay in Europe.

1920 12 13, Zhou Enlai and Li Fujing arrived in Marseille port by the French mail ship Bordeaux, and then transferred to Paris by train.

After a short stay here, Zhou Enlai went to London on1921kloc-0/5 to start a "social reality survey" on Britain.

Because of the high cost of living in London, he decided to apply for the University of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.

On October 25th, 65438, Zhou Enlai wrote a letter to Yan Xiu, telling him that Zhou Enlai was much more mature ideologically than when he went to Japan.

After going to Europe, he read widely, dabbled in various theories and ideas, "began to compare everything", and was cautious and realistic.