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in the 1960s, there was a saying in my country's propaganda circles that there were "two newspapers and one magazine". the so-called "two newspapers and one magazine" referred to the people's daily, the liberation army daily and the red flag magazine. the liberation army daily was officially founded in 1955. one day in june of that year, tao zhu, then secretary of the central south bureau, called ouyang wen, the political commissar of the central south military region's public security forces, for a talk and told ouyang wen that the central government was going to transfer him to beijing to prepare for the establishment of the liberation army daily.

ouyang wen was embarrassed to hear the news. after all, he was a soldier who had come from the war years. he could fight on the front line, but it was difficult to run a newspaper, not to mention that this newspaper represented the entire people's liberation army. tao zhu also knew ouyang wen's difficulties, but he still encouraged him to have the courage to try. so ouyang wen took his family to beijing, organized the "liberation army daily", and served as the first editor-in-chief.

ouyang wen was born in pingjiang, hunan in 1912. in 1930, at the age of 18, he joined the red army and officially embarked on the road of revolution. after joining the red army, ouyang wen was mainly active in the central soviet area, experienced the central soviet area's anti-"encirclement and suppression" battles, and also participated in the 25,000-mile long march.

during his revolutionary career, ouyang wen's battles covered most of china. during the agrarian revolution, he moved from jiangxi to northern shaanxi; during the anti-japanese war, he moved from northern shaanxi to shandong; during the war of liberation, he moved from shandong to the northeast; after the liberation of the northeast, he went all the way south and fought to the guangdong and guangxi regions where spring was in full bloom, and made outstanding contributions to the founding of new china. with this achievement, ouyang wen was awarded the rank of lieutenant general after the founding of the people's republic of china and became a founding lieutenant general.

after the founding of the people's republic of china, ouyang wen stayed in the central south military region and served as the political commissar of the central south military region's public security forces and the political commissar of the guangdong provincial military region. in 1955, on the eve of the grand awarding of military ranks, ouyang wen was transferred to beijing to be responsible for the preparation of the "liberation army daily" and served as the first editor-in-chief of the "liberation army daily". although this work was difficult for ouyang wen, he still obeyed the organization's arrangements.

the conditions were very difficult at the time. the entire staff of the liberation army daily was crowded into a rural restaurant with a patio of only 40 to 50 square meters. some desks were even made of toilet lids. despite such difficulties, ouyang wen led the staff to prepare for the establishment of the liberation army daily day and night, and finally published the liberation army daily on january 1, 1956. from then on, china had another publication as famous as the people's daily.

however, during his tenure as editor-in-chief of the liberation army daily, ouyang wen was also wronged and even demoted by mistake. this matter started in 1960, when the liberation army daily was under the management of the general political department, and the founding general tan zheng served as the director of the general political department. in that year, tan zheng was wrongly criticized, and ouyang wen was also falsely accused of being tan zheng's confidant and was demoted. in january 1961, ouyang wen was demoted to deputy editor-in-chief of the liberation army daily. in february, relevant leaders believed that ouyang wen was no longer suitable for working at the liberation army daily, so ouyang wen was arranged to study at the higher military academy.

in september 1962, after graduating from the higher military academy, ouyang wen was assigned to xi'an and entered the xi'an military telecommunications engineering college, where he first served as the political commissar and later as the dean. in early 1964, when ouyang wen was the dean, someone wrote to the general political department, reporting that ouyang wen had intentionally promoted peng dehuai during his lectures at the college.

peng dehuai was a founding marshal. he was dismissed from his post in 1959 for speaking out for justice at the lushan conference. after learning about this, the general political department arranged for someone to go to the college to investigate ouyang wen. in august 1964, ouyang wen was implicated by peng dehuai and was dismissed from his post as president. after that, ouyang wen was unemployed for a period of time, and later served as deputy minister of the fourth ministry of machine building industry and consultant of the ministry of electronics industry.

in his later years, ouyang wen devoted himself to the study of military history, leaving behind a lot of written memoirs, which provided valuable reference materials for historical research. in 2003, ouyang wen died of illness at the age of 91.