Chapter 7 Section 3 Examples of Revolutionary Myths

Before the Revolution of 1911, Chiang Kai-shek had no obvious revolutionary actions.Chiang Kai-shek cut his braids before going abroad for the first time, which was completely forged by later generations.Jiang was born in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. Theoretically and customarily, all the men of the Qing Dynasty at that time had to wear braids.Keeping braids was originally a formal condition for checking the support of the Han people when the Qing army entered the customs. Whoever cut the braid before Ting fell down is worthy of admiration.But at that time, cutting braids was mostly done by students studying abroad or Chinese progressives in foreign concessions. In the areas ruled by the Qing Dynasty, cutting braids was unthinkable and a big problem.According to Dong Xianguang's "Biography of President Chiang", when Jiang came back from Japan and entered the Baoding Military Academy, "all the students in the school except President Chiang had braided hair." The book (published by the Kuomintang Military Liming Cultural Enterprise Company, co-authored by the German columnists on Far East issues Scheidmann and Federline Stein, editor-in-chief of the National Institute of Compilation and Translation, translated by Dr. Sindamus), has been publicized and continued in this way. ! But is that really the case?Is it true that in the strict management of military academies, everyone has braids, but Chiang Kai-shek can "only the public has no braids" (the Chinese language of Mao Sicheng's "Mr. Chiang Kai-shek Fifteen Years Before the Republic of China") without being "sanctioned"?This kind of statement that escapes common sense really makes us hard to believe!

A photo of Chiang Kai-shek and his classmates in the Baoding Army Crash School. In the photo, Jiang’s hairstyle is a braid-style frontal hairstyle. It can be seen that the saying "only the public has no braids" is a fabricated myth! What's more, the memory of classmate Zhang Qun , Repeatedly said that they went abroad with braids together.Therefore, in the first six years of the Republic of China (1906), Chiang "cut his own braids" to express his revolutionary determination to oppose Manchuria, which is by no means the historical truth. Chiang Kai-shek went to Japan to study at Zhenwu School. From August to October 1908, the students protested against the school’s implementation of the “rules for banning Qing and Korean students studying in Japan” promulgated by the Japanese Ministry of Education. There was a student riot and they wanted to drop out of school.The Japanese archives have recorded this matter, but Zhang Qun was among the students making trouble, but Chiang Kai-shek was not, which shows that he was not very active.

During his stay in Japan, Chiang Kai-shek did not join a secret group called the "Husband Group".In the "Secret Records of President Jiang" written by Japanese reporter Kuiji Furuya, it is stated that Jiang joined Zhang Qun together, and also said that "Jiang and Huang Yu founded the "Martial Arts Magazine". Organs" to prove that Jiang really joined the "husband group" back then, covering up the historical truth, which must be identified. According to the manuscript of "Li Liejun's Autobiography", it can be known that the "Husband Group" was a small organization of Chinese students in the non-commissioned officer school, initiated by Li Hehuang (word Yingbai) and others.

At that time, the survey of Xu Xue was quite passionate. People often said that the Manchurian government was not of our kind, and its heart must be different. The people of the country should rise up and overthrow it. It is necessary to organize small groups tightly.At that time, there were quite a few people who agreed with his statement, so they discussed the name, and everyone was silent. He laughed and said to everyone, Mencius did not say that "the rich and the noble cannot be promiscuous, the poor and the humble cannot be moved, and the mighty cannot be subdued. This is called a big man." As a responsibility of the Qing Dynasty, one must have an indomitable spirit and unwavering perseverance. Revolution is helpful.Everyone obeyed him, so he was appointed as the husband's group, and Tui Yu was the leader, and held an inaugural meeting; the original secret organization was known to comrades in Liudong, so he asked to participate. The non-commissioned officer school, the ones who learn martial arts, if the ones who have learned in the past, are not suitable to join in civil and military affairs. The members of the Chengcheng school ask for it, so a few outstanding and sincere and reliable people are selected to invite them to participate, so the name is changed to "Husband" "Xiancheng Mission" resumed its inaugural meeting, so this organization has two inaugural meetings, which is also a good story.

It can be seen from this that the "Husband Group" was established immediately after the Tongmenghui. It should have been joined by military comrades from the Tongmenghui Middle School in 1905, and the number of members in the group was very small.According to "Mr. Huang Yingbai's Family Biography", "the ones who are especially steadfast in the contract records, there are twenty-five people", Yan Xishan's "Memoirs" says that there are twenty-eight people, Shen Yunlong wrote "Mr. Huang Yingbai's Chronicle "Compilation" stated that there were thirty-two people in total, and according to "Yiyun's Memories" written by Huang Yu's wife, Shen Yiyun, there were thirty-four members.On the other hand, five of the twenty-eight people mentioned by Yan Xishan were not included in Shen Yunlong's writing. If all of them were counted, there would be forty-three members in the regiment, but none of them had the surname Jiang. See Li Ao's "Sequel to the Study of Chiang Kai-shek").

Zhang Qun went to Japan on the same ship as Chiang Kai-shek in the spring of 1908. The "husband group" had his name, but not Chiang Kai-shek's, which naturally proved that the "husband group" did not absorb Chiang Kai-shek.Therefore, the so-called theory that Chiang Kai-shek was a member of the "husband group" is not only undocumented, but also not found in his early "authorized" "Mr. Chiang Kai-shek Fifteen Years Before the Republic of China" (this book only recognizes that he joined the League).It can be seen that in the "Secret Records of President Chiang", the statement that Chiang Kai-shek "and Zhang Qun both joined a secret group 'husband group' formed by military students who were members of the Tongmenghui" was completely added seventy years later.

Until the summer of 1911, due to the turmoil of Sichuan road protection, Chiang Kai-shek was recalled to Shanghai by Chen Qimei, "secret business promotion plan" (see "Chronology of Mr. Chen Yingshi", page 19), and later returned to Shanghai due to leave. On the 1st, return to the Thirteenth Regiment.Not long after the Wuchang Uprising, all provinces responded one after another, and Chen Qimei sent a telegram to urge him to return to the country, and immediately asked for leave from the head of the Japanese division. The captain asked for leave for forty-eight hours. Knowing that he would not be able to return to the camp within the time limit, he pretended to return to the country, just like a deserter. In fact, he never returned to the camp.However, the historian Li Dongfang has returned to the country in a hurry, and based on unreliable hearsay, he portrayed it as Jing Ke who entered the Qin Dynasty in a bleak and cold water:

When Jiang Gong heard the news in Japan, he immediately gathered a dozen Chinese students in the 13th Artillery Regiment of Takada Field, and actively prepared to return to China.Regiment Captain Toimatsu Kango and Division Chief Okagai Shi knew their wish, not only did not stop them, but also held a farewell banquet for them. During the banquet, according to Bushido etiquette, cold water was used instead of wine to express their farewell.The cup containing cold water is called "the farewell cup that the samurai vowed not to survive". Under Jiang Gong's call, many Chinese students outside the 13th Regiment were also willing to return to China and join the revolution.There were a total of about 120 of them, both civil and military; they escaped the surveillance of the Japanese Gendarmerie police and Qing court detectives, boarded a ship smoothly, and landed in Shanghai.

These more than 120 comrades became a new force of Chen Xianlie.They helped Chen Xianlie to recover Shanghai on September 14th of the lunar calendar (November 3rd of the Gregorian calendar). ("Preface to Chiang Kai-shek", page 30). How is this different from writing historical fiction?Division commanders are not allowed to return home at all, and regimental commanders are only allowed 48 hours of leave as usual. If they exceed the time limit, they will be punished as deserters.And "according to Bushido's etiquette, replace wine with cold water as a farewell", which is even more capable of imagination.In fact, only Zhang Qun and Chen Xingshu returned home with Chiang Kai-shek.About 20 other military students studying in Japan dropped out of school and returned to China at about this time, but they did not go with them. The so-called "about 120 people" is groundless.These students were all expelled from the school because they returned home without authorization.