Chapter 121 God Sorrow - It is better to die than to live without joy

In 1907, Yang Dusheng and Yu Youren founded Shenzhou Daily in Shanghai.His editorials and "little words on current affairs" were bold and pungent, which no one dared to speak, and were very popular among readers. People at the time praised them as "the public's writings cry if you want the world to cry, and sing if you want the world to sing."Four years later, he was stimulated by the revolutionary spirit. It was rumored that Huang Xing died in battle. He was very sad and found that Zhang Shizhao was in contact with the royalists.The suicide note to Wu Zhihui: "It is better to die than to live without joy." On August 6, 1911, Yang threw himself into the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of Liverpool, England and died.

After Qiu Jin was arrested, Li Zhongyue, the magistrate of Shanyin County, refused to torture him to extract a confession, but asked Qiu Jin to write the confession himself, so he left behind a deadly poem with seven characters "Autumn Wind and Autumn Rain Worry about Sharen".When Li Zhongyue left his post and went to Hangzhou for leisure, he kept repeating the words "Although I will not kill Boren, Boren will die by me" every day. Although others can forgive him, he cannot resist the condemnation of his conscience.In the midst of pain, grief and anger, he gradually developed the idea of ​​martyrdom. He often recited Qiu Jin's secret ink "Autumn Wind and Autumn Rain Sorrow Sharen" by himself, and wept for it.Under the remorse of his conscience, he committed suicide and died, less than a hundred days after Qiu Jin was killed.After his death, he was depressed and could hardly be buried in a coffin.

Han Yan asked: "Bronze and iron are both gold. Why do knives break the necks of people with lofty ideals? How can copper be used to cast statues of noble people?" After Liangbi was killed, the situation in the capital was extremely urgent. Zhao Bingjun, Hu Weide, and Liang Shiyi entered the court to meet the Empress Dowager Longyu. We must save the lives of our mother and son." In February 1912, Qiu Fengjia fell ill while attending a meeting of the provisional government in Nanjing, and returned to the south on leave. Passed away on February 25th. On his deathbed, he shouted: "After death, you must be buried in the south. I can't forget Taiwan!"

In the sixth year of the Republic of China, Jiang Menglin returned to China with the reason: "It is my responsibility to return to China after studying, because I have already enjoyed the privilege of staying in the United States." He later saw Chinese military flags captured in the Sino-Japanese War at the Ueno Park Exhibition in Japan, When he saw the Japanese intoxicated with the victory in the war against Russia, and the parade stretched for miles, he said: "I stood alone on the top of a rockery, looking at the The parade team, touched by the scene, couldn't help crying."

When Chen Yannian went to study in the Soviet Union, the school provided food, clothing, and housing.Although it was black bread with hay in it, and the food was only rationed, Chen said to Zheng Chaolin: "I have never lived such a good life in my life..." Rong Zongjing said: "God does not make Chinese people the first class." Chen Guangfu further said: "God simply does not make us human beings. Most people are born poor, and it is difficult to make a living in China. Those born in Shandong went to the three eastern provinces to work. , the Fujianese went to various parts of Southeast Asia, and the Cantonese went to Europe and the United States to seek a living.”

Wu Xun said to the children of Shangyi School: "When you finish your studies, don't forget the poor." In 1924, Yu Youren wrote a poem: "The wind, the tiger, the cloud, and the dragon are also accidental, deceiving people, and the history is full of stories. There are heroes in the Central Plains, and each of them has suffered for decades." In the 1920s, Lu Xun said at the inauguration meeting of Xiamen Minmin School: "No one has such great power: can teach you to be enslaved forever. There is no fate that is destined to make you poor all your life. Don't underestimate yourselves. Own……"