徐向前,原名徐象谦,字予敬。山西省五台县人。黄埔军校第一期毕业。1955年,在毛泽东亲自授衔授勋的中华人民共和国10位元帅中,只有徐向前是唯一的北方人,也是与毛泽东相识最晚的一位。其实,早在第一次大革命失败后,他就奉党组织之命,四处寻找过毛泽东,只是没有找到而已。 Xu Xiangqian, formerly known as Xu Xiangqian, the word to respect. Wutai County, Shanxi Province. Whampoa Military Academy graduated the first phase. In 1955, out of the 10 Marshal of the People’s Republic of China who personally proclaimed his honor by Mao Zedong, only Xu Xiangqian was the only northerner and the latest one to meet with Mao Zedong. In fact, as early as the failure of the First Great Revolution, he was engaged in the party organization’s life, looking around Mao Zedong, but did not find it.