The old society of the past harmed the people and also pitted those heroic and righteous people who wanted revolution, and Tan Sitong, as a figure of the reform faction, wanted to change the law and make it stronger, exerted great efforts to govern, advocated learning from the western bourgeois political system, and also advocated the development of national industry and commerce.
He was the most radical of the Reformers, the most famous figure in the "Six Gentlemen of the Five Reforms", and in order to change the law, he created the first philosophical work "Renxue", which also became the first work of the Reform school. Although Tan Sitong was born in a eunuch family, he was not willing to let the family be so lonely, so he advocated changing the law and restoring the new, and under the leadership of the Guangxu Emperor, he began to implement the change of law.
Tan Sitong assisted the Guangxu Emperor in implementing the reform of the law, and what they had to do was to criticize the old ideas and old culture of feudalism, spread the new ideas and new cultures of the bourgeoisie, advocate the elimination of maladministration, and advocate equality and freedom. However, at that time, people's thinking was still stuck in the old era, it was difficult to change, so it was difficult to carry out the restoration and reform of the law, and with Empress Dowager Cixi as the ruler, she fiercely opposed the overthrow of feudal despotism, and still wanted to maintain and preserve feudal absolutism and feudal ethics.
Guangxu and Tan Si and the like all had the same thoughts, they thought they could achieve their lofty ambitions, but they did not expect to be exploited by Cixi. Just as the Guangxu Emperor was on a military parade in Tianjin, Cixi took the opportunity to launch a mutiny, deposing all the power of the Guangxu Emperor and imprisoning him in Yingtai in Zhongnanhai, while at the same time, Cixi sent people to arrest the Reform faction. Tan Si was also heroic and righteous for the country, and before his execution, his wife cried and complained that she had no heirs, and his answer was 20 words sad.
Some of the reformists took the opportunity to escape, and some were caught, and Tan Sitong could obviously take the opportunity to leave, but he took the initiative to choose to stay, he wanted to use his own blood to awaken those ignorant countrymen, just as it is called: whoever changes the law and does not shed blood and sacrifice, and he is the first person to bleed. Therefore, a generation of heroes was killed at Caishikou outside the Xuanwu Gate in Beijing, and Tan Sitong's bravery and righteousness did not exchange for the soberness of the chinese people, but he did not sacrifice in vain.
For the death of Tan Sitong, his wife Li Yan was heartbroken, and before he was executed, his wife Li Yan cried that the two still had no children! In fact, the husband and wife had a son Lan Sheng before, but unfortunately died prematurely, and the two had no heirs after that. In the face of her husband's imminent death for the country, although Li Yan can understand, he hopes to have a child of their own.
But Tan Sitong replied to his wife with 20 words: In the current country, having one more child is to give birth to one more slave! This sentence not only makes people feel sad, but also makes people can't help but shed tears, the rise and fall of the country, Pifu has the responsibility, as Tan Sitong, who was born in the feudal society period, can not change the status quo by his own efforts, and he is powerless to return to heaven, he feels sad. Instead of letting the children be slaves of a new generation, it is better not to let them come into this world, this is his idea before he died, and it is also a deep warning to those who sleep deeply under the ideas of feudal society!