After the failure of the political reform, Tan Sitong did not panic when he heard the news of the coup. Regardless of his own safety, he planned many activities to rescue Emperor Guangxu. But caught off guard, the plan fell through. In this case, he was determined to devote himself to the cause of political reform and make a final resistance to the feudal diehard forces with his own sacrifice. Tan Sitong gave his letters and manuscripts to Liang Qichao, asking him to take refuge in Japan, and generously said, "Without travelers, there will be no future, without the dead, there will be no call for future generations." The Japanese embassy sent someone to contact him and provide him with "protection". He resolutely refused, and said to the visitors: "Political reforms in all countries are produced from bloodshed. Today, China has never heard of bloodshed caused by political reform, and this country is not prosperous. If so, please start from the beginning. " On the 24th, Tan Sitong was arrested in Liuyang Hall. In prison, he calmly wrote a poem like this: "Watch the door, stop thinking about James Zhang and wait for Dugan. I am smiling at the sky, and I am going to live in the two Kunlun Mountains. " He and five others died heroically in the vegetable market outside Xuanwu Gate in Beijing. There were tens of thousands of spectators on the execution ground when they were killed. He looked the same, and when he died, he said loudly, "If you want to kill a thief, you can't go back to heaven and die a fair death. Come on! Come on! " It fully shows the heroism of a patriot who died for his country.