Liang Qichao’s patriotic poems

Awesome, I am China! The largest country in the largest continent, with twenty-two provinces forming one family. The earth is rich in products and living armor, and the Tianfu is a majestic country. Don't you see that the three islands of Britain and Japan are rising high, and Kuang Naitang is telling me about China! Join our group, cheer up our spirit, in the new world of the 20th century, will we be soaring in the inner world and our ethics? What a lovely people! What a lovely people!

Liang Qichao (1873-1929) was a representative figure of the bourgeois reformists in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The courtesy name is Zhuoru, also known as the owner of the Ice Drinking Room. A native of Xinhui, Guangdong. He passed the imperial examination at the age of 17, took Kang Youwei as his teacher, and followed him to advocate reform and reform. In the 1898 Coup of 1898, Tan Si and other six gentlemen were killed. During the period when Liang Qichao and Kang Youwei fled eastward to Japan, a series of incidents occurred in which the powers invaded and carved up China: in 1899, the anti-imperialist and patriotic Boxer Rebellion broke out, and Britain, the United States, Germany, The Eight-Power Allied Forces of France, Russia, Japan, Italy, and Austria invaded and occupied Tianjin and Beijing to suppress the resistance of the Chinese people. In 1901, the Qing government was forced to sign the "Xin Chou Treaty" with 11 countries including Britain, the United States, Germany, France, Russia, Japan, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands, which stipulated that China should compensate 450 million customs taels of silver and station foreign troops. Terms such as those along Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanhaiguan lines. At this time, the Tsarist Russian invading army caused the massacres of Hailanpao and Jiangdong No. 64 in Northeast China, and occupied the three northeastern provinces of China. The United States proposed to Britain, Russia, Germany, Japan, Italy, France and other countries to implement an "open door" policy towards China. China has become a semi-colony.

This patriotic poem by Liang Qichao was written in 1903 when China was in its most critical period. At this time, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty had failed in many wars and had no ambition to fight against foreign invaders, which affected the people's spirits. Under the circumstances at that time, Liang Qichao's patriotic poem shouted to the people of the country: China is the largest country and will become the world's largest power when it rises. This kind of confidence and heroism played a great role in inspiring people at the time. The role of saving the nation and strengthening the country is a poem with a patriotic spirit.

Note: Open Door: At the end of the 19th century, the United States was squeezed out by imperialists such as Britain, France, Japan, and Russia in the struggle to invade China. In 1899, the United States proposed to these countries: The United States recognized the rights of all countries to China. The invasion and the divided sphere of influence require that all rights seized by various countries that invade China be shared throughout China. This is what is called "open door" and "equal opportunity".

How can one be so sentimental when Cangbo is gone? The white birds come frequently and it seems like they are at a loss.

But it pointed out that where the sea and clouds are red, the recruitment should be from the east mountain of Zhejiang.

The tough gray has been transformed by the dust in the eyes, and the white hair invades the face and is renewed day by day.

Who could have predicted that the mountains and rivers would be shattered? Brothers in difficulty will take care of themselves.

I will drink tears and taste a glass of wine for the rest of my life, and sing and cry to the ancients across the street.

Leave the history of his years in the wild, and record the spring rain in high buildings and the end of spring.

Liang Qichao’s poems express the Taiwanese people’s longing for their motherland. He wrote in "Acacia Tree":

I miss you all day long without knowing it, and there is no time to buy gifts from Nagato.

The mountains are covered with green acacia trees, which is when the grass grows in the south of the Yangtze River.