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Qiu Jin, also known as Xuanqing and Jingxiong, was a prominent female revolutionary and democrat in modern China. Born on November 8, 1875, and died on July 15, 1907, Qiu Jin was one of the founders of the Tongmenghui and had a profound impact on China's modern history through her revolutionary thoughts and actions. more

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“Sun and moon have no light left, earth is dark; Our women's world is sunk so deep, who can help us? Jewelry sold to pay this trip across the seas, Cut off from my family I leave my native land. Unbinding my feet I clean out a thousand years of poison, With heated heart arouse all women's spirits. Alas, this delicate kerchief here Is half stained with blood, and half with tears.”

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Author:Qiu Jin
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“O world, world when I was younger I thought there was some order governing you and your deeds. But now you seem to be a labyrinth of errors, a frightful desert, a den of wild beasts, a game in which men move in circles…a stony field, a meadow full of serpents, a flowering but barren orchard, a spring of cares, a river of tears, a sea of suffering, a vain hope.”

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Author:Fernando de Rojas
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