Li Min (daughter of Mao Zedong)

Li Min (Chinese: 李敏; pinyin: Lǐ Mǐn; born 1936), original name Mao Jiaojiao (Chinese: 毛姣姣; pinyin: Máo Jiāojiāo), is a Chinese politician who is the daughter of Mao Zedong and his third wife, He Zizhen. Her surname is Li rather than Mao, because Mao had changed his name to "Li Desheng" (simplified Chinese: 李德胜; traditional Chinese: 李德勝; pinyin: Lǐ Déshèng) for a period of time to prevent from being chased by the Kuomintang army during the Chinese Civil War.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li.
Li Min
Li Min (left) and her father Mao Zedong in 1954
Born1936 (age 83–84)
Zhidan, Yan'an, Shaanxi, Chinese Soviet Republic
Other namesMao Min
OccupationPolitician
Office10th National Congress of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Spouse(s)Kong Linghua
Children2
Parent(s)Mao Zedong
He Zizhen

Biography

The names of Li Na and her sister Li Min come from Book 4 of the Analects of Confucius: "ne yu yan er min yu xing" (讷于言而敏于行, meaning slow in speech and earnest in conduct).[1][2] She married Kong Linghua (simplified Chinese: 孔令华; traditional Chinese: 孔令華; pinyin: Kǒng Lìnghuá) in 1959. She has one son, Kong Jining (simplified Chinese: 孔继宁; traditional Chinese: 孔繼寧; pinyin: Kǒng Jìníng) and one daughter, Kong Dongmei (simplified Chinese: 孔东梅; traditional Chinese: 孔東梅; pinyin: Kǒng Dōngméi). Kong Dongmei herself has 3 children and is said to be worth an estimated €620 million.[3]

Li Min was a member of the 10th National Congress of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[4]

Notes
  1. (in Chinese) Sohu.com: “红色公主”李讷 ('The "red Princess", Li Na') (in Chinese)
  2. Zhao Zhichao (赵志超), The Family of Mao Zedong (毛泽东一家人), Zhongyang Wenxian Press (中央文献出版社), 2000, ISBN 978-7-5073-0770-2. (in Chinese)
  3. Yvon Quiniou in ARTE Philosophie Archived 2014-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, February 9, 2014.
  4. (in Chinese) Three Sisters of Mao Zedong Family Get Together at CPPCC, People's Daily Online, March 3, 2003.
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