Zhu Xuzhi

Zhu Xuzhi (; 1912-8 November 2000) was a general in the People's Liberation Army of China.

Biography Zhu was born Zhu Wenlin in Linhai, Zhejiang in 1912, son of Zhu Zhikang . His courtesy name used at school, Zhu Wen . He had an elder brother, Zhu Wenbiao . He attended Huipu School, Taizhou High School, and Zhongnan High School. He graduated from Whampoa Military Academy. After college, he went to Jiangxi with Mao Bingwen to fight against the Red Army but was captured during a battle. Zhu joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in 1931 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in May 1933. He worked in the 18th Group Army in 1937 and the Political Department of Shandong Column in 1940.