Bian Zhongyun

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Bian Zhongyun
卞仲耘
Born	(1916-06-19)June 19, 1916 Wuwei, Anhui, China
Died	August 5, 1966(1966-08-05) (aged 50) Xicheng, Beijing
Cause of death	Murdered by Red Guards
Occupation(s)	Party secretary, vice principal
Employer	Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse	Wang Jingyao

Bian Zhongyun (Chinese: 卞仲耘; 19 June 1916 – 5 August 1966) was a deputy principal at the Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, in Beijing, China. She was attracted to the Chinese Communist Party during the Second Sino-Japanese War and joined the party in 1941, and before working for the high school in Beijing, she worked as an editor for People's Daily then located in rural Hebei.^[1][2] During the Red August of 1966, she was beaten to death by the school's female Red Guards, becoming the first educator to be beaten to death in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution.^[3][4][5]