"Everyone" and "Small Family" in He Shuheng's Poems"

In 1876, He Shuheng, a representative of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, was born in Ladders Chong, Ningxiang City, Hunan Province. As a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, he had a relatively profound literary foundation and accumulated more in poetry creation. From the early spontaneous exploration of the revolutionary road, to the active development of the worker-peasant movement, the training of revolutionary cadres after joining the party, and finally dedicated to the Soviet area, every important stage of He Shuheng's revolutionary career has always adhered to his sincerity to the revolutionary "everyone" and his personal "small family". "Leading by example, and shining in his poems.
Popular release sage sound. Xiong Jinjin, who worked with He Shuheng in Hunan Self-study University, once wrote a poem, "The new people advocate learning, the popular voice of the virtuous. The class is the enemy, the ship mountain struggle", reflecting the early years of He Shuheng spread advanced ideas, encourage young people to pursue progress, for the revolution "everyone" actively cultivate talent deeds.
In April 1918, in order to organize patriots and spread new ideas more effectively, Mao Zedong, He Shuheng and others formed a progressive group-Xinmin Society. After the founding of the Communist Party of China, in order to better train the party's young revolutionary cadres, He Shuheng and others also founded Hunan Self-study University. Born in a large feudal family, Xia Minghan was eager to participate in the revolution, but was often blocked by his grandfather Xia Sizi. When he Shuheng knew about it, he not only helped him escape from his home, but also recommend him to study at Hunan self-study University, and encouraged him to put aside his worries and devote himself to the revolutionary cause. To this end, He Shuheng also presented a poem "China is full of wind and thunder, and it is useful to join the revolution. The family law is strict and it is difficult to lock the ambition, and the sky is high and the sea is broad for birds to fly".
Encouraged by this and after a period of study, Xia Minghan made a request to join the Party. He Shuheng asked him why he joined the party. Xia Minghan said, "I did this just to sacrifice an old self and usher in a new self, so that I can fight for the turnaround of workers and peasants and the liberation of mankind for life". After listening, He Shuheng further guided him, "If a person joins the party with a motive that is good for the individual, this is a stain on the Communist Party and a great shame for a communist fighter". Deeply inspired and inspired by Xia Minghan, he embarked on the road of working for the party and gradually grew into an excellent revolutionary cadre.
In addition, Hunan Self-study University and its supplementary schools have also absorbed students such as Yang Kaihui, Jiang Mengzhou, Mao Zetan, Chen Geng, etc., and sent a large number of outstanding talents to the party. The emergence of these new revolutionary forces could not help He Shuheng sigh with emotion, "How nice it is to gather people to gather books and exhibitions; it is a pleasure to gather talents from all over the world to educate them".
Can seek more judgment on weekdays. In the process of promoting the development of the revolutionary "everyone", He Shuheng was also good at fighting for all the forces that could be fought for, including the personal "small family", as Xiao San once commented, "He did things without rejoice, and his feelings were raging. He was able to make more decisions on weekdays, and he was brave and loyal".
In August 1921, He Shuheng, who had completed the first National Congress of the Communist Party of China from Shanghai, returned to Hunan to carry out local party building and labor movement activities. Sun Yat-sen is considering holding the Northern Expedition. If it can facilitate the Northern Expedition to Hunan and use the power of Sun Yat-sen and others to overthrow the Hunan warlords, it will be a good way to promote the development of the Hunan revolution. Therefore, He Shuheng took the initiative to contact He Zilin, hoping to contact Sun Yat-sen through him.
He Zilin is He Shuheng's cousin and a member of He Shuheng's personal "small family. Influenced by He Shuheng, He Zilin devoted himself to serving the country since he was a teenager, and was admitted to military academy, army and alliance. After learning about He Shuheng's thoughts and the current situation in Hunan, he immediately facilitated the meeting between He Shuheng and Sun Yat-sen. During the meeting, He Shuheng not only expressed his support for the Northern Expedition, but also was willing to carry out extensive publicity and mobilization work in Hunan to lay a good mass foundation for the arrival of the Northern Expedition. He Shuheng's strategy and wisdom were affirmed by Sun Yat-sen.
At the same time, in order to achieve the victory of the Northern Expedition, He Shuheng also encouraged He Zilin to fight for the people, and wrote a poem "Chest and purple electricity, gas spit Changhong. Riding a horse to test the sword, from the west to the east. His hoof is so sick that he is proud of the spring breeze. Plowing and sweeping the cave, drinking the Yellow Dragon". He Zilin, who was inspired, started the battle with a passion for serving the country, but unfortunately he was shot and died in a fierce battle with the Beiyang warlord troops in Shuikou outside Fuzhou in 1922. As a family member, He Shuheng accepted Sun Yat-sen and Liao Zhongkai's personal writing for his cousin, "Dedication for the country" and "magnificent mountains and rivers", and said that he would continue to fight for the revolutionary cause, just as he insisted when Liao Zhongkai was stabbed to death later, "The sorrow is not yet the ambition of life; the struggle is only after the death".
This life is to forget the family. The more than three years of work in the Soviet area was the final stage of He Shuheng's life. In the meantime, he devoted himself to the work of workers' and peasants' inspection, internal affairs, and trial in the Soviet area, fighting for the revolutionary "everyone" to the last moment, and setting an example for the individual "small family" with his actions.
After August 1931, due to the increasingly tense struggle in Shanghai, the party decided to transfer He Shuheng to the Soviet area. Before leaving, He Shuheng found his daughter He Shishan, He Shisi and others and gave them a final exhortation. He Shuheng recites a poem he wrote when he passed Harbin when he went to study abroad in the Soviet Union in June, 1928, "The body is full of clothes and wine marks, and the soul is lost when traveling far away. This life is to forget the family and guests, and go abroad in the wind and rain". This poem is adapted from Lu You's "Light Rain in Jianmen Road", which expresses the poet's sorrow for the fate of the country when he was transferred from the front line of Nanzheng in Shaanxi Province to Chengdu, Sichuan Province. At that time, He Shuheng was about to go to Moscow to study at Sun Yat-sen University, but thinking of his family and the current situation in China, he was full of reluctance and worry, so he couldn't help but resonate with Lu You. However, compared with Lu You's helplessness and sadness of "this fit is not a poet", He Shuheng's choice of his identity of "forgetting his family" is full of revolutionary firmness and boldness.
And this choice was made by He Shuheng long ago. After He Shuheng graduated from the First Normal University in Hunan Province, his father and wife hoped that he could return to his hometown to teach and live a stable life. However, He Shuheng believes that we should not only care about the well-being of individual "small families", but should use actions to transform society and fight for the revolutionary "everyone. Therefore, in his reply to his son he Xinjiu, he declared that he was willing to give up his "small family" for the sake of national rejuvenation. "I am definitely not a person from my family and hometown. My outlook on life is not that I want to live in the countryside for a good end; I can never seek promotion and wealth for a family to become foolish and cowardly". Since then, He Shuheng has gone out of the house and has been running for the revolution for a long time. Most of the time, he only communicates with his family through letters.
Therefore, at a time when it is rare to meet and is about to be separated for a long time, he Shuheng once again made it clear to his relatives that "revolutionaries are determined to give up their lives and forget their homes." he not only hopes to get the understanding of their relatives, but also hopes that they can be party members who are not afraid of death like themselves. At parting, he Shuheng also comforted his two daughters, "you will also have the opportunity to go to the Soviet area in the future, and then we will be together again". But this parting is an eternity.
In February 1935, He Shuheng was surrounded by the enemy during the transfer process. At the critical moment, the elderly He Shuheng did not want to involve everyone, so he said to his colleague Deng Zihui: "Zihui, I can't go anymore, I want to shed the last drop of blood for the Soviet", and then jumped off the cliff. Until the last moment of his life, this "family-forgetting guest" was still thinking about his comrades-in-arms and the revolution, and did not care about his personal safety, gains and losses. His talent, personality and sincerity to the revolution are admirable. His integrity, self-discipline and his words and deeds to his family are awe-inspiring. Just as Xie Juezai praised, "Shu Hengcai tempered and Hua Hua" and "never looked back in the face of danger".
 

Source: Learning Times