Ouyang Yi (1910-2005) was born in Yizhang County, Hunan Province. He became a member of the Communist Party of China in 1928 and joined in the Southern Hunan Uprising and engaged in the Jinggang Mountain Fighting as well as the Long March. During the Anti-Japanese War and the Liberation War, he worked as the Head Secretary of the Chinese Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, and as the vice director of the Traitor-Eliminating Department of the general Political Division of the Military Commission. In 1955, he was conferred the Senior-General military title and awarded the first-rank Bayi Medal, the first- rank Independence and Freedom Medal and the first-rank Liberation Medal. He was also a member of the 4th National Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a member of the 6th NPC Standing Committee, an alternate representative for the 7th National Conference of the CPC, and a delegate to the 11th National Conference of the CPC.