The meaning of Xia Minghan’s martyrdom poem is: If you do not hesitate to sacrifice for your beliefs and firmly believe in your beliefs, there will be people who will succeed you.

Xia Minghan's "Poetry on Death" expresses his fearless and unyielding spirit of sacrifice for his faith and truth, and his courage to face death in order to uphold the ideal of justice. Xia Minghan was a proletarian politician. In February 1928, Xia Minghan was arrested by the enemy in Hankou. On March 20 of the same year, he died heroically.

The author is optimistic about the future and has a firm belief that the revolution will win. He firmly believes that his blood will not be shed in vain, and countless revolutionary patriots will take up his gun and continue to fight to welcome the brilliant dawn. The oppressed people will be liberated, and socialism and communism will be realized. .

Creative background

On March 18, 1928, Xia Minghan was arrested in Wuhan due to betrayal by a traitor. The enemy used various tortures on him to persuade him to surrender, but he always regarded death as home. In the early morning of March 20, Xia Minghan was escorted to the execution ground. Before the execution, the enemy asked him if he had anything else to say. He said loudly: "Yes, bring me a pen and paper!" So he wrote this poem that has been praised to this day for his sacrifice. poetry.

The upright and awe-inspiring martyrdom poem he left behind inspired generations of Chinese Communists to fight bravely and without fear of sacrifice for their ideals and beliefs.