Poems about revolutionary heroes include sacrifice poems, farewell poems, and prison poems. Beheading does not matter, as long as the principle is true. Kill Xia Minghan and the people who came after him. Thirty-one years have passed by in a blink of an eye, and the ambition has not yet been fulfilled. I don't hesitate to die first, and my successors will comfort Jiuquan frequently. Wandering around the rivers and lakes recalling old travels, old friends' lives and deaths are different.
On March 18, 1928, Xia Minghan was arrested in Wuhan. The enemy used various tortures on him to persuade him to surrender, but he always regarded death as home. In the early morning of March 20, Xia Minghan was escorted to the execution ground. Before the execution, the enemy asked him if he had anything else to say. He said loudly, "Yes, bring me a pen and paper." Therefore, he wrote this martyrdom poem that has been praised to this day.
Character evaluation of Xia Minghan
The poet Xiao San recalled that Comrade Xia Minghan had a pure party spirit, without any tricks, down-to-earth and never told lies. When it comes to his character and temper, four lines of poetry can completely represent him. They are sincere and not pretentious. What is rare is that his words and deeds are consistent.
Xia Minghan is not only a heroic and passionate man, a great revolutionary with a firm will, but also a flesh-and-blood, affectionate, amiable and respectable son, husband, father and friend. In 2009, Xia Minghan was selected as one of the 100 heroic model figures who made outstanding contributions to the founding of New China.