[Dang Shi Tian Tian Xue] Manuscript of "Appeal to State Affairs"

I feel ashamed of my weak ability and little contribution. For 20 years, I have followed the advanced ones and worked hard for national liberation, democratic politics and progressive cultural undertakings. Despite the ups and downs, the hardships and perils, it is like a sweet treat. During this inspection and research behind enemy lines, I witnessed the great struggle of the people, which made me see the bright future of the new China. I am increasing my courage and confidence a hundredfold, encouraging myself, and continuing to fight for my great motherland and people. However, for the past three or four years, due to the oppression of the environment, I have not been able to move freely. Recently, unfortunately, I have been ill for many years, moaning on the bed. And the work of advocating for the advancement of cultural undertakings. My personal safety has been set aside early, but I have my motherland in my heart, I miss my fellow , I am anxious, and I feel anxious in the middle of the night. Therefore, I strongly support the diseased body, and with the deepest and most urgent mood, I raised some of the most serious problems at present, and made the most sincere and sincere appeal to my compatriots at home and abroad. motherland.

Written on October 23, 32nd year of the Republic of China, in sick bed

Taofen

In order to continue the Anti-Japanese War, and also to avoid the persecution of the evil forces of the Kuomintang authorities, Zou Taofen lived in seclusion for some days in the countryside of Meixian County, Guangdong Province, and then traveled thousands of miles by himself. , enter the liberated area of central Jiangsu and the liberated area of ​​northern Jiangsu. His wish is to continue to devote himself to the cultural activities of the Anti-Japanese War in the liberated areas. However, Zou Taofen had just started cultural activities in the liberated area, that is, because of ear cancer, he had to be secretly transferred to the hospital in Shanghai for treatment. Zou Taofen could not afford to be ill from then on, and died in the hospital on July 24, 1944, at the age of forty-nine.On the sickbed, when he heard that the Kuomintang had mobilized a large army to attack the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, Zou Tao was so indignant that he dictated the article "Appeal to State Affairs" to his colleagues. Try your wrist." So he lay down on the bed and wrote the last stanza of the article "Appeal to State Affairs" with a brush on the chair in front of the bed, condemning it harshly. He said: "My personal safety has been put aside for a long time, but I have my motherland in my heart, thinking about my compatriots, thinking hard and anxious, and hesitating in the middle of the night. , put forward some of the most serious problems at present, and make the most sincere and sincere appeal to compatriots at home and abroad, hoping to rise up together and do our best to save this crisis and defend the motherland." It is sending out the strongest voice of a patriotic intellectual who worries about the country and the people, and saves the country during the War of Resistance.

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Editor: Wang Yusi