Li Haoran's Character Evaluation

In his memoir "Old News of the Sea", he wrote: "I have heard Zhang () praise Mr. Li more than once, saying that" Mr. Zhang's moral character and articles are amazing, and he has been my bosom friend all my life. " "The old people in the news newspaper said that Mr. Li was extremely kind to his colleagues, never harsh words and looks, rarely returned to the outside world, and never had bad habits. After liberation, the Shanghai CPPCC Literature and History Information Committee tried to investigate the information of Shanghai hooligans, and found that many people in the press had deep or shallow connections with the so-called "Yellow Gate" and "Dumen", while Mr. Li had no connection at all. He was really a "modest gentleman" who got out of the mud without staining.

1On July 25th, 947, Li Haoran died in a car accident on his way to work by tram.

Yu Youren wrote elegiac couplet: "Wen Xiang has been handed down from generation to generation, but it never rains but it pours, crying for the old friend", and Cheng Cangbo wrote elegiac couplet: "Being maverick, reporting for thirty-two years, mourning for twelve hours, will become an eternal tactic".

The tombstone written by Yu Youren is: "The tomb of journalist Gong Li Haoran." It is true that The Reporter is indeed the best annotation of Li Haoran's life.