When he 13 was in primary school, he dropped out of school because of poverty. Later, he and his uncle Liu Jingyuan (the adjutant of Liu, a member of the Kuomintang army) served as orderlies in the army. After three years in the army, he saw the Kuomintang's political corruption and low morale, and felt that there was no future in this way. He left the army, went home to farm and sold bamboo when he was in grinding bean curd. Later, he worked as a militia in Xu Tiancun under Xie Ziyao. Because Xie set up checkpoints in the village to collect taxes and imposed heavy taxes, he was very dissatisfied with the heavy taxes and deeply sympathized with the businessmen, so he let the businessmen who were not taxed leave. Later, Xie Ziyao found out and fired him, so he took a barge shell privately and left angrily. At that time, the revolutionary fire had reached Daxin, and the Daxin Soviet government had been established. Through the article, Liu Wangmei and Liu Desheng from the same village participated in the revolution, and went to Daxin Soviet Area to participate in the revolutionary work with Liu Xiaguang and Liu Aihuan. After joining the revolutionary ranks, Wen Chuan was brave and active, and often carried out revolutionary activities in Daxinganling, Shimen, Xia Shang She and other places. Later, he was promoted to be the platoon leader of the barge team.

During the period of 1927, Xie Ziyao set up a card in Xutian Village to collect taxes and extort money from the masses, which has made him dissatisfied with this article. He hated it in his eyes, filled with indignation and resentful. So, at dawn one day, he came home with a gun and killed Xie, Xie and Xie on the spot. Later, he went to Luogang, Xia Lan to catch Daxin Liandagu "hanging ginseng" to solve the economic difficulties in the revolutionary activities at that time.

1928, he led the Red Army and Red Guards to attack the new residence of Lai Gangu, the former landlord of Yanqian, and Yixing in Luofu. That winter, he attacked the militia of Danzhu Building in Lingfeng. After seizing the bullets, he led the Red Guards to attack the Luofuqiao. He led the Red Army to attack the Louvre three or four times. He often said to the soldiers, "Don't be afraid of fighting. As the saying goes, plowing is afraid of shit, and being a soldier is afraid of death. We turn over for the poor and are not afraid of decapitation. It would be glorious if we died for the revolution. " Therefore, he repeatedly made meritorious military service and was promoted to company commander. When going out to fight, he often rode horses or mules, taking the lead, and a doctor named Wang Senxiong also rode mules to follow his peers.

Since Comrade Wen Chuan joined the revolution, the reactionary leaders in Xingning have been afraid of him and hated him. For example, Chen Yaogu led troops to Shi Cun twice and threatened to set fire to the house and take his neighbors away. As a result, people sold three crops in Wen Chuan's old house and redeemed eight people who were arrested. Wen Chuan's family has fled, and all the furniture and other things are gone, leaving only two rotten houses.