On this day 78 years ago, on December 11, 1947 (October 29, 1947 lunar calendar), Li Dingming, a liberal gentleman, passed away. Li Dingming On December 11, 1947, Li Dingming, a liberal gentleman, died of illness in Yihe Town, Suide County, Shaanxi Province. Li Dingming, formerly known as Fenggong, was a native of Mizhi County, Shaanxi Province. In his early years, he practiced medicine and taught as a profession. He founded a national high school in his hometown and served as the principal. After 1932, he served as a consultant and section chief of the Yulin Daoyin Office, and in 1934, he served as the director of the Midong District Anti-Rebellion Committee of the Kuomintang. In 1936, he served as the chairperson of the Finance Committee of Mizhi County. After the Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, his thinking began to change and gradually accepted the Communist Party In 1941, he was elected as the senator, senator and deputy speaker of Mizhi County, Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. He was elected as the vice chairperson of the government of Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region at the first senatorial meeting of the second session of the border region. At this meeting, he put forward the proposal of "streamlining the administration of troops", which was adopted by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and became one of the ten policies of the Communist Party of China during the Anti-Japanese War. From 1942 to 1943, he proposed measures such as intensive farming, diversified management, promotion of sericulture, and immigration to open up wasteland, which promoted the development of agricultural production in the border region. He also made many suggestions on the elimination of illiteracy, universal education, and universal hygiene habits in the border area. He wrote many articles in the Liberation Daily, accusing Chiang Kai-shek of launching a civil war. Com