From "In Memory of Mr. Liu Hezhen", Lu Xun said: A true warrior dares to face the bleak life and the dripping blood.

"In Memory of Mr. Liu Hezhen" is a prose collection by Lu Xun, a writer during the Republic of China period, included in "The Sequel to the Huagai Collection". The original article was published in the 74th issue of "Yusi" weekly on April 12, 1926.

Liu Hezhen was one of the leaders of the Beijing student movement. He was killed in the "March 18th Massacre" in 1926 at the age of 22. After attending Liu Hezhen's memorial service, Mr. Lu Xun personally wrote an article "In Memory of Mr. Liu Hezhen", recalling this kind student who always smiled, mourning "the young people of China who died for China", and praising those who "died without mercy". "Courage of Chinese Women".

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In 1921, Liu Hezhen took the lead in cutting her hair into ear-length hair, pioneering a new trend in Nanchang Women's Normal School. Following her lead, the students responded one after another. Within a few days, no less than a hundred people in the school had cut their hair short. Because of this, Liu Hezhen was ordered to drop out of school by the principal of the female division. Later, thanks to the opposition and protests from the entire school, the principal did not dare to persist.

When Liu Hezhen was at Nanchang Women's Normal School, she and her classmates also founded the publication "Flower of the Times" published by "Jueshe" (meaning "The Society of Awakened Youth") to promote new culture and new ideas. Later, he founded "Jiangxi Women's Normal Weekly" to promote women's liberation and promote the development of the patriotic student movement.

As the editor-in-chief of these two publications, Liu Hezhen made the publications an important position for progressive public opinion, which greatly broadened the horizons of female students and inspired their revolutionary thoughts. In January 1923, the Jiangxi branch of the Chinese Socialist Youth League was established. Liu Hezhen, Zhao Xingnong, Fang Zhimin and other seven people were the earliest members. 1 Liu Hezhen’s life was short, but the memory she left for the people is eternal.

She was a heroic female warrior who stood at the forefront of the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal warlord struggle, an outstanding representative of progressive students during the First Civil Revolutionary War, and an outstanding member of the Chinese Socialist Youth League. With her short life of 22 years old and her patriotic passion, she set a shining example for us, especially the young people.

On April 1, 1926, Lu Xun wrote a touching article "In Memory of Mr. Liu Hezhen", praising Liu Hezhen and Yang Dequn as "real warriors". In the article, Lu Xun spoke highly of the short life of Liu Hezhen, a new woman, and called her "a Chinese youth who died for China."

In 1929, in order to commemorate the 47 martyrs who died in the "March 18th" massacre, the people erected a monument in the southwest corner of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing. Liu Hezhen’s reputation ranks at the forefront.

Baidu Encyclopedia-In Memory of Mr. Liu Hezhen