总书记一职,曾是中共党内最高领导职务。毛泽东在六届六中全会成为中共事实上的最高领袖之前,中共至少有过五任总书记。第一任总书记陈独秀曾经是赫赫有名的北京大学教授,第二任总书记瞿秋白同样是相当有名气的记者兼教授,第四任总书记秦邦宪和第五任总书记张闻天也都受过高等 General Secretary, once the highest leadership position within the CPC. Before Mao Zedong became the de facto supreme leader of the Sixth Plenum of the Sixth Plenary, the CCP had at least five general secretaries. Chen Duxiu, the first general secretary, once a well-known professor at Peking University. Qu Qiubai, the second general secretary, is also a well-known journalist and professor. Qin Gongxian, the fourth general secretary, and Zhang Wentian, the fifth general secretary, have also been subject to higher education