Ouyang Wen was conferred the military rank of lieutenant general in 1955.

　　A group photo of Ouyang Wen (Front L2) and his comrades-in-arms in the Yan'an Red Army University

　　Ouyang Wen, political commissar of the 3rd Column of the Northeast Democratic Allied Forces

　　Ouyang Wen, political commissar of the 41st Corps of the PLA

　　Ouyang Wen at the Red Square in Moscow during his visit to the Soviet Union