Xinhai geming (1911 Revolution)

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I die

for the Revolution.

No Chinese Woman has yet shed blood

for the Revolution.

I shall be the first,

although the world doesn't know much

about the Revolution.

I leave behind my husband and children.

My death

is my contribution to the Revolution.

It will build an indestructible home

for all people,

a peaceful and calm world for all children.

The long-enslaved masses are numb,

they know not peace, nor calm.

These two children

will soon lose their mother.

I die for all children.

I die for the Revolution.

I'm not afraid, nor do I care about death.

I rejoice at my martyrdom:

At this moment

I cry with blissful tears.

Put the donation boxes in prominent spots.

Go over to the door.

Be vigilant.

Yes.

Let Mr. Sun rest.

Don't disturb him.

Yes.

Juemin.

Who's that?

Who?

Look.

What?

Go, quick.

Get up, there's a woman here.

Don't bother, just go.

Keqiang.

Time to get up.

Get up.

Let me sleep three more minutes.

Alright.

Get up.

Two minutes.

Fine.

Two minutes.

One minutes.

I'll get up.

I should go to Guangzhou for the uprising.

What?

You forgot the committee's

decision last night?

Keqiang, listen.

I won't.

I must throw myself into battle.

Then last night's meeting was a waste.

Why can't we talk it through again?

There's nothing to discuss.

Huang Xing leads the Guangzhou uprising.

Sun Wen handles fundraising overseas.

We voted.

Promise.

Promise.

These are donations from abroad.

Overseas Chinese helped us.

I promised them.

I cannot fail them,

I must carry out my pledge.

It's not a personal promise

but Tongmenghui's promise.

They wrote these letters.

Who's this Woman?

Zonghan.

Xu Zonghan.

Tongmenghui member from my village.

I'm Huang Xing.

Zonghan coordinates underground

organizations in Guangzhou.

You two pretend to be husband and wife.

It's a good cover.

No, it's not appropriate.

Why not?

I'm a woman and I don't care.

What are you afraid of?

It's easy to die in battle,

but hard to motivate the living.

You have the difficult task.

The Guangzhou uprising

will finish off the Qing Dynasty.

Take this pocket watch.

On the day of the uprising,

we'll monitor time together.

Go,

Charge.

Quick.

Quick.

Destroy this wall.

Yes.

You rebel.

You dare revolt.

You revolutionary.

You dare revolt.

You...

You...

Where's Zhang Mingqi?

I don't know.

Quick.

And my Wife.

Quick.

Comrades taking part in the uprising

know me better.

It's easier for me to coordinate...

Nonsense.

I can wield my pen

and scalpel,

why not a gun?

Remember:
You're still a wanted man

by the Qing court,

you can't risk it.

If you return to China

to lead the uprising,

you're being irresponsible.

Yu Peilun.

Yu Peilun.

Yu Peilun.

Here.

We couldn't Contact the other groups.

Zhang Mingqi ran away.

Keqiang said,

if the uprising fails,

you must inform Sun Wen immediately.

What else did he say?

He said,

if he's not back by dusk,

you must leave Guangzhou at once.

Quick.

Back off. All of you.

Listen to my command.

Attack from the sides.

- Yes.

- Hand grenades.

- Yes.

- Follow me.

Charge.

Keqiang.

Your hand.

Keqiang.

Don't mind me, charge.

Yes.

Charge.

Get away.

Run.

- What are you doing?

- Run.

Let me go.

Let me go.

Yu Peilun.

Gentlemen,

our fundraiser today

was originally organized

for the Guangzhou uprising.

But just now,

I received news.

Fighting in Guangzhou has ceased.

The uprising has failed.

The telegram states,

the uprising failed,

many of our core members are dead.

You've never met them.

These young people who died were talented,

some came from rich families,

some have just gotten married.

They were willing to sacrifice themselves,

whatever the cost.

They sacrificed their lives for the cause

because they have faith.

What do your lies

have to do with us?

Good question.

Most of you gathered here

are overseas Chinese.

You know Well

our faces mark us as Chinese,

and we've suffered discrimination

and bullying.

We've endured unfair treatment.

All because the country of our people

has long been corrupt

and weak,

writhing in pain.

Our Chinese compatriots

face adversity,

our land taken by others.

Our Revolution

ensures people can pursue happiness,

that our race will regain dignity.

The Chinese revolutionary movement is

blessed by support from overseas Chinese.

For many years,

I strongly believe this.

Overseas Chinese are the

mother of the Revolution.

Gentlemen,

your children

have died for you.

Fang Shengdong.

Lin Shishuang.

Yu Peilun.

Chen Gengxin.

Lin Juemin.

This young man will soon be a father.

What's this?

US$300,000.00

Donation from Zhigongtang

I won't hide this from you.

We sold our ancestral house.

Yat-sen,

we're overseas Chinese,

our roots are in China.

The Qing Dynasty is no longer our home.

Without a place called home,

why Keep an ancestral house?

Take it.

If the Revolution fails,

you'll owe us for generations.

Another one.

Yat-sen,

your pocket Watch

can block bullets,

but not cannon shells.

Fire.

Empress Dowager,

I hear.

Sun Wen has long escaped abroad,

he hasn't returned for more than a decade.

We might want to arrest him,

but it's going to be hard.

Didn't we alert our envoys

and foreign governments

about Sun, telling them

they should monitor his movements?

But Sun gives public lectures everywhere,

raising funds, organizing rebels,

trafficking arms, plotting uprisings.

Minister Xu, perhaps you overstate.

He hasn't appeared before our eyes.

He's only mortal,

not the Monkey King.

What power can he wield?

Sun's done enough to rock the boat.

These years, unrest seethes everywhere,

rebellions follow one after another.

Sun's been misleading others with his lies,

so many follow his path.

What a troublemaker.

As if he doesn't make enough trouble.

The Qing Dynasty will not

fall because of him.

If he dares enter the Forbidden City,

our Manchurian imperial army will kill him.

Yes,

let's just eradicate.

Sun Wen and his cohorts.

We'll destroy them once and for all.

Stop carrying on like this.

No matter whether to kill them,

or praise or punish them,

or whatever other solution,

I only have this to say:

Please, all of you,

let Us have some peace.

Recently,

the mortgage of our railways

against the Four Nations Bank loan

has led to riots.

What's the use of your rifles?

Tell them:

If they revolt,

they'll all die in vain.

Lin Juemin.

You're educated,

you come from a good family.

Why did you join the rebels?

Zhang Mingqi,

why do you hide in darkness?

What are you afraid of?

What am I afraid of?

You're afraid of my youth.

I have chosen death,

but I'm still young.

You might live,

but you are old and worthless.

Have you read the study of evolution?

Survival of the fittest.

Have you considered

the leading nations in the world

were all borne of revolution?

China must also have a revolution.

Affairs of the nation

are not your concern.

Sun Wen said,

China is Weak.

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