Xiuye ??School not only has a long history, but also has a glorious revolutionary tradition. It is listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Hunan Province. Mao Zedong, Xu Teli, Huang Xing, Wang Shoudao, Mao Zetan, Ouyang Meisheng, Ouyang Li'an, etc. once worked or studied here. In more than half a century of turbulent years, many revolutionaries have left their footprints here. In that historical era when politics was corrupt, the country was divided by foreign powers, and the Chinese nation was bullied, Xiuye ??School became a gathering place for revolutionaries at that time. A group of people with lofty ideals who were rich in revolutionary ideas set up schools to promote revolutionary ideas, aiming to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty and establish the Republic of China. Huang Xing, the pioneer of the Revolution of 1911, is one of them. In 1903, Huang Xing left Japan and returned to Changsha. He taught part-time at Mingde and Xiuye ??schools and secretly carried out revolutionary activities. One of the founders of Xiuye, Huang Changjun and Peng Yifang, made secret bombs at the school and prepared to participate in the armed uprising to overthrow the Qing government. On October 26 of the lunar calendar in 1909, school director Xu Teli talked with students about current affairs in China at the Xiuye ??School. He severed his fingers and wrote in blood to fight against the feudal empire. After the Revolution of 1911, the monarchy was overthrown and the Republic of China was established. On the eve of the May 4th Movement in 1919, Mao Zedong came to Xiuye ??School and used his career as a history teacher as a cover to engage in revolutionary activities. He wrote for the revolutionary publication "Xiangjiang Review", spread Marxism, promoted anti-imperialist and anti-feudal patriotic ideas, and ignited the Chinese revolution. torch. In December of that year, Mao Zedong led the Hunan people in Xiuye's struggle to expel the warlord Zhang Jingyao and launched a province-wide general strike. Teachers and students who are studying were the first to respond. In the autumn of 1919, under the guidance of Mao Zedong, a second-year high school student founded the revolutionary publication "Primary School Student", which promoted the anti-imperialist and patriotic movement inside and outside the province and had a great influence. In 1920, Mao Zetan studied at Xiuye ??High School and actively participated in revolutionary activities. He later joined the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and died heroically in the anti-encirclement and suppression campaign. From 1925 to early 1926, Ouyang Meisheng served as a Chinese language teacher in Xiuye, engaged in underground revolutionary activities, and worked with Guo Liang to prepare for the establishment of the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions. His wife, Tao Cheng, was also working on underground transportation in Xiuye. In the same year, Ouyang Li'an was studying in Xiuye. When the Northern Expeditionary Army entered the city, he served as the captain of the first picket team of Xiuye ??School, leading his classmates to give speeches on the streets, distribute leaflets, and ban gambling and Japanese goods. On February 7, 1931, Ouyang Li'an was killed by the reactionaries in Longhua, Shanghai. He was only 18 years old when he died. On the eve of liberation, under the leadership of the underground party, progressive teachers and students welcomed the nursing school, held demonstrations, and launched a peaceful signature campaign, making contributions to the peaceful liberation of Hunan.