新四军前身是坚持三年游击战争的红军游击队，由于历史条件的局限，部队里中下层干部主要是工农分子，有文化的人很少。所以，新四军建军之初，领导上就重视团结和吸收知识分子，以使新四军成为人才荟萃之师。当时新四军对知识分子采取“热情欢迎，大量吸收，关怀爱护，积极培养 The predecessor of the New Fourth Army was the Red Army guerrillas who persisted in the three-year guerrilla war. Because of historical conditions, the middle and lower cadres in the armed forces were mainly workers and peasants, and there were few people with culture. Therefore, at the beginning of the founding of the New Fourth Army, the leaders attached great importance to solidarity and intellectual recruitment so that the New Fourth Army could become a talent pool. At that time, the New Fourth Army adopted a ”warm welcome, extensive absorption, caring and care for the intellectuals and actively cultivating