Qiu jin autobiography meaning

Qiu jin autobiography meaning Once there, she studied Japanese for about six months at a school set up by the Chinese Students' Union. Guangfuhui Tongmenghui. Retrieved 18 May More than 1, Chinese students, including a few women, were already in Tokyo when Qiu Jin arrived.

Qiu Jin

Qiu Jin (born in ), was a Chineserevolutionary.[1] She was a feminist, heroine, and martyr.[1][2] Qiu fought for women's rights and fought against the ruling Qing Dynasty.[1] She was&#;beheaded by the Qing Dynasty's army in when she was 32 years old.[3]

When she was a child, Jin did not like the stereotypes of women.[1][3][2] Qiu read books about Chinese women warriors.[1] For example, she read about Hua Mulan.[1]

Qiu did not agree with the Confucianvalues saying men were more important than women.[1] Many of her activities only acceptable for men.[4] For example, Qiu learned to use swords and martial arts.[4] She wrote poetry.[1][4] She liked wine.[1] Qiu also learned to make bombs.[1][4]

Qiu's parents picked a man for her to marry.[4] They moved to Beijing.[4] Qiu was 28 when she left her kids and husband to study abroad.[1][3][2] She started a magazine called the "Chinese Women’s Journal" (Zhongguo Nübao).[1][3][2] Qiu also joined a secretcriminal Chinese gang, known as the Triads.[2][5] She started a school, but it really was a way to get students to fight in the revolution against the Qing Dynasty.[4]

Another person who helped start the school was arrested and executed.[4] Qiu knew she would be arrested.[4] She did not run away to another country.[4] Qiu also got arrested because she hid weapons and saved students from getting in trouble.[1][3][2] Qiu was asked to write something before she died.

She chose to write about the meaning of her name: Autumn.[1][3][2] She was executed by the army.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ Qin, Amy (Mar 11, ).

    "Qiu Jin: [Obituary (Obit); Biography]". New York Times Company. pp.&#;1–2.

  2. ↑ Ono, Kazuko ().

    Biography autobiography meaning She established the Restoration Army, upon which she imposed tight organization. Faltering, the dynasty called on Han Chinese civil officials rather than Manchu military leaders, to raise troops in their home locales to defeat the rebels. Qin Dongya —. Confucian scholars, the men who were literate in the difficult traditional Chinese written language and who were selected for the civil service via an elaborate examination system, were the most powerful and honored group in the society.

    Chinese Women in a Century of Revolution, . Stanford University Press. p. ISBN&#;

  3. ↑ Mair, V. H., Chen, S., Wood, F. (). Chinese Lives: The People Who Made a Civilization.

    Autobiography meaning and example She chose to write about the meaning of her name: Autumn. Radical Intellectuals in Shanghai and Chekiang, — She declined again to seek safety the next morning. Government Printing Office, , pp.

    United Kingdom: Thames & Hudson.

  4. ↑ Heroines must be remembered. (, June 5). Herald, The (Harare, Zimbabwe). Available from NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current
  5. ↑"Qiu Jin | British Museum". Archived from the original on Retrieved