Xu Xilin, the leader of the "Guangfu Army"

Source: Xinhua Net

Hangzhou, 7 Apr (Xinhua) -- Walking on the bluestone slab of Dongpu Town in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, walking through Xilin Middle School, and walking for 5 minutes, you can see a statue of a martyr Xu Xilin. Under the sun, the martyrs wore robes, shallow cloth shoes on their feet, books in their hands, and looked forward with their heads held high. Starting from the bronze statue and crossing Xilin Old Street, is the former residence of Xu Xilin.

Liu Lihua, a docent who has worked here for 11 years, said that in 1911, the Xinhai Revolution was victorious. Sun Yat-sen personally went to Hangzhou to pay tribute, saying: "There will be Xu Xilin's killing of Enming in the Restoration, and his merits are seen in the world." And wrote a bang lian "Dan xin a little sacrifice of the remaining flesh, white bones after three years of death incense", in order to comfort the martyrs. Today, this joint hangs in the hall of Xu Xilin's former residence "Yijing Hall".

Xu Xilin (1873-1907), male, character Bosun, also known as Bo sheng, alias Guang Hanzi. A native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, he is a famous bourgeois revolutionary in modern China.

In 1901, Xu Xilin was hired as a teacher at ShaoxingFu Academy and later promoted to deputy superintendent. In 1903, he took the township examination and was ranked in the deputy list. In the same year, he went to Osaka, Japan to visit the International Exposition, and traveled to Yokohama and Tokyo. At that time, when the Chinese students in Tokyo launched the anti-Russian movement, he was deeply influenced by this surging wave of patriotic revolution and germinated the idea of anti-Qing revolution.

While in Tokyo, he actively participated in the rescue of Zhang Binglin and generously contributed money. At this meeting, I got to know the revolutionaries Tao Chengzhang and Gong Baoquan. After returning to China, he founded the Zeal School in Higashiura to promote national education. At the same time, a "special bookstore" was opened in Shaoxing to disseminate new translations of books and newspapers and publicize the anti-Qing revolution.

In 1904, Xu Xilin joined the Guangfu Society in Shanghai. In 1905, he founded the Sports Association in Shaoxing, and also founded the Datong Normal School, stipulating that all students who entered the school were members of the Guangfu Association and participated in military exercise training. After that, he decided to go north to seek an official position, intending to seize military power and wait for the opportunity to launch a revolution. In that year, he donated a Taoist and was distributed to Anqing, Anhui.

In May 1907, the "Guangfu Army" was established, Xu Xilin was promoted to the leader, and Qiu Jin was appointed as the assistant leader. He decided to assassinate Enming and others on July 6 during the examination at the Anqing Patrol Police Academy, and launched an uprising in advance. On the morning of the 6th, he, Chen Boping and Ma Zonghan came to the Patrol Police Academy and gathered the students to give a speech. After the ceremony began, he drew two pistols from his boots and shot at Eun Ming. Subsequently, together with Chen Boping and Ma Zonghan, the students led the students straight to Fuya. After escaping, Feng Xu and Yu Lang of the Clan gathered their troops to counterattack, he led the students to transfer to occupy the ordnance station, the two sides fought fiercely for 4 hours, and then more than 20 people, including Ma Zonghan, were arrested one after another. The Anqing Uprising failed.

On the evening of the 6th, Feng Xu and Yu Lang organized interrogations. In the public court, Xu Xilin's righteousness was awe-inspiring: "Er waited to kill me well, cut my heart off, broke my hands and feet, and shattered my whole body. In the face of interrogation, he admitted that he was beheaded on the same day.

After Xu Xilin's sacrifice, his body was buried in Mashan, North Anqing City. Zhang Taiyan wrote an essay praising his fearless revolutionary spirit and noble qualities of loving his students: "Xu Jun, Shanyin, was born as his birthday. Do righteousness and save the people with your own body. Hands destroyed the head, the reputation is well known. ”

On January 21, 1912, Xu Xilin's coffin was transported through Shanghai and a memorial meeting was held in Yongxi Hall. The next day, the coffin was transported to Hangzhou and buried in the southeast foothills of Lonely Mountain. In 1964, it moved to Jilong Mountain in Hangzhou. In September 1981, he was buried in the tombs of the martyrs of the Xinhai Revolution in Zhejiang Province under the Fenghuangling Mountains in Hangzhou.

Xu Xilin sacrificed 110 years, and his hometown Dongpu Town started the construction of a rice wine town. Today's Dongpu Town has been reborn into a characteristic town that integrates production and sightseeing, display experience, cultural creativity and leisure tourism. Liu Lihua said that the construction of Huangjiu Town has brought popularity to Dongpu, and in the past two years, the number of visitors to Xu Xilin's former residence has increased. "Especially on weekends, there are many visitors from all over the country, and the day before the Qingming Festival, a team of 250 people from Ningbo alone came."