Zhang Wentian. He is also known as Luo Fu (洛甫). His names in Wade-Giles

Wade-Giles

Wade–Giles , sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a romanization system for the Mandarin Chinese language. It developed from a system produced by Thomas Wade during the mid-19th century , and was given completed form with Herbert Giles' Chinese–English dictionary of 1892.Wade–Giles was the most...

 are Chang Wen-t'ien and Lo Fu.

Born in Jiangsu

Jiangsu

' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...

, he attended engineering school in Nanjing

Nanjing

' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...

 and also spent a year at the University of California

University of California

The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...

. He later joined the Communist Party and was sent to study at Sun Yat-sen University

Moscow Sun Yat-sen University

Moscow Sun Yat-sen University, officially the Sun Yat-sen Communist University of the Toilers of China, was a Comintern school, which operated from 1925-1930. It was a training camp for Chinese revolutionaries from both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China .-Origins:In 1923, Dr...

 in Moscow from 1926 to 1930. He was one of the group known as the 28 Bolsheviks

28 Bolsheviks

The 28 Bolsheviks were a group of Chinese students who studied at the Moscow Sun Yat-sen University from the late 1920s until early 1935, also known as the "Returned Students". The university was founded in 1925 as a result of Kuomintang's founder Sun Yat-Sen's policy of alliance with the Soviet...

, but switched to supporting Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...

 during the Long March

Long March

The Long March was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang army. There was not one Long March, but a series of marches, as various Communist armies in the south...

. He was General Secretary of the Communist Party of China

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China

The General Secretary of the Communist Party of China , officially General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is the highest ranking official within the Communist Party of China, a standing member of the Politburo and head of the Secretariat...

 from 1935 to 1945, when the post was abolished. He remained a member of the Politbureau, but ranked 12th of 13 in the 7th Politburo

7th Politburo of the Communist Party of China

The 7th Politburo of the Communist Party of China was elected by the 7th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on June 19, 1945.The chairman was Mao Zedong.-Members:#Mao Zedong#Zhu De#Liu Shaoqi#Zhou Enlai#Ren Bishi#Chen Yun#Kang Sheng...

 and reduced to Alternate Member in the 8th Politburo

8th Politburo of the Communist Party of China

The 8th Politburo of the Communist Party of China was elected by the 8th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on September 28, 1956.-Standing Committee Members:#Mao Zedong#Liu Shaoqi#Zhou Enlai#Zhu De#Chen Yun#Deng Xiaoping...

He was First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China from December, 1954 to November, 1960. He was a participant of the Long March

Long March

The Long March was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang army. There was not one Long March, but a series of marches, as various Communist armies in the south...

, and later served as an ambassador to the Soviet Union from April 1951 to January 1955. At the Lushan Conference

Lushan Conference

The Lushan Conference , officially the 8th Plenum of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, began on July 2, 1959 and was an informal discussion about the Great Leap Forward...

 in 1959 he supported Peng Dehuai

Peng Dehuai

Peng Dehuai was a prominent military leader of the Communist Party of China, and China's Defence Minister from 1954 to 1959. Peng was an important commander during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese civil war and was also the commander-in-chief of People's Volunteer Army in the Korean War...

 and lost power along with Peng. During the Cultural Revolution

Cultural Revolution

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...

 he was attacked as an ally of Peng and Liu Shaoqi

Liu Shaoqi

Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, China's head of state, from 27 April 1959 to 31 October 1968, during which he implemented policies of economic reconstruction in China...

; he was rehabilitated by Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese politician, statesman, and diplomat. As leader of the Communist Party of China, Deng was a reformer who led China towards a market economy...

after Mao's death.