他是一二·九学生运动的领导者和参与者之一;他曾作为向导和随行翻译,协助埃德加·斯诺完成了名噪全球的《西行漫记》的采访工作;他曾是中国共产党最早期的半官方外交领导者之一;他曾被指定为同秘密来访的基辛格谈判的三人小组成员。新中国外交史上许多具有里程碑意义的事件都与他有关。他是深受周恩来赏识的外交才子;他曾被美国前国务卿基辛格称为“我见过的最有能力的人民公仆之一”、“值得信任的朋友”;而他的老伴在接受媒体采访时则感叹:“这个人,整个生命都用在外交上了。”○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ He was one of the leaders and participants of the January-September student movement; he had been a guide and accompanying translator, assisting Edgar Snow in completing the internationally acclaimed “Westward Journey”; he was One of the earliest semi-official diplomatic leaders of the Chinese Communist Party; he was once designated a three-member panel negotiating with the secret Kissinger. Many of the landmark events in the history of the new China are related to him. He was a diplomatic witness deeply admired by Zhou Enlai. He was once called “one of the most capable servants of the people I have ever seen” by Kissinger, the former U.S. Secretary of State, “trusted friend”, and his When interviewed by the media, my wife laments: “This person has spent her entire life in diplomacy.” "○ ​​○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○