Leading by Example Speaks Louder Than Words

Source-stated date: 15 October 2026 · PLA Daily (解放军报)

身教无声胜有声

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Published15 October 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
Collected2026-10-15 17:46:47 UTC, run 171
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PLA Rocket Force political commissar Zhang Wusong, a senior colonel assigned to an unspecified brigade, is held up in official military media as a model political cadre on the basis of ideological study, seven consecutive first-class individual military training ratings, anti-corruption conduct, and hands-on resolution of longstanding unit problems. The article is standard political work content — a named-individual exemplar piece of the type the PLA regularly publishes to set behavioral norms for political officers — and its value is as a record of what qualities the institution is currently emphasizing for commissars: military competence alongside ideological work, not ideological work alone. The repeated insistence that political cadres must master combat readiness and carry work "to the foot of the launch pad" extends a documented institutional push to close the civil-military gap among Rocket Force political officers, though the brigade's identity and Zhang's specific responsibilities remain undisclosed.

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身教无声胜有声 ■王灵俐近一段时间，媒体对火箭军某旅政治委员张武松进行了集中报道。这位大校军官以自身正、自身硬、自身严、自身净的模范践行，立起新时代政治干部应有的好样子。这个好样子，源于对党的创新理论的真学真信。300余万字学习笔记，40多堂用兵言兵语讲透大道理的教育课，这些数字背后，是张武松对真理的虔诚与执着。“思想的土壤，不植嘉禾，必生杂草”，张武松的这句口头禅，道出了政治工作的根脉所在。当“我们政委说”成为官兵的口头禅，当“假学习真疲劳，真学习不疲劳”在军营广为流传，我们看到的不是简单的知识传递，而是一个灵魂对一个个灵魂的唤醒。政治干部的表率作用本身就是最好的政治工作，这表率首先是对信仰的忠诚、对真理的渴求。好样子，源于文武兼备。向参谋长请教战备工作，向连长学习导弹突防，连续7年被评为军事训练一级个人……张武松熟谙军事的实践启示我们：新时代政治干部，不能做军事工作的“旁观者”。政治工作的生命线地位，不是讲出来的，而是拼出来的。只有把思想政治工作做到发射架下，让政治优势转化为制胜优势，才能真正立起政治干部的好样子。好样子，源于知行合一。张武松用党的创新理论铸魂育人，更用躬身践行诠释信仰。他批评别人“一针见血”，批评自己“毫不遮掩”；他要求官兵做到的，自己要先做到；他倡导民主生活会要“火辣辣的”，自己坚持带头揭短亮丑。这种言行一致的扎实作风，真正让政治教育从“说给官兵听”变为“做给官兵看”。张武松的事迹告诉我们，当台上讲道理的人台下也在践行自己所讲道理时，真理的力量才会深入人心。好样子，源于清正廉洁。清风正气，是政治干部最硬的底气。面对老同学的请托，他讲规定、讲纪律，坚决厘清纪律和人情的界限；面对家人，他约法三章：“不过问部队事务、不接受官兵人情、不得为亲人谋私”。这种“不近人情”的背后，是对党纪军规的敬畏，是对公平公正的坚守。好样子，源于担当作为。张武松任主官以来，主动牵头破解数十个“老大难”问题，一些“烫手的山芋”“难缠的旧账”硬是被他推动解决。政治干部的好样子，不是在顺境中“锦上添花”，而是在困局中“雪中送炭”。政治干部勇于啃硬骨头、敢于触及矛盾，政治工作的威信才会高，政治干部的形象才会好。人不率则不从，身不先则不信。当前，打好实现建军一百年奋斗目标攻坚战到了最吃劲的时候。广大政治干部当如张武松那样，不断加强革命性锻造，努力学军事、学指挥、学科技，用日复一日的模范践行，立起忠诚干净担当的好样子，感召带动广大官兵奋力书写无愧于时代、无愧于使命的强军答卷。

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Source-stated publication date	2026-10-15
Original URL	http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16493210.html
Collected at	2026-10-15 17:46:47 — collection metadata, not a publication time
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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "身教无声胜有声." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-10-15. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16493210.html.

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