Why did Zhu Ziqing refuse the U.S. relief grain?

At that time, the United States was helping the Kuomintang.

The reason for his refusal of American relief food: "We firmly believe that since we oppose the U.S. policy of supporting Japan, we should take direct action and should not shirk our personal responsibility." (In his own words).

In June 1948, when a statement of refusal to receive American relief food was delivered to him, he did not hesitate to sign his name first, followed by 110 others. ”

In his diary on June 18, he recorded the following: "I signed the Declaration of Rejection of 'US Aid' and 'US Aid Flour', which means that my family loses 6 million fiat currency every month, which has a great impact on the lives of the whole family; However, as a result of careful deliberation in the afternoon, I firmly believe that since we oppose the U.S. policy of supporting Japan, we should take direct action and should not shirk our personal responsibility. ”

He died in Beijing on August 12, 1948, at the age of 50. He is an outstanding essayist, poet, scholar, and fighter for democracy in modern times.

Zhu Ziqing. Zhu Ziqing is a famous essayist, poet, and democratic fighter in China's modern history. Under modern cognition, the condensation of this threefold identity must have a real substantive contribution to the development of modern literature and modern history, and in fact, it is also manifested in poetry, prose, literary criticism, and the study of modern literary history.

The story of Zhu Ziqing's refusal to eat relief food from the United States is as follows.

Zhu Ziqing is from Tsinghua University.

Professor, a man of letters. Anti-Japanese War.

After the end, the United States**.

On the one hand, support Chiang Kai-shek.

By waging a civil war, on the one hand, he used the method of signing treaties to obtain many privileges in China, and he also stepped up his efforts to arm Japan, a defeated country, thus posing a new threat to China. At that time, there was a shortage of goods in society, and many people were struggling with hunger and death. The people against the United States and the Kuomintang**.

Very dissatisfied, the call for resistance is getting louder and louder. In order to support Chiang Kai-shek, the United States shipped some flour and said that it would "help" the Chinese so that the Chinese would "thank" the United States and not oppose it. Zhu Ziqing saw through the intentions of the United States and believed that the relief of the United States was an insult to the Chinese.

Together with a number of scholars, he solemnly signed his name to a manifesto. The declaration stated that it would resolutely reject American "aid" and not receive American flour. At that time, Zhu Ziqing was suffering from a serious stomach problem, his body was very thin, weighing less than 40 kilograms, he often vomited, and he could not sleep all night.

The refusal to receive relief powder means that the monthly living expenses will be reduced by 6 million fiat currency, making life more difficult. However, in order to safeguard China's dignity, he resolutely rejected those "rewards" with ulterior motives. He wrote in his diary:

I firmly believe that my move to discredit the lease was the right one. This is because we should not shirk our responsibilities if we want to take direct action against the US policy of arming Japan. Two months later, Zhu Ziqing was destitute and sick, and unfortunately died.

He would rather starve to death than tie an insulting "relief," thus showing the dignity that a Chinese should have.