Lin Biao’s wife and office director; member of the Ninth Politburo
Born in Minhou, Fujian, she joined the Communist Party at Yan’an in 1938 and married Lin Biao in 1942; they had Lin Liguo and Lin Liheng. From 1960 she directed Lin Biao’s office and handled politics for her husband, and at a Politburo meeting in December 1965 she spent nearly ten hours enumerating Luo Ruiqing’s “offences”, leading the effort that brought him down. She joined the Administrative Group of the Central Military Commission in 1967, and in 1969 she and Jiang Qing became the first women in the Politburo. Party documents say she urged her son to assassinate Mao. She died with Lin Biao and Lin Liguo when their aircraft crashed in Mongolia on 13 September 1971, and was posthumously expelled from the party in 1973.
Also known as: Yeh Ch'ün
Activities and affiliations
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1938–1971
Political and party leadership
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1960–1971
People’s Republic of China state institutionsDirector of Lin Biao’s office; member, CMC Administrative GroupMain
Military command
Career Timeline
- 1935Took part in the December Ninth movement
- 1938Joined the Communist Party at Yan’an
- 1942Married Lin Biao
- 1960Director of Lin Biao’s office
- 1965Denounced Luo Ruiqing
- 1967Member of the CMC Administrative Group
- 1969Member of the Ninth Politburo
- 1971Killed in the crash in Mongolia
- 1973Posthumously expelled from the party