On this day 57 years ago, on April 3, 1968 (March 6, 1968 in the lunar calendar), the three heroes of table tennis were persecuted to death. In April 1968, the three heroes of Chinese table tennis, Fu Qifang, Jiang Yongning, and Rong Guotuan, were persecuted to death during the campaign to clean up the class team. Fu Qifang, who returned from Hong Kong in 1952 to participate in the National Table Tennis Championships, won the men's singles runner-up. He was one of the main players of the Chinese team, the third place in the men's team of the 24th Table Tennis Championships. He served as the coach of the men's team of the National Table Tennis Team since 1958 and joined the party in 1965. He served as the vice chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association and a member of the 4th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In the clean-up class team, Fu Qifang was beaten and beaten. On the morning of April 16, he hang Jiang Yongning, returned from Hong Kong in 1952 to participate in the national table tennis tournament and won the men's singles championship. He was one of the main players of the Chinese men's team at the 24th World Table Tennis Championships. He was awarded the title of Athlete in 1956. In 1957, he served as the coach of the national table tennis team and later the head coach of the Beijing table tennis team. Because he usually likes to read newspapers, he was said to be collecting intelligence during the "Cultural Revolution". He was isolated and inspected on May 10. When he raided his house, he found a photo of Jiang Yongning in his boyhood. In the photo, the little Jiang Yongning had a sun flag on his clothes, so he was identified as a "Japanese spy". In order to make him confess, he beat him again on May 15. On May 16, he hanged himself at the dormitory 4 of Xiannongtan. Rong Guotuan returned to the mainland from Hong Kong in 19 In 1959, he won the men's singles championship of the 25th World Military Ball Championships, becoming the first world champion of Chinese sports. In 1963, he served as the coach of the Chinese women's table tennis team, contributing to the Chinese women's team's first women's team championship. During the "Cultural Revolution", he wrote a petition report on behalf of the table tennis team to the central government. As a result, the report was not only returned, but also forced to check the "behind-the-scenes planning voice". Rong Guotuan was under tremendous pressure. At 4 o'clock in the morning on June 20, he hanged himself in a tree. The suicide note in his pocket read: "I am not a spy, don't doubt me. I am sorry for you. I love my honor more than my own life".