Chen Yannian was only 29 when he died. Former secretary of Alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and jiangsu provincial party committee. When he was arrested, Kuomintang reactionaries advised him to surrender, but he would rather die than surrender. When he arrived at the execution ground, he would rather die than kneel, and was finally hacked to death with a knife.

Chen Yannian is a revolutionary idealist. The difference between him and his father, Chen Duxiu, is that he thinks that to save the country, he can't want both home and country like Chen Duxiu, which will only bring misfortune to his family. Therefore, since he was a teenager, he made up his mind to sacrifice his personal desires for the country. When he was a teenager, he set himself a "six noes" commandment: "No wandering, no going to the theatre, no taking pictures, no eating out, no clothes, no personal relationships".