Historical Stories about Patriotism

1, Qu Yuan threw himself into the river

Qu Yuan, name Ping, the word Yuan, born in the Chu state aristocracy. Born in 340 BC at zigui Sanlu township Le Ping Li. Qu Yuan was diligent and studious since childhood, with great ambition . Early years by King Huai of Chu trust, served as the left disciple, Sanlu dafu, often with the king of Huai to discuss state affairs, participate in the formulation of laws, advocating the chapter of the law, appointing the wise, reforming politics, United Qi anti-Qin. At the same time, he presided over foreign affairs. He advocated the union of Chu and Qi to ****together against Qin. Advocated the "beautiful government". Under Qu Yuan's efforts, Chu's national strength was strengthened. However, due to his own straightforward character and the fact that King Huai of Chu's minister Zi Jiao, his superior officer Jin Shang, and his favorite concubine Zheng Sleeve were bribed by Qin's envoy Zhang Yi, they not only prevented King Huai from accepting Qu Yuan's opinions, but also made King Huai alienated from Qu Yuan. In 305, Qu Yuan opposed King Huai of Chu to make the Alliance of Yellow Thorns with Qin, but Chu still went into Qin's embrace. Qu Yuan was expelled from Ying by King Huai of Chu and began his exile. As a result, King Huai of Chu was lured away by Qin and died in Qin's custody. After King Haixiang's accession to the throne, Qu Yuan continued to be persecuted and was banished to the south of the Yangtze River. In 278 B.C., the Qin general Bai Qi led an army southward and attacked the capital of Chu. Qu Yuan's political ideology was shattered and he despaired of his future, and although he had the intention to serve his country, he was powerless to do anything about it, so he had to die to make his will clear, and committed suicide by throwing himself into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month of the same year.

2. Su Wu Shepherds the Sheep

The Xiong Nu monarch, in order to force Su Wu to surrender, initially imprisoned him in a large cellar, where Su Wu was so hungry and thirsty that he ate snow and silken hair to survive, but never surrendered. The monarch then sent him to the North Sea, but Su Wu was even more unimpressed, still holding the Han Dynasty's symbols, shepherding sheep to make a living, showing his tenacity and unyielding temperament.

3, Qian Xuesen

In 1949, when the new China was founded, then director of the Supersonic Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology and the "Guggenheim Jet Propulsion Research Center" in charge of the Qian Xuesen deep for the motherland's newborn and happy. He intended to return to China and use his expertise to serve the new China. But it was not easy for Chinese scientists in the United States to return to China, and Qian's expertise is directly related to national defense, the United States tried every means to keep him from returning to China, he finally returned to the embrace of the motherland after a lot of hardship.

4, Ji Hongchang

September 21, 1931, the anti-Japanese General Ji Hongchang was forced by Chiang Kai-shek out of the field, to the foreign "investigation of industry". Boat to the United States, Ji Hongchang was unexpected stimulus one after another, such as the first-class hotels there do not receive the Chinese, but the Japanese but worship. Once, Ji Hongchang to mail clothes to the country, the post office staff even said the world has no China, Ji Hongchang exceptionally angry, just want to attack, accompanied by the Embassy Counselor advised: "Why don't you say you are Japanese? As long as they say they are Japanese can be treated with courtesy." Ji Hongchang was instantly furious: "Do you feel ashamed to be a Chinese, but I feel honored to be a Chinese!" To protest against the imperialists' discrimination against the Chinese and to uphold national dignity, he found a wooden plaque and carefully wrote on it in English, "I am Chinese!"

5, Mao Yisheng

In China's older generation of scientists, there are many people are studying abroad and returned to serve. Mao Yisheng, a famous bridge expert, went to the United States in 1916 when he was 20 years old to study and became a graduate student at Cornell University majoring in bridges, where he soon earned a master's degree with honors. In order to get the opportunity to practice, he took classes at night to study for his doctoral degree and interned at a bridge company during the day, drawing, cutting steel parts, playing rivets and painting with his own hands, and finally became a talented person who knew both theory and technology. The Americans admired him, and a letter of appointment was sent from all over the world, asking him to work as an engineer.

But Mao Yisheng did not accept the offer and decided to return to China. Some people in the United States advised him, "Science has no motherland and transcends national boundaries. The contributions of scientists belong to all mankind. The conditions in China are poor, and your contribution will be greater if you stay in the United States." Mao Yisheng replied, "Although science has no motherland, scientists have a motherland. I am a Chinese and my motherland needs me more. I want to go back to serve my motherland!"

In 1919, Mao Yisheng returned to China with all his skills and began the cause of building bridges for his country. The majestic bridge over the Qiantang River in Zhejiang Province is now designed and built by Mao Yisheng.

6, Dong Cunrui

May 25, 1948, our troops attacked the city of Lunghua battle started. Dong Cunrui's company was tasked with attacking Lunghua Middle School, a key defense point for the Kuomintang defenders. He was the leader of the demolition team, and led his comrades to blow up four gun emplacements and five bunkers one after another, successfully completing the required task. The company then launched a charge, suddenly blocked by the enemy a hidden bridge-type bunker fierce fire. Troops were blocked in the open area, the second and fourth squads of two consecutive blasts on the bunker were unsuccessful. Dong Cunrui stepped forward and asked the company commander to fight: "I am a member of the *** Party, please allow me to go!" I resolutely picked up the explosive packets, rushed to the bunker, advancing in the left leg was wounded, stubbornly insisted on rushing to the bridge. Due to the bridge-type bunker from the ground more than the height of his body, the two bridge platforms can not be placed explosive packages. At the critical moment, he did not hesitate to use his left hand to support the explosive packets, his right hand pull the fuse, shouting: "For the sake of the new China, charge!" Bunker was blown up, Dong Cunrui with his life for the troops to open up the way forward, at the age of 19.

7, Chopin

Chopin's life is not away from the piano, all creations are almost all piano music, known as the "romanticism of the piano poet". He performed abroad for the benefit of his countrymen and for the aristocracy, and in 1837 he refused the position of "Chief Pianist of His Majesty the Emperor of Russia", which was awarded to him by the Tsarist Russians. Schumann described his music as "a cannon hidden among the flowers", proclaiming to the world that "Poland will not die". In his later years, Chopin lived a very lonely life, bitterly calling himself a "Polish orphan far from his mother". On his deathbed, he asked his sister, Ludwiga, to ship his heart back to his homeland.

8, Wen Tianxiang

Southern Song Dynasty national hero Wen Tianxiang, defeated and captured, sat in a prison for three years, repeatedly rejected the enemy's persuasion to surrender. One day, the Yuan Shizu Kublai personally came to the prison to persuade surrender, promised to the prime minister's post, he did not waver, but instead said categorically: "the only way to die to serve the country, I want nothing!"

Before the execution, the decapitation officer approached and said: "General Wen, you now change your mind, not only can be spared a death, but also still can be the prime minister." Wen Tianxiang angrily bellowed, "Death is death, but also say what the hell!" So, Wen Tianxiang faced the south and was killed generously. During his lifetime, Wen Tianxiang left behind a heart-stirring "Song of Righteousness".

, patriotic hero Yang Jingyu: Yang Jingyu 21 years old to participate in the revolution, the beginning of 1940, he was besieged by the Japanese army, seriously wounded, can not gnaw the bark of the tree, can only be in the cotton and ice and snow swallowed hunger. The Japanese army persuaded to surrender failed, then shot indiscriminately, at the age of 35, Yang Jingyu died heroically. Cruel Japanese army cut open his remains, when he saw his stomach only weeds and cotton wool, these were led by Yang Jingyu anti-Japanese allied forces to make the invaders all freeze. In the ice and snow in the dense forests of the Changbai Mountains, the power to support Yang Jingyu fighting with the enemy is a love of the motherland.

9 Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan: as early as 1624, the Dutch colonialism sent troops to invade our territory of Taiwan, the implementation of extreme barbarism and cruelty of the rule of the people of Taiwan valiantly fight with the invaders. 1661, in the southeast coast of the leadership of the struggle against the Qing dynasty Zheng Chenggong, led more than 350 warships, more than 25,000 generals and soldiers, surrounded the Taiwan, after nine months of fierce fighting. The Dutch governor was forced to sign a surrender and led the remnants of his army to roll out of Taiwan in disgrace. Taiwan is back to the motherland embrace.

Zhan Tianyou for the country regardless of fame and fortune: modern scientific pioneers, the famous engineer Zhan Tianyou, in the country no capital, two no technology, three no talent in front of the difficult situation, full of patriotic zeal, ordered to build the Beijing-Zhangzhou Railway. He forgot the spirit of suffering, traveled all over the mountains and hills between Beijing and Zhangjiakou, with only 5 million yuan, 4 years to repair the foreigners plan to require capital of 9 million yuan, it takes 7 years to finish the Beijing-Zhangzhou Railway. Foreign experts who came to visit were shocked and marveled. At that time, the United States had a university in recognition of Zhan Tianyou's achievements, decided to award him a doctorate degree in engineering, and invited him to participate in the ceremony. However, Zhan Tianyou was tasked with the design of another railroad, and thus resolutely declined the invitation. His spirit of serving the country without personal merit has won him praise at home and abroad.

Hua Luogeng resolutely returned to China: The great mathematician Hua Luogeng, after the "7? After the "seven" incident, from the life of the generous treatment of the United Kingdom back to the anti-Japanese beacon burning everywhere in the motherland, not for the money and degree, after returning to China to actively participate in the anti-Japanese national salvation movement. 1950, he has become an internationally renowned first-rate mathematicians, and by the United States of America, the University of Illinois as a tenured professor, but he decided to lead the whole family back to the newly liberated motherland.

Excerpted from Baidu.com, thank you.