“When young people are strong, the country will be strong; when young people are rich, the country will be rich” is a patriotic saying.

From Liang Qichao's "Young China".

Original text: Therefore, the responsibility today does not lie with others, but with my young man. If young people are wise, the country will be wise; if young people are rich, the country will be rich; if young people are strong, the country will be strong; if young people are independent, the country will be independent; if young people are free, the country will be free; if young people make progress, the country will progress; if young people are better than Europe, then the country will be better than Europe; if young people are strong, the country will be better than Europe. , then the country is more powerful than the earth. When the red sun rises, its path shines brightly.

The river flows out and flows into the ocean. The hidden dragon soared into the abyss, its scales and claws flying. The tiger roars in the valley, and all the beasts are frightened. The falcon tests its wings, and the wind and dust spread. The first birth of a strange flower is so beautiful. The cadres have hair and their awns are shining. The sky wears its green color, and the earth wears its yellow color. Even though there are thousands of years, there are eight desolations. The future is like an ocean and the days ahead are long. How beautiful that my young China never grows old like the sky! How great is my Chinese youth, who has no borders with my country!

Translation: So the responsibility today does not lie with others, but with our young people. When young people are smart, our country will be smart. If young people are rich, our country will be rich. If young people are strong, our country will be strong. If young people are independent, our country will be independent. If young people are free, our country will be free. If young people are progressive, our country will progress. If young people are better than Europe, our country will be successful. Better than Europe, if young people dominate the world, our country will dominate the world.

The red sun has just risen, and the road is full of glow; the Yellow River emerges from the ground, rushing down in a mighty and mighty way; the hidden dragon leaps up from the abyss, its scales and claws dancing and flying; the little tiger is in the valley Roaring, all the beasts are frightened and panicked, the eagles and falcons flutter their wings, and the wind and dust are flying high; the strange flowers have just begun to bear buds, bright and lush, and the swords of the swords are newly sharpened, shining with light.

With the sky on our head and the earth on our feet, we have a long history when viewed vertically, and a vast territory when viewed horizontally. The future is as broad as the sea, and the days ahead are infinitely long. Beautiful, my young China will live forever with heaven and earth! Magnificent, my Chinese boy, will live forever with the motherland!

Extended information:

1. Creation background

The Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, and the national crisis was unprecedentedly serious. "Young China" was written in 1900, when the author Liang Qichao was in exile in Japan after the Reform Movement of 1898. That year was the Year of Gengzi. At that time, due to imperialist aggression, the Boxer Rebellion patriotic movement broke out in China. The imperialists united to form the Eight-Power Allied Forces, colluded with the Qing government, suppressed the Boxer Rebellion, and captured Tianjin, Beijing and other places.

At that time, the Eight-Power Allied Forces created public opinion and slandered China as the "old empire", the "sick man of East Asia", and "a piece of loose sand" that could not stand on its own and could only be managed or divided by the great powers. Among the Chinese, some ignorant and foolish people also shouted that "it is unnatural for China not to perish" and "any great power can destroy China within three days", spreading pessimism and making the national crisis unprecedentedly serious.

The failure of the Reform Movement of 1898 forced Liang Qichao to flee to Japan, but he did not give up his efforts to reform and strengthen himself. When he arrived in Japan, he founded the "Qing Yi Bao" and tried his best to promote the continuation of the reform movement through the media. At that time, imperialism created public opinion and slandered China as the "eldest empire".

In order to refute the shameless nonsense of the imperialists, correct the slavish mentality of some people in China who give up on themselves and worship foreign things, arouse the people's patriotic enthusiasm, and stimulate the nation's self-esteem and self-confidence, Liang Qichao timely wrote This article "Young China".

2. About the author

Liang Qichao (February 23, 1873 - January 19, 1929), also known as Zhuoru, Ren Fu, Ren Gong, and Ren Gong The owner of the ice-drinking room, the ice-drinking son, the guest of mourning, the new people of China, and the owner of the free restaurant. During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, he was a modern Chinese thinker, politician, educator, historian, and writer. He was one of the leaders of the Hundred Days Reform and a representative figure of modern Chinese reformists and neo-Legalists. ?

He studied with a teacher when he was young, studied writing at the age of eight, could write a thousand words at the age of nine, and passed the national examination at the age of 17. Later, he studied under Kang Youwei and became a propagandist for the bourgeois reformists.

Before the reform and reform, he and Kang Youwei united with provincial governors to launch the "Send Letters to the Bus" campaign. After that, he successively led the Qiang Society in Beijing and Shanghai, and co-organized the "Current Affairs News" with Huang Zunxian, and served as the lecturer of the Changsha Current Affairs School. , and wrote "General Discussion on Reform" to promote the reform.

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After the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, he went into exile in Japan with Kang Youwei. His political ideology gradually became conservative, but he was a theoretical advocate of the modern literary revolutionary movement. After escaping to Japan, Liang Qichao continued to promote the "poetry revolution" in "Ice Drinking Room Collection" and "Hawaii Travel Notes", criticizing the previous practice of using new terms in poems to express new ideas. ?

Promote constitutional monarchy overseas. After the Revolution of 1911, he once joined Yuan Shikai's government and served as the chief justice; later he severely criticized Yuan Shikai's proclaimed emperor and Zhang Xun's restoration, and joined Duan Qirui's government. He advocated the New Culture Movement and supported the May 4th Movement. His works are compiled into "The Ice Drinking Room Collection".

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