Chen Tianhua
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Chen Tianhua was a Chinese revolutionary born in Xinhua, Hunan
province into a poor peasant family during the Qing dynasty
.
in his hometown Xinhua in the late 1890s.
In response to Russian and Japanese imperialism in Manchuria, he used his blood to write a few dozen letters that were distributed in schools in China. He was an editor of newspaper The People's Daily, and wrote a novel called The Lion's Roar.
Chen Tianhua wrote in May 1903, a two part critique published in the Shanghai journal Subao entitled "On the Corrupt and Rotten Hunan guanbao". Chen criticized the gazette's contents for being too milited, prodding it to add essays and news and slip free of the provincial authorities.
He joined the Anti-Russia Voluntary Patriotic Corps and in 1903 reorganized it into the Headquarters of National (guomin zonghui) with Zou Rong
.The organization quickly evolved into the anti-Manchu Association for the National Military Education (Junguomin jiaoyuhui). A few months later, Chen returned to China as a representative of the association to promote revolution.In early 1904 Chen, together with his fellow Hunanese Huang Hsing and Song Jiaoren, founded the underground revolutionary society Huaxinghui (China Arise Society) in Changsha. He worked with other members of the society to incite armed uprisings among the Qing troops and secret societies.
He integrated traditional values into a pattern of racial solitary in his pamphlets, read throughout the Yangzi valley. He argued that men are close only to people of their own family, and that when two families fight, one only assists ones own family. He argued that the Han race was one big family, and that the Yellow Emperor
is the great ancestor, all those who were not Han were from exterior families. Kin terms were infused into racial rhetoric that called for emotional expressions. "Racial feeling begins at birth. For the members of one's own race, there is surely mutual intimacy and love: for the members of a foreign race, there is surely mutual savagery".
In 1905 he helped Dr. Sun Yat-sen
found the Tongmenghui
. He committed suicide in a Tokyo bay by drowning to protest against Japanese restrictions imposed on the activities of Chinese students in December 1905.
Hunan
' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...
province into a poor peasant family during the Qing dynasty
Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....
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Early life and education
Chen did not begin his education until he was fifteen. He enrolled into the new-style Qiushi AcademyQiushi Academy
Qiushi Academy , was the main root of the current Zhejiang University, which is one of the most comprehensive universities in China.-History:The academy was the first modern institute for higher education established in Zhejiang Province; it was also one of the earliest in China. It was founded in...
in his hometown Xinhua in the late 1890s.
Political career
After receiving the shengyuan degree in 1902, Chen was sponsored by the academy to study in Japan 1903 on a government scholarship. He became a radical politician soon after reaching Japan, and wrote two pamphlets which were popular among revolutionaries, A Sudden Look Back and An Alarm to Awaken the Age. He returned to China after seven months and helped found an anti-Qing revolutionary group engaged in insurrection in Changsha, Hunan. He was forced twice to flee to Japan after the closure of his journal Liyu Bao and the failure of a planned insurrection against Qing.In response to Russian and Japanese imperialism in Manchuria, he used his blood to write a few dozen letters that were distributed in schools in China. He was an editor of newspaper The People's Daily, and wrote a novel called The Lion's Roar.
Chen Tianhua wrote in May 1903, a two part critique published in the Shanghai journal Subao entitled "On the Corrupt and Rotten Hunan guanbao". Chen criticized the gazette's contents for being too milited, prodding it to add essays and news and slip free of the provincial authorities.
He joined the Anti-Russia Voluntary Patriotic Corps and in 1903 reorganized it into the Headquarters of National (guomin zonghui) with Zou Rong
Zou Rong
Zou Rong . Chinese nationalist and revolutionary martyr of the anti-Qing movement. Born in Chongqing, Sichuan Province, he was sent to Japan at an early age, where he studied the successful Japanese way of modernization...
.The organization quickly evolved into the anti-Manchu Association for the National Military Education (Junguomin jiaoyuhui). A few months later, Chen returned to China as a representative of the association to promote revolution.In early 1904 Chen, together with his fellow Hunanese Huang Hsing and Song Jiaoren, founded the underground revolutionary society Huaxinghui (China Arise Society) in Changsha. He worked with other members of the society to incite armed uprisings among the Qing troops and secret societies.
He integrated traditional values into a pattern of racial solitary in his pamphlets, read throughout the Yangzi valley. He argued that men are close only to people of their own family, and that when two families fight, one only assists ones own family. He argued that the Han race was one big family, and that the Yellow Emperor
Yellow Emperor
The Yellow Emperor or Huangdi1 is a legendary Chinese sovereign and culture hero, included among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Tradition holds that he reigned from 2697–2597 or 2696–2598 BC...
is the great ancestor, all those who were not Han were from exterior families. Kin terms were infused into racial rhetoric that called for emotional expressions. "Racial feeling begins at birth. For the members of one's own race, there is surely mutual intimacy and love: for the members of a foreign race, there is surely mutual savagery".
In 1905 he helped Dr. Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese doctor, revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the "Father of the Nation" , a view agreed upon by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China...
found the Tongmenghui
Tongmenghui
The Tongmenghui, also known as the Chinese United League, United League, Chinese Revolutionary Alliance, Chinese Alliance and United Allegiance Society, was a secret society and underground resistance movement formed when merging many Chinese revolutionary groups together by Sun Yat-sen, Song...
. He committed suicide in a Tokyo bay by drowning to protest against Japanese restrictions imposed on the activities of Chinese students in December 1905.