Translation:The Revolutionary Army
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Author's Preface
[edit]I did not write in order to live. I lived in Sichuan for six years, traveled on the Yangtze River in Xinchou, and stayed in Shanghai; I traveled overseas during the Water Tiger cycle, and stayed abroad for many years. Have I recorded the words of famous people and retained them in my brain, along with those who are not satisfied with my thoughts, and listed them in the editorial columns to report to my compatriots, which is also attached to the freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and freedom of publication in a civilized country? Slaves do not have freedom of speech and thought. However, I do not mind this slight idea, and I think that I am repaying the kindness of 400,000,000 compatriots, the kindness of my parents, and the love of my friends, brothers, and sisters. I don't count those who blame me for treason and those who believe me to be honorable and upright. I believe that the great philosophers of Rousseau, Washington, and Wyman will laugh at me and say, “This child from the East knows my reason!" I believe in the spirits of Mr. Zheng Chenggong and Mr. Zhang Huangyan, who will smile and say, “There is someone taking after me, I shall rest in peace!" The day this writing is completed, my words stop, but my heart incessantly yearns for the complete tide of revolution!
- 260 years after the fall of the Han nation[1], recorded by Zou Rong, a central Sichuan member in the Revolutionary Army, on a certain day in the third month of the Water Rabbit cycle.
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- ↑ Refers to the 260 years after the entry of the Qing army in the first year of the Shunzhi reign, i.e., the year Guangxu 29.