Nanxun celebrity 丨 Xu Zihua

Xu Zihua sent dust, the number of confession Hui. Originally from Shimen County (now part of Tongxiang City), he was born in Mingmen, his father Xu Duozhen, and the county commander of Leiguan County. She is familiar with the history of the bible, You Xi poetry, Shao Chengjia learning, and Tongxiang Wu Zhiying, known as "Wu Xu Second Lady", once went with her father to Shunde County, Guangdong Province, a lot of knowledge, different from the general girl. In the eighteenth year of Qing Guangxu (1892), when he was 20 years old, because of the right door, he married the son of Nanxun Fusheng Mei Qianji (1893) Xiucai Mei Fujun (Zi Yunsheng) as his wife. In the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu (1900), her husband died, with the name of Lu Qing and the female name of Zi Rong. She left her daughter by her side, died before she died, and sent herself to fill in the poems every day.

In the spring of the thirty-second year of Guangxu (1906), Zhang Benqun, a member of the town, advocated women's education in order to open up the style of civilization, founded the Xunxi Girls' School, and hired Xu Zihua as the principal. Shi Qiujin returned from Japan, through the introduction of Cai Yuanpei and Chu Fucheng, to Xunxi Girls' School to teach, Xu Zihua and Qiu Jin met, poetry and lyrics, like a common interest, so that they became Mo Rebellion, through Qiu Jin's introduction, secretly joined the Guangfu Society and the Alliance. Qiu Jin advocated equality between men and women at school, opposed foot binding, and was not bound by feudal etiquette, and was supported by Xu Zihua and loved by students. Xu Zihua's sisters Xu Yunhua (徐云華字小淑) and Wu Xiying (later renamed Hui Qiu in honor of Qiu Jin) became close students of Qiu Jin. Qiu Jin's activities were opposed and slandered by the conservative forces among the school trustees, and under the pretext of "parental opinions", Qiu Jin resigned and left the school to go to Shanghai to organize the "China Women's Daily", and Xu Zihua also resigned as principal in anger. Qiu Jin taught at Xunxi Girls' School for less than a semester, and before leaving, in addition to Zihua's gift of poetry: "If you want to save the world and do everything in civilization, and do not hesitate to turn into barbarians, I will fight for Xunxi, and the academy can be less than a siren." Xu Zihua returned to his mother's house to serve his mother with his father's death, and maintained close contact with Qiu Jin.

Qiu Jin founded the "China Women's Daily" in Shanghai, and Xu Zihua and Xu Yunhua donated ziyuan to support it, which was launched in the winter of 1906. In May 1907, Qiu Jin went to Shaoxing to organize the Guangfu Army Uprising in order to raise funds for the revolution, and visited Xu Zihua to tell his heartfelt feelings, Xu Zihua expressed deep sympathy for the revolution and donated more than 30 gold and jewelry. Qiu Jin felt that she was sincere and righteous, and took off the double dragon cuitao on her wrist and handed it to Xu Zihua as a souvenir. And said that if you dedicate yourself to the revolution, please bury your bones. Xu Xilin's uprising in Anqing failed, and the Zhejiang plan was also leaked, Qiu Jin was not, fortunately arrested, so on July 15 of that year, he was righteous at the Xuanting Pass in Shaoxing. After hearing the news, Xu Zihua was devastated, not because his family opposed and the society "people's words are fearful", he buried Qiu Jin, and according to Qiu Jin's last wishes, he set up a tomb on the banks of the Xiling Bridge in Hangzhou's West Lake, and personally wrote the "Table of the Tomb of Qiu Jun, the Female Heroine of Jianhu Lake", written by the female calligrapher Tongcheng Wu Zhiying, and the female Jinshi family Hu Juling sealed, recording Qiu Jin's deeds for eternity. He also established the "Autumn Society" and was elected president.

In order to commemorate Qiu Jin, Wang Jinfa and others founded the Jingxiong Girls' School in Shanghai, and Xu Zihua was elected by Sun Yat-sen as the principal. In 1913, the Guangfu and The League, which were members of the Two Associations in Shanghai, planned to occupy Suzhou as an anti-Yuan base, and Xu Zihua secretly served as a liaison.

In May of the 5th year of the Republic of China (1916), Chen Yingshi, the commander-in-chief of the Yuan Army, was assassinated by Yuan Shikai in Shanghai, and the yuan failed, and Xu Zihua returned to Shanghai. When commemorating the 20th anniversary of Qiu Jin Chengren (1927), Xu Zihua handed over the school affairs of The Jingxiong Girls' School and the relics of the Double Dragon Cui Bracelet kept by Qiu Jin to Qiu Jin's daughter I Canzhi, and also wrote a touching commemorative article "The Record of Huan Jun" (which was published in various newspapers at that time and edited the primary and secondary school language textbooks, and the former residence of Shaoxing Qiu Jin is fully exhibited). Xu Zihua formed an alliance with Liu Yezi and Chen Zhiyi, and she and her sister Xu Xiaoshu both participated in the "South Society". She opposed Yuan Shikai's stolen government, advocated democracy and republicanism, and could be an example for the women's community. He died in 1935 at the age of 63.

According to Xu Zihua's last wishes, qiushe tongren were buried on the side of Qiu Jin's tomb on the shore of Xizi Lake, fulfilling the "covenant of burying bones in Xiling". His posthumous works include "Listening to the Poetry Manuscript of Zhulou", "Confession of Wisdom", and "Trivia by the Hearth". Confessions were typeset and published by Chen Toyi in Guangdong. The "Poetry Manuscript of Listening to Zhulou" was originally preserved by his nephew Xu Yifan. It was selected and recorded by the Chinese scholar Wang Jianmin's son Wang Yusun into "Listening to the Poetry of the Bamboo Building", which was later sent to the Institute of Modern History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences by Professor Zhou Zimei of East China Normal University. In the compilation of materials published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 1987, the selected poems of Xu Jichen published were selected from "Listening to zhulou poetry banknotes".

Source: Nanxun Ancient Town

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