Revolutionary Army

Japanese: 《革命軍》 - かくめいぐん

…Sun Yat-sen had already organized the Revival of China Society in 1894 (the 20th year of the Guangxu era) and advocated revolution, but it was only in the 20th century that revolutionary sentiment began to gain momentum. In 1903, a series of major events occurred that shook the world, including the publication of Zou Rong's Revolutionary Army, which is estimated to have sold a million copies, and the outbreak of the Su Pao incident, which ended in the downfall of the Qing dynasty's authority. Furthermore, when the imperial examinations were abolished the following year, the revolutionary trend among intellectuals became unstoppable. …

From Zou Rong

…He learned Japanese early on, studied in Japan in 1902, and returned to China in 1903 to join the Patriotic Society in Shanghai. During this time, he participated in the revolutionary movement and protested against the Russian occupation of the Northeast, but he also promoted republican revolution theory through his pamphlet, the Revolutionary Army, and made a great contribution to the spread of revolutionary thought. In the same year, he was arrested along with Zhang Binglin in the Su Pao Incident, sentenced to two years in prison, and died in prison. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "Revolutionary Army" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…孫文はつとに1894年(光緒20)，興中会を組織して革命を唱えたが，革命風潮が高揚をみせるのは20世紀に入ってからのことである。1903年には100万部も出回ったろうと推定される鄒容（すうよう）の《革命軍》の刊行，清朝の権威失墜に終わった《蘇報》事件の発生など，世の耳目を聳動（しようどう）する大事件がつぎつぎと起こった。さらにその翌年を最後として科挙が廃止されると，知識人の革命化はおしとどめえぬ趨勢となった。…

【鄒容】より

…早くから日本語を学び，1902年日本に留学，03年帰国して上海の愛国学社に参加。この間，革命運動に参加，ロシアによる東北占領に抗議したが，とくに小冊子《革命軍》によって，共和革命論を鼓吹し，革命思想の普及に大きな功績をあげた。同年の蘇報事件で章炳麟（しようへいりん）とともに逮捕され，2年の懲役刑に処せられ，獄死した。…

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