Sun Dianying (1889—1947) was born in Yongcheng (now Dingxinzhuang, Mamu Town, Yongcheng, Henan). Born in the military, 1928 took refuge in the Kuomintang and served as the commander of the twelfth army of the sixth army. He is famous for robbing the Qing Dongling in Malanyu, Hebei Province. 1930 participated in the Central Plains War against Chiang Kai-shek, and was recruited by Zhang Xueliang after failure. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he was appointed commander-in-chief of guerrilla warfare in Jicha and commander of the new Fifth Army. 1943 War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression was captured in Henan, and was changed from Wang Pseudo to "Commander-in-Chief of the Communist Army in Northern Henan". After the end of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he followed Chiang Kai-shek against the Communist Party and fought a civil war. 1947, during the liberation of Tangyin, Henan Province by the People's Liberation Army, the principal grave robber who had been at large for more than 20 years was finally captured alive by the People's Liberation Army and died in a prisoner of war shelter.
2. Personality assessment
After Sun Dianying stole the tomb of Cixi, he pleaded, "Manchu killed three generations of my ancestors to avenge the revolution. Sun Yat-sen had the Allied League and the Kuomintang, which led to the demise of the Manchu Dynasty. Feng Zhanghuan (Feng Yuxiang) forced the palace with a gun and drove the last emperor Puyi and his royal family out of the palace. I didn't get many shots at Sun Dianying, only the dead. No matter what others say, I am worthy of my ancestors and my compatriots! " And said: I have three advantages in excavating the Dongling of Manchu Dynasty. First, when the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, people like Lv Liuliang and Dai Mingshi were cut open and slaughtered. Although I am incompetent, I also know that Buddhist scriptures have words, and I will return them to me in the same way. Second, the Qing dynasty ruled for 300 years, and I don't know how much money was plundered. Today, I made a fortune in order to spread the wealth of the world, collect the income from business and enrich the national treasury. "
It can be seen that Sun's theft of the tomb of Cixi is nationalistic. After the demise of the Qing dynasty, the development of Manchu-Chinese relations needs to consider historical factors, and it is difficult for Sun to stay out of it. As Feng Yuxiang said, "Brother Dian Ying, I admire your revolutionary spirit! We are good friends and comrades! In opposing the Qing court, what I did was alive (referring to expelling Puyi), and what you did was dead (referring to robbing the tomb). "