周恩来对亲属和身边工作人员要求十分严格。他曾说:“对亲属到底是你影响他,还是他影响你?我呼吁,我们的领导干部包括我在内,都应该作出一点表率来。”1968年,周恩来的侄女周秉健前往内蒙古锡林郭勒插队前,周恩来把她叫来反复叮嘱:“你到内蒙古牧区去,一定要和蒙古族的同志搞好团结,虚心向他们学习,做贫下中牧的好女儿。”到牧区后,周秉健牢记伯伯教诲,住蒙古包、学蒙古话、学放羊、学挤奶,很快得到了牧区群众的信任。后来,她从插队的地方入伍,当上了女兵。 Zhou Enlai and his relatives and staff around the very strict requirements. He said: “In 1968, Zhou Enlai’s niece, Zhou Bingjian, went to Xilinguole, Inner Mongolia,” he said. Before his cut-off, Zhou Enlai called her repeatedly and said: “When you go to the pastoral areas of Inner Mongolia, you must unite with the Mongolian comrades and humbly learn from them and be a good daughter of the poor in the pastoral areas.” After arriving in the pastoral area, Bear in mind the teachings of Uncle, yurts, learn Mongolian, learn sheep, learn milking, and soon get the trust of pastoral masses. Later, she enlisted from the queue, became a female soldier.