"It doesn't matter if you cut off your head, as long as the doctrine is true. Killed Xia Minghan, and later generations. This "Righteous Poem" is a portrayal of Xia Minghan's revolutionary spirit and is deeply admired by the people.
However, we may not know that in addition to this poem, there are many things to admire, his courage and steadfastness, and his contribution to the revolutionary cause, all of which are worthy of our deep memory. "
Unlike most revolutionaries who came from poor backgrounds, Xia Minghan was born into the prestigious Xia family in Hengyang, Hunan. Even the warlords of all stripes held him in high esteem. Therefore, Charmingham has every chance to live a rich life.
However, Xia Minghan, who has cherished the fate of the country since he was a child, is determined to reject this ordinary life. As early as 1917, while still studying, he had already joined the student patriotic organization and became a well-known patriotic student in the local area.
One year, Wu Peifu led the army to capture Hengyang, because he was afraid of the influence of the Xia family in the local area, he personally visited the door with a word screen, trying to win over the Xia family. However, Xia Minghan was resolutely unmoved, and tore the word screen to shreds in front of him, which embarrassed Wu Peifu.
Although the family protects Wu Peifu and does not dare to act rashly against him, Xia Minghan's daring and honest temperament is shown through this simple story. As his friend Xiao San commented: "Xia Minghan acts frankly, never plays false, and speaks directly and sincerely." ”
After the outbreak of the May Fourth Movement in 1919, Xia Minghan began to have extensive contact with democrats and representatives from all walks of life as a student representative.
On the one hand, he gave speeches and propaganda everywhere, and on the other hand, as long as he had time, he discussed national affairs with *** and others. These young people are talented and ambitious, and they are drawing a blueprint for a new China in a difficult environment.
Soon after the founding of our party in 1921, Xia Minghan officially became a member of our party under the joint recommendation of *** and He Shuheng.
From 1921 to 1927, Xia Minghan actively carried out revolutionary activities in Hunan, became a member of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and the head of the Organization Department, and led the Autumn Harvest Uprising together with *** and others.
After the failure of the uprising, the troops were forced to move to remote areas to establish a base area, but Charmingham chose to stay and continue to lead the workers' and peasants' revolutionary movement. It is worth mentioning that the Shamingham family actively participated in the revolution, and under his influence, his brothers and sisters also joined the revolutionary ranks.
For example, the fourth Xia Mingheng led an armed uprising in Chenxian, the fifth Xia Mingzhen was engaged in underground work in Hengshan, and the seventh Xia Mingbi was engaged in underground work in his hometown of Hengyang. What is even more admirable is that several of Shamingham's brothers and sisters, like him, sacrificed their young lives for the revolutionary cause.
On New Year's Day 1928, Xia Minghan received an order from his superiors to move to Hubei, but he did not know that Song Ruolin, the traffic officer in charge of contacting him, had defected to the reactionaries.
By the time he sensed that something was wrong and wanted to transfer, it was already too late, and the traitor Song Ruolin had already led people to surround the hostel, so Xia Minghan was **.
Xia Minghan's influence in the region of the Two Lakes was unparalleled, and the reactionaries resorted to coercion and inducement in order to win him over. Wu Peifu's artillery fire did not make him succumb back then, let alone the current torture.
After two days of interrogation, he remained resilient, gritting his teeth and not revealing anything. Eventually, the Kuomintang ordered him to be executed on March 9, 1928, at the age of 28.
Before his death, he wrote the famous "Righteous Poem". In addition to this, he also wrote a poem that is more passionate and joyful than "Poems of Righteousness", the content of the poem is: "Fortunately, as he said, although Xia Minghan was killed, countless Xia Minghan still came forward!"
It is these revolutionary aspirants who have created today's powerful China! ”