The Story of Lu Yuanzhuo, a Young Dafa Practitioner

By Jin Sheng, a Dafa practitioner from Jilin Province

(Clearwisdom.net) On December 31, 2000, several Dafa practitioners from Jilin went to Beijing to validate Falun Dafa. We were arrested and taken to the Beijing office for Jilin Province, where we met Lu Yuanzhou, a ten-year old boy. His firm resolve showed through his big eyes and his childish face. His home was in Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province. Both his father and mother had been illegally sent to labor camp. Many of his relatives who practiced Falun Gong had also suffered persecution.

While detained together with Lu Yuanzhuo in the Jilin Province office, we asked him, "Why did you come by yourself to Beijing to validate the Fa (1)?"

He replied, "Because Gongzhuling City is Teacher's hometown, and many Dafa practitioners from there have gone out to validate Dafa. Almost no one remains at home. The police detain all practitioners who are at home. Although I am young, I am still Teacher's disciple, and I also have a responsibility to validate the Fa."

On December 30, 2000, Yuanzhou was in Tiananmen Square, holding up a banner with the words "Falun Dafa is good." He yelled out the words loudly as he ran around the Square with the police chasing him. He weaved in and out of the crowds. Finally, many policemen surrounded him, then, in front of everyone, started brutally beating the ten-year-old child. Then they sent him to the Jilin Province office in Beijing. In order to force him to reveal his hometown and family name, the police beat him all the way from the first to the fourth floor. Despite the brutal beating, in the end, the policemen could only learn his pseudonym, Li Xinming.

Yuanzhuo's celestial eye was open, and he could see many things. When he saw that detained practitioners could not pass the huge tribulations they faced, he would tell them, "All of us are under Teacher's protection at all times. Every practitioner has his own mission in this world. Do not miss this rare chance to validate the Fa and save sentient beings." However, when we asked Yuanzhuo what he would do first when he got out, he replied, "I want to eat a big candied fruit."

In order to conceal the persecution against Dafa practitioners, the provincial police forcibly injected Yuanzhuo with an unknown drug capable of disrupting the central nervous system. Afterwards, his mind was somehow affected, but he was still steadfast, and declared, "I am Teacher's disciple. Teacher will help me discharge this poisonous substance."

Later, we wrote our home phone numbers and contact information on his arm, and promised that we would meet each other when we were free. Yuanzhuo also gave us his telephone number. While we were together, he would often tell us that we must diligently study the Fa and practice the exercises.

After a few days, the provincial policemen suddenly called Yuanzhuo away, claiming that some of his relatives were there to take him home. We knew that he had never revealed his real name, and that no one at his home even knew he was there. The policemen took him away.

In 2001, when we returned home, we tried to contact Yuanzhuo but got no reply. In these few years, we have called frequently, searching for his whereabouts. However, since separating from him at the Jilin Province office in Beijing, we have searched fruitlessly. During the five years since we last saw him, whenever we face difficulties, we are inspired by recalling little Yuanzhuo's familiar face, his steadfastness in Dafa under any circumstances, and his conviction in Teacher and Dafa.

(1) Fa: Law and principles; the teachings of Falun Dafa.

June 24, 2004

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2004/6/29/78242.html

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