""Xuan Ting Street Junction"" ""July 6, 1907"" ""Xu Xilin, who tried to mobilize an uprising,"" ""failed to assassinate the Anhui governor in the Anqing Police Academy..."" "Confess!" "What's your motivation behind the assassination?" "because" "He deserves to die" "Lord Eng Ming was only slightly injured;" "you'll lose your life in vain" "You'll suffer a terrible death, we'll tear out your heart" "What are you laughing about?" "There's no doubt that Eng Ming is dead" "Otherwise why would you want to tear my heart out?" "I can go in peace... as long as En Ming is dead" "It's just a heart." "Take it!" ""Office of the Zhejiang governor, Hangzhou"" "Shaoxing Prefect Gui Fu reporting to Your Lordship" "The city has impounded all Xu Xilin's property and belongings" "Also, intelligence revealed that the Da Tong College he founded... is the headquarters of the Restoration Society" "In the capacity of the court, I now order you, together with Captain Ao Feng... to arrest the insurgents at Da Tong immediately" "I will do everything I can to eradicate the insurgents and avenge Governor En Ming's death" ""Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province"" "Aim at the target" "Your hand, eyes and heart have to be aligned" "Never withdraw, never give up" "Fire instantaneously and continuously until you hit your target" "The same rules apply to firing a gun, taking part in a revolution and living a life" "What?" "What happened?" "Xu Xilin has sacrificed his life for the cause!" "Madam Qiu, the imperial soldiers are coming, get out of here, quick!" "Xu left this place in my care, I won't leave" "Fusheng, take the students out of here" "Then go to my place and destroy all the evidence" "And don't forget to alert my folks" "If anything happens to me, tell them to hide and evade trouble" "We won't leave without you, Madam Qiu!" "Neither will we!" "Those who want to go should follow Fusheng" "Those who want to stay, raise your guns" "Ever after, ever after..." "Fusheng, after so many years, do you still not know what I want?" "Ever after, ever after..." "Fushing!" "Do you call this loyalty?" "You go too, make sure they are safe" "Move!" " Go!" " Madam Qiu, take care!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "Qiu Jin, step out here!" "Besiege Da Tong, watch and guard all entrances" "Break the door open!" "Whoever dares to run will end up like this!" "What are you waiting for?" "Go!" "Come on, go!" "Find Qiu Jin!" "Go!" "Quick!" "Move!" "Madam Qiu!" "Taichu." "Let me..." "Madam Qiu, are you... afraid of dying?" "Definitely not!" "But..." "I am..." "It took 80 years to accomplish the French Revolution" "During the process, lots of blood was shed" "Our revolution is still at the initial stage" "We must feed the flowers of revolution with our blood, too" "Don't draw back when you hear tales of bloodshed" "Don't get distraught" ""1881"" " Good girl!" " Yes, she is!" "Don't!" "I don't want it!" "Jin..." " Don't run!" " Don't run, Jin!" " Jin..." " Jin, don't run, don't run, please!" "Jin..." "Jin, stop!" "Jin!" "Jin!" "Dad!" "This is the third time" "The foot-binding lady won't want to come any more" "Why can my brother go to school, and doesn't need to have his feet bound," "I can't go to school, and have to have mine bound?" "Because you're a girl" "Why was I not born a boy then?" " You..." " Alright!" "Stop it, no more whining" "Dad, why are boys allowed to do lots of things, when girls are not?" "Uncarved jade cannot make useful tools" "People who don't study fail to understand true values" "Children at an early age... should respect teachers and friends, and learn manners and etiquette" "Huang Xiang at the age of nine, warmed his parents' bed... to show filial love" "Kong Rong at the age of four, learned the value of sharing a pear with siblings..." "Sis, wait for me!" "Brother, cousins, it's my treat today" "That's good!" "Thank you..." "Thanks, cousin" "How much?" "Nine cents?" "Here you go!" " Tastes good!" "Eat!" " Eat!" "How can parents be so cruel... to chain their child up like a dog?" "That girl is a child bride" "Look at you, see what you've done!" " Is it right?" " Let go!" "Give me that!" "Stupid!" "Can't even carry a kid right" "Go do your work!" "Jin, do you think... you can carry your future husband on your back?" "Right!" "Can you?" "What are you getting at?" "Are you heartless or what?" "Jin, it doesn't matter how capable you are, you'll have to conform when you're married" "You stupid girl!" "See how you mess things up!" "The bowls are all broken!" "Had I known you're a deaf mute, I wouldn't take you in, even if I were paid to do so" "I'll kill you!" "Kill you..." " Jin..." " It's not your business!" "Stop it!" "If you hit her once more, I'll hit you back!" "Mind your own business, woman!" "You're looking for trouble!" "Lady, please give him a chance!" "Please let the kid's dad go!" "I beg you, please..." "Give me the papers showing that the girl was sold to you as a child bride." "Take this!" "Thank you!" "Many thanks!" "Fusheng" "People say that an uneducated woman is virtuous" "It's all rubbish!" "Women need to learn to read, too" "Come on, let me teach you how to read" "Knowing how to read, even a deaf mute can express himself" "And what he writes can travel a long way" "It's just like our ancient scholars' sayings and wisdom, they pass on from generation to generat" "Years and years after!" "Ever after!" "Right, ever after!" "Ever after!" "I mean, Mr. Qiu" "Your in-law is the richest man in Xiangtan" "If I'm able to make a match between the two families, it will be my true pleasure" "Honestly, whether he's the richest or not isn't most important" "How can it not be?" "If your daughter marries into their family, she'll be guaranteed a good life" "Mom, can I meet him first?" "No need to worry." "We'll take care of it for you" "May I say, Madam, your son-in-law-to-be... is handsome and talented" "Once he passes the district examination, a royal court scholastic title will come in time" "Offer tea to the Master!" "Offer tea to the Lady!" "What a lucky bride!" "Stay and keep me company" "I'm telling you people" "My wife is known for her literary talent in our region" "Her name is Qiu..." "Qiu something" "Young master!" "I don't remember..." "You're all envious of me, eat your hearts out" "Envy?" "I know you're all envious" "Really envious of you!" "Give it back to me, go!" "See you!" "Alright!" "Thanks!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Rebel, don't think you can destroy the evidence!" "Pick up your dam pigtail!" " Catch her!" " Yes, sir!" "You stupid bitch!" "When you should stay home looking after the family, you stir the people to revolt" "You today, only good at oppressing commoners..." "You disgusting bitch!" "You're through with your last words" "Stop it!" "She should be arrested, not killed" "Sir, may I ask what office you're in?" "Why are you protecting this rebel?" "I'm Li Zhongyue, the Magistrate of Shanyin" "Master Gu Fu" "Execution before trial is against Qing Dynasty law" "Take the accused back, we'll conduct a midnight trial" "Court..." "Mrs. Wang, hand over the list of rebels!" "My maiden name is Qiu and given name Jin." "Not Mrs. Wang" "May I know why I'm detained?" "If you're not scheming to revolt against the government, how do you explain the possession of artillery?" "Just for self-defence, somebody broke into the College" "And the guns are all licensed" "Master Gui Fu, didn't you issue those licenses?" "Qiu Jin, why did you write those confrontational essays?" "Why did you talk about revolution?" "I'm for a gender revolution, not a political one" " Get the thumbscrews ready!" " Yes, your honour!" "Torture is the only way to make a difficult woman like her confess" "Hold it!" "Wait, wait..." "Aofeng, implementing torture is not as simple as you think in this court" "I guarantee an immediate confession as soon as torture is carried out" "This is the Shanyin court, not your military camp" "Qiu Jin is an educated woman, torturing her is not justified... without sufficient evidence" "Procedurally, permission needs to be granted by Master Gui Fu" "I came just to get the job done, not to argue with you about the bureaucratic details" "According to Qing Dynasty law, there are court rules to follow" "No one is allowed to act on emotions" "Are you saying that Qing Law is bureaucratic details?" "What are you trying to insinuate?" "Stop arguing!" "Don't try to confuse me, I know what I'm doing" "Qiu Jin, are you going to speak or do you want me to use the thumbscrews on you?" ""June 21, 1900"" ""The Qing government declared war against eleven nations"" ""in the name of Emperor Guangxu"" "I wonder when the wars are ending" "The wars between my country and the foreigners are raging" "Feeling helpless, I can only sit in the dark worrying" "Resenting the fact that being a woman, I am deprived of the right to serve my country" "Young master!" "Young master..." "The lady has given birth!" " Congratulations!" " Congratulations!" " A boy or a girl?" " A girl" "Well... are mother and baby alright?" "Both very well" " That's good" " Come back here" "I'm glad they are well" "Young Master!" "I'll be over as soon as I've finished this set" "Fight!" "Fight!" "Fight..." "Risking bloodshed, losing a hundred thousand lives... to fight a losing battle" "A woman having such virtuous principles... is definitely admirable" "I heard that she's the daughter of the Fujian governor, Qiu Shounan" "This painting is a gift from him" "He has returned to his home in Shaoxing" "I heard he passed away as a result of illness" "Nanking, Bogue, Wangxia," "Whampoa, Aigun, Tientsin..." "Peking, Burlingame, Chefoo, Livadia..." "Our country has been disgraced!" "Dad!" "Eventually, we will conquer and reclaim the lost land" "Too bad that you're not a boy" "It's everybody, men and women's responsibility, to safeguard our country" "Good!" "On... a warring... stallion... crossing... the motherland... to fulfill... the dream" "Here we are" "The young master's back" "Young Master" "Which idiot left my bird cage open?" "It was me" "I can understand you're not in a very good mood" "But you shouldn't take it out on my bird" "I just wanted to wake you up" "It's everybody's responsibility to safeguard our country" "How can I make you understand?" "I really don't!" "I didn't lose the Opium Wars" "I didn't burn down the Yuanming Palace" "I didn't encourage Empress Dowager Cixi to irritate the foreign devils" "What have I done wrong?" "The problem is that you have done nothing!" "Our country is about to fall apart;" "how can you still sleep till noon?" "How can you still hang out with your disreputable friends?" "What do you want me to do then?" "Do you expect me to be like you, spending all day composing poetry at home, practicing sword-fighting;" "is this how one saves his country?" "You are right" "Writing poetry and practicing with swords won't save our country" "Finally there's something we can agree on" "My dear husband, we have to be practical" "You're absolutely right" "What do you want me to do?" "Tell me!" "The Empress Dowager has returned to Beijing" "I can buy a government post in Beijing, if that's what you want" "Buy a government post?" "Please make way" "Stay clear" "Keep clear" " Please, everybody" " Make room" "Keep clear" "Move..." "Move, don't block the road" "Stay clear" "Stay away" "Stay clear" "Move" "Go away" "Stay clear" "Don't look any more" "Have some water" " Madam!" " What happened?" " Let go!" "Do you want to get run over?" " Madam, please have pity..." "Spare my child something to eat, she's starving" "Please, have pity..." "Go away!" " Here, take it!" " Thank you..." "What are you people doing?" "Stay away!" "Here, take them all!" "Go away!" "Go!" "Thank you, madam, I wish you long life and wealth" "Dad, it's so filthy and rundown here" "Why are you taking us here?" "This is what your mother wants" "Yuande, we were defeated in the wars" "The westerners have taken possession of our land" "Lots of people are jobless and homeless, and ended up coming here to the capital to beg" "I hope after your Dad has become an official, he can help those people" "Madam..." " Mom" " Madam, my mom is dying of hunger..." "Please spare a little food!" "Don't push!" "Stay clear..." "Go away!" "Move!" "Stop pushing!" "Keep away!" "Don't block the traffic, the coach needs to cross!" "Get the hell out!" "Stop it!" "Yuande, this is dangerous!" "Stay in!" "Stay in!" "Don't look, stay in!" "You beat up people just to clear the way for this westerner" "Ridiculous!" "Don't kill my father!" " Keep clear!" " Quick!" "Help him up!" "Move, move!" "Let's go!" "Please..." "Let us pass, please!" "Qiu Jin, do you know members of the Restoration Society?" "Tell the truth" "I know nothing about the Society" "It's a known fact that Xu Xilin is the head of the Society" "You know him well; can you explain that?" "I was only asked to take over the management of the Da Tong College" "I haven't seen Xu since he left" "Only Master Gui Fu came several times to the Institute's board meeting" "He was also a guest of our school's opening ceremony" "I don't know whether this is considered close friendship" "How dare you!" "We have no choice but to torture this woman to talk" "Get the thumbscrews ready!" " Yes, Sir!" " Yes, Sir!" "Stop!" "Qiu Jin, you'd better talk... in order not to suffer physical pain" "You are all so stupid" "After such a long interrogation, the identity of my accomplice... is becoming evident" "Who?" "That is the... the honorable respectable..." "Master Gui Fu" "Pompous!" "How dare you speak nonsense in court!" "Didn't you say that the one who killed Governor Eng Ming was also a high-ranking official?" "Attendants!" "Take her back to jail" " Yes, Sir!" " Yes, Sir!" "Magistrate Li, you are to take over her interrogation" "You have to conduct the session and come with a statement to support the verdict" "If she refuses to confess, she'll be subjected to torture." "No concessions will be made" "I've brought over your old clothes" "There are lots of good tailors in Beijing" "I'll take you to have some new clothes made in the next two days" "I have business errands to run" "Coming back for dinner?" "I don't think so" "This is only our second day in Beijing, you..." "What?" "What happened?" "Anybody?" "Can you please tell me where I can find a good doctor?" "I can ask Madam to find out" "Open the window half-way" "The blanket has to be washed in boiling water... and dried in the sun" "Go get a sharp little knife" "Madam, you can take a rest now" "But my daughter..." "The bad news is your daughter has measles" "The good news is... it isn't smallpox" "Do you mean... she doesn't need to see the doctor until tomorrow?" "I mean... leave your daughter with me tonight" "I don't want to impose so much trouble on you" "I'm experienced, you are not" "Measles is infectious, just like gossip, passing on easily from person to person" "If both of your children fall sick, which one are you capable of looking after?" "My husband and I like sticking our noses in other people's business, hope you don't mind" "It's very kind of you" "Is Mr. Wang out on a trip?" "No!" "He said he had business to attend to" "What sort of business so late at night?" "Well, that's what all officials have to do" "You'll leave a scar" "I just want to cut her nails... to stop her from scratching" "Go get Guifen a pair of gloves" "And a cold towel" "Also a pot of water" "Anything else?" "Yes..." "Get Madam a cup of tea" "Please call me Zhiying" "I'm getting old" "Zhiying, please let me do it" "All right!" "I've wanted to ask you, are you Qiu Jin?" "I knew I was right!" "Your poems are so well written" "Do you know Xu Xilin?" "He's a friend of my husband, now studying in Japan" "He's the one who showed your poems to me" "One I remember best;" "let me recite it to you" "Not being born a man" "But more fearless than a man" "Filled with courage and passion, I am devoted to serving my country" "Sadly my conviction is not recognized in this worldly world" "Embittered by disappointment and frustration" "Not being appreciated" "I wept" "Quick!" "Sis" "Zhiying" "We're having a women's discussion group to exchange ideas today" "Come and join us" "Hello, sisters, may I introduce my god-sister, Qiu Jin" "Hello, everybody" "This is Mrs. Ouyang" "This is my iconic progressive woman," "Mrs. Hattori" "She's been teaching in Japan for years" "Hello, everybody" "Nice to meet you" "Please take a seat" "Serve tea" "In fact, we Asian women have a lot in common" "I believe we can share our experiences across national boundaries" "There are lots of issues we can address, sister" "Madam, may I ask... how can Women's Studies be discussed in the public arena in China?" "Women's Studies is not anything new since the Meiji Restoration" "We have to believe that women are not born lesser than men" "Men and women are born equal, and should enjoy equal rights" "Men can receive education and so can women" "But in China, men are considered superior while women are forever oppressed" "In a closed feudalistic society, unjust laws and rules... are always used to confine and suppress women" "I share the same passion as men" "I wish to study like men do" "But we were born women;" "we shouldn't be ashamed of being ourselves" "We should stand up tall and earn men's respect" "More than respect, I should say" "I would do something shocking to alarm them" " Mom, I'm starving!" " Madam, the dishes are getting cold" "Should I reheat them?" "No need to wait any longer, let's have dinner" "Master Wang, let' s have a drink" "My pleasure, my pleasure" "Madam, Mrs. Wang is here" "Zhiying, let's go" "Welcome!" "This way, please!" "Sir, what can I offer you to drink?" "Green tea, Bi Luo Chun" "I'm sorry, sir, what tea would you like?" "I said Bi Luo Chun" "A woman?" "And?" "A woman in men's clothes, atypical?" "And it's normal to see men in women's clothes on stage" "No, no... that's not what I meant" "Please wait a moment." "I'll get you the Bi Luo Chun right away" "It seems you've won the game this time" "Definitely!" "Execution time!" "God help me to prove my innocence!" "It's snowing heavily!" "Go upstairs" "Have fun" "That way" "It's snowing heavily!" "Great!" "The world has heard you" "It's a woman!" "You don't behave like a decent woman!" "I believe I've been good to you" "You've been well fed and clothed" "I don't mind your unbound feet" "I don't have other women" "That you're married into the Wang family... has invited enough jealousy from lots of women" "Why did you have to wear bizarre clothing... and made a scene in public to embarrass me?" "You are the one who brought the embarrassment" "If the purpose here... is to secure a contemptible government job, and chances to frequent brothels, you might as well go back home, live on the family and enjoy a wasteful life" "I finally understand why the government signed the 1901 Boxer Protocol... and paid one thousand million taels of silver to the westerners" "Because the government is filled with incompetent futile officials like you!" "Even my wife looks down on me!" "I know, you thought I was feeble and inept from the very beginning" "Am I right?" "I was born in a good family which provides a comfortable life" "Can I help it?" "Why must you force me to become a somebody?" "I'm not able" "Why can't I just enjoy what I'm given and born with?" "Tell me why?" "Say something" "I'm your man, for God's sake!" "Now you don't even bother to speak to me" "Alright!" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" " Don't tear up my writing!" " Speaking to me now?" " Stop it!" "Stop!" " Beg me..." "I want you to beg me!" "Can these poems... save our country?" "No!" "Are they... useful?" "No!" "You show no respect to me;" "I think very little of you, too!" "I think nothing of you, too!" "It won't help!" "Please have tea" "Is this... a truce?" "A truce indeed" "I have two sons" "When I taught them how to read," "I always used your poetry as teaching materials" "On a warring stallion crossing the motherland to fulfill the dream, to see... my country shattered," "my nation disgraced" "Nowadays in our government, people like you who express... such profound worry and sorrow about destiny, people and country, are very difficult to find" "Why is there no pen and paper?" "I thought Master Gui Fu demanded a statement" "No!" "This is not what I mean" "I won't make things difficult for you, Master Li" "Please give me a pen and paper" "Fusheng has brought the baby here to look for her a few times" "Yuande has done the same" "Now I'm here" "Ask her whether she has created enough trouble already" "Mr. Wang, it's not that I don't want to help" "You should have come yesterday instead" "You missed the boat by one day, like the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" "Your wife has left for Japan" "I don't believe you, she couldn't have gone to Japan just like that" "She hasn't taken any clothes or money" "I have all her jewelry." "Where did she get the money to travel?" "This is not possible!" "Anything is possible these days" ""Tokyo, Japan, 1904"" "Zhiying, thank you for supporting my decision" "I can finally realize my dream" "This is a whole new world, I'm so excited" "Having said that, I'll miss you and Fusheng" "If possible, please take care of Fusheng for me" "She's been with me long enough to understand what I want" "I don't have to worry about having her looking after the children" "Numerous nights," "I dreamt that I was flying kites with them" "This is another dream I want to come true" "In Tokyo, I started the Common Language Journal" "Using simple language to promote Women's Studies and Women's Rights" "I have also joined the Mutual Love Society, in which I've met a lot of women who share common beliefs" "Love and support from friends in a foreign place lends more meaning to life" "I wish you'd be happy for me" "Everything is going well." "Please don't worry about me." "Qiu Jin" "Look!" "The most unjust thing in the world... is that the two hundred million sisters in our country, starting when they are infants, their soft little white feet... are subjected to binding with white cloth... until the flesh turns fetid, the bones broken" "For what purpose?" "Simply to show relatives and friends and neighbors and wait for them to express admiration" "What tiny and exquisite feet this little girl has!" "And when they are getting married..." "Boping" "Who's the girl standing by the stage?" "Chen Fen, the Chair of the Mutual Love Society" "You've seen her before" "I mean the other one, the pretty one" "That is Lu Chu Chu, married" "So young?" "Not her." "I'm talking about you." "You're married ...it's karma" "Damn right!" " Good!" " Good speech!" "When her man dies, a wife has to observe a three-year mourning period and is not allowed to remarry" "But when a wife dies... hardly three days pass, the husband can start philandering" "Before the forty-nine days of official mourning have ended, there is a new bride" " Men and women are equal!" " Men and women are equal!" "We all understand, if we don't undo the wrongs," "when our country falls, it will be too late" "Fellow countrymen" "Please do not disrupt the flow of my thoughts!" "You are right!" "Good speech!" " Wonderful!" " Wonderful!" "Tianhua, standing on the stage I heard your applause" "Your speech was indeed wonderful" "May I introduce you" "This is Chen Boping" "Nice to meet you" "What happened to your eyes?" "An experiment on explosives failed" "The good thing is that I learnt to see all things with one eye" "And... this is Liu Daoyi" "This boy has just joined us" " Nice to meet you" " You, too" "This is Hu Donglin" "Where's Xu Xilin?" "Is Xu Xilin here?" "He's disappearing fast" "Let's have our pictures taken" "Say cheese!" "Stay like that, don't move" "Perhaps a little bit posing" "Your hands are not natural" "What do you suggest I should do?" "Can you... hold something in your hands?" "I'm ready!" "That is good." "Good!" "Stay there!" "Done!" "Xu Xilin, thanks so much for your free service all day" "Don't mention it" "Hello, I'm..." "Qiu Jin, the Woman Knight of Mirror Lake, alias Competing With Men" "My pleasure to meet you" "Xu Xilin, alias A Bright Man" "Zhiying has mentioned your name at times" "My pleasure to meet you" "Finally we meet" ""Office of the Zhejiang governor"" "Sir, report" "Though Qiu Jin didn't disclose the list of collaborators, she has confessed to being involved in the Restoration Society" "Convicted of conspiring with insurgents and sedition" "Your Honor, please sentence the accused to death" "A telescope is an instrument with lenses for making distant objects... appear larger and nearer" "In the 17th century, the Italian scientist Galileo invented the telescope... to observe the moon" "He found that the surfaces of the planets are not smooth" "And the milky way is not a single entity, but a constellation of stars" "Pour some water on the quartz" "Cover it with the lens and grind smoothly" "Don't rush, or you'll scratch the lens" "Add more water when needed" "Look!" "How nice and smooth this is" "When this lens is made into a telescope, how far an object can it see?" "Definitely all the twenty-eight stars" "Incredible!" "Not many people know... that when you look at a star, the very same star probably no longer exists" "The stars we see... are reflections of the light emitted long ago" "Stars from far away emit light" "And light travels a very long way to appear before our eyes... after many light years" "How far can it travel in one light year?" "In human terms, it's longer than thousands of lifetimes" "So far?" "It probably means... eternity" "Sometimes I reckon, things we do today, their effects probably won't be recognized until many years later" "Let's drink, for you" "Hello, hello!" "Welcome!" "She's a busy person" "Thank you" "Everybody is here, let's eat!" "I'm really sorry for being late" "Come, let's have a drink" "We are all here, drink up!" "Right!" "Bottoms up" " Cheers!" " Cheers!" "Hey, what day is it today?" "Tianhua's birthday" "Birthday?" "Was it not a few weeks ago?" "Dig in, help yourself" "Thanks" "He has more than one birthday" "Don't tease me, eat!" "Eat!" "For you" "Thank you" "You have... a very powerful presence in the picture" "Come and take a look!" "Come on over" "What?" "Xu Xilin is not fair" "He failed to show my most beautiful side" "It gives you a sort of valiant look" "Definitely a woman of poetry and the sword" " Am I right?" " Of course!" "So pretty!" "All right..." "Time to eat" "Chu Chu" "Let's drink for the day" "Come on!" "Hu Donglin, take your hand off" "I'm not talking to you, you counterfeit man" "What are you saying?" "Hu Donglin, in my capacity as chair of the Mutual Love Society, I advise you that... members of our Society... will never become anybody's concubine" "What's wrong with being a concubine?" "Only rich people can afford several wives" "It's every woman's dream to marry into a rich family" "Alright!" "Haven't you said enough?" "If you feel sexually excited, find a prostitute!" "I'd much rather patronize a whore than get intimate with you, a mannish woman" " You..." " Enough!" "You idiot, stop insulting women" "Even my parents have never laid a hand on me" "Ridiculous!" "Enough!" "Get out!" "The autumn drizzle and breeze have saddened me" "What sort of statement is this?" "Only seven words" "Only seven words" "You're not only not torturing her, but treat her like a guest of honour" "Why are you protecting her?" "This is the Governor's directive" "The Governor has issued an order for immediate execution" "Beheading?" "According to Qing Law, the death sentence for women is hanging" "Why should Qiu Jin be executed?" "A thorough investigation has not been conducted, and there is no evidence to prove her guilt" "How can we execute Qiu Jin... just with this seven-word statement?" "Are you defying your superior's order?" "What's your intention?" "Look closely" "The Governor's order is: execute the convict" "Shanyin Magistrate Li Zhongyue is assigned to supervise... the execution" "What happened?" "What's going on?" "Look, this is too much" "No political societies, no political comments" "Correspondences must be censored" "Must abide by and obey the Qing rules and laws" "No to Qing student admission rules!" "We must organize a rally!" "We'll stop going to classes!" "No classes!" "No to Qing student admission rules!" "Don't back out..." "Let me go!" "Give me that!" "Give me that!" "No to Qing student admission rules!" "The Asahi Shimbun Editorial today does nothing but... ridicule the students at the demonstration" "Based on the Manchus' inferior quality, they're weak in solidarity, just groups of good-for-nothing scoundrels" "Chinese students are visiting prostitutes, drinking, gambling, living a self indulgent life, depraved, degenerate, corrupt..." "All kinds of bad behavior" "Our country is on the verge of falling apart, why do they still do those things to discredit us?" "National humiliation!" "If this can draw your attention to... stop these mischievous and horrid acts, and to love your country," "to work hard and study hard to regain strength, to reinstate the nation's pride and glory" "China may therefore be saved" "Qiu Jin!" "Where is Qiu Jin?" "Qiu Jin, come out here!" "Qiu Jin, you want us to quit studying and return home" "Who do you think you are?" "In what capacity do you think you can represent us?" "We came to Japan to broaden our horizons, to learn new things" "Not to take to the street to create trouble and disturbance," "This is Mr. Chen Tianhua's memorial service, would all of you either pay your respects, or leave immediately" "Who are you to lecture us?" "You people act on impulse" "You get what you deserve" "But don't get us involved in your troubles" "We won't go back to China with you!" "A nation, like an individual, has its honour" "The Japanese government has deprived us of the right of freedom and democracy" "We can no longer submit to it" "The damage brought by the Sino-Japanese war is still fresh" "We can only regain honour when we have acquired the know-how" "To stay or to leave is your own decision" "We self-financed students are different from you with government sponsorship" "You don't have to leave with me" "But if you return to China... to betray and oppress our countrymen," "I will kill you!" "Leive us" "No Thank you" "I'm only a minor official" "My words carry no weight" "That means i cant save you" "I done everythink i could I hope you understand" "Do you... have any last wishes?" "I haveThree." "If it's in my jurisdiction," "I promise to carry it out" "Firstly" "Proper attire upon execution" "No grimy people near me" "My head not hung high to be exposed in public" "Secondly" "I'd like to write a poem to bid farewell to the world" "I thought... the seven-word poem The autumn drizzle and breeze have saddened me... had spoken your mind!" "Then, thirdly" "If there were no secondly, thirdly is redundant" "I can understand you're distressed" "Would you believe me if I said otherwise?" "It's alright to be unhappy, as long as you don't regret" "Regret?" "I've always known what I want" "Nobody can tell me how to live my life" "We don't do what we're asked to, yet we've done all the things that we were told not to" "At times, I reflect... should we be betting our lives on opposing the will of others?" "I don't do anything out of emotion" "I do it for a cause" "For the women oppressed for thousands of years" "Do you miss home?" "Of course I do!" ""Qiu's Residence"" "I also know when to go home" "Sister" "Brother" "Mom" "You've kept these clothes in perfect condition" "Naturally, when summer comes," "I take the clothes to dry in the sun" "You still keep these shoes" "Jin," "I heard that the Chinese students in Japan stir up brawls and trouble" "Trouble?" "What trouble?" "Be honest with me, are you a revolutionary?" ""Wang's Residence"" "You finally came back" "It's so good to see you back!" "Come in..." "Your mom's back" "Guifen" "Yuande, this is mom" "These years, studying abroad, publishing journals, getting involved in politics and social moveme my money's all gone" "That's alright." "As long as you're back, money is not a problem" "But the thing is..." "I'm deeply in debt" "How much?" "If you can return my dowry..." "Keep your dowry" "I'll withdraw money from the bank tomorrow" "Thank you" "You've changed a lot" "You won't be leaving again, will you?" "There's nothing better than... watching the children to grow up in the care of my husband at home" "Good!" " Good show?" " Yes!" "Let me go buy some candied melon" "I'll go" "No!" "You watch the kids" "Yuande, stay with your dad" "Yeah!" "Fusheng" "Take care of Guifen" "Come" "Of course I miss home" "But I also know when to go home" "Often, Chinese people leave home to provide the family with a better life" "In Japan, every night with no exception," "I dreamed of my children" "But also every day in my mind, the very same scene came back" "That is, the day we arrived in Beijing, our coach was stopped... by a woman, a mother, trying very hard to hold on to our coach with one hand, and holding her child with the other," "to beg for food" "I gave her a bun" "Soon after, hordes of refugees rushed up... to surround our coach... to push it off balance" "I was holding my child, frightened" "But I didn't know what I was frightened of" "My child and I are always well fed" "What do I have to be afraid of?" "I still remember, that in order to make way for the westerner, the refugees were badly beaten up" "But regardless of that, they didn't move an inch" "Why?" "Simply because they needed the buns for their children" "From then on, I have known for sure... that just me and my child being well fed is not sufficient" "I vow to try and make sure the mothers and children of the whole wide world... are be fed and clothed" "One Empress Dowager... enjoys her pleasure at the expense of one whole nation" "Who would be willing to trade his own happiness... for the entire nation's success?" "Dad, where's Mom?" "I just wanted to reconfirm your decision" "Now, in the capacity of the Vice Chair of the Restoration Society," "I invite you to join us, to return to China and plan the revolution" "Be honest with me, are you a revolutionary?" "Absolutely not!" "Mom, be careful what you say" "I'm happy you're not" "Whatever I do, it's for the welfare of our country" "The Wang family is not a bit involved..." "I and the Wangs have nothing to do with each other any more" ""Liuyang, Hunan Province, December, 1906"" "Good!" " Good!" " Good!" "Yes!" "Good..." "Come on!" "Get up!" "Go!" "Off we go!" "Alright!" "Did Liu Daoyi and Chen Fen's families go to identify and collect their bodies?" ""Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province"" "No!" "They were afraid of being implicated" "Now the central government is doing everything it can to capture the rebels along the Yangtze River" "I believe we have a race with time to start the insurrection" "I have bought myself a government post in Anhui, and will leave for Anhui tomorrow" "It's said that the Empress Dowager has appointed her crony En Ming as the Governor of Anhui... to implement new policies" "If she truly believed in instigating reforms, she wouldn't have wiped out those who brought in the innovations years before" "The new policies are only a smokescreen" "Her true intent is to capture the rebels" "However, I can take advantage of this smokescreen... to get into the bureaucratic structure of the government" "Xu Xilin at your service, Governor En Ming!" "To seize opportunities, to take over the military, then to mobilize an uprising" "I hope you can take charge of Da Tong" "It's the headquarters of the Restoration Society to nurture revolutionaries" "You'll lead the members to revolt" "I promise I'll carry out the undertaking" "Letting a woman lead is most ridiculous" "How can an ordinary woman... be given so much attention in the public arena?" "It's preposterous!" "Now our country is frail and fragile" "We should appreciate that Qiu Jin, regardless of being a woman, volunteers her services... to head Da Tong to train people to protect the country" "Her courage is not any less than a man's indeed!" ""We love freedom, let's drink to freedom"" " Welcome" " Please come in!" "Please come in!" "Welcome, honorable guests" "This way, please!" "Master, you've just arrived in Shaoxing, I hope everything's alright" "Yes, thank you" "It's our pleasure to have you two... as honorary board directors" "Headmaster Qiu has studied overseas and is a keen educator" "Certainly you have my full support" "Thank you very much!" "I promise to do my best" "So you composed the lyrics," "Headmaster Qiu" "Headmaster Qiu is truly multi-talented" "This is Tie Guan Yin Oolong tea from Anxi" "I brought it back specially for your visit" "You're very decorous and thorough" "How did you know this was the Master's favorite tea?" "What fine tea, superb!" "Boping, I have one more tin" "Since you can best appreciate this tea, you might as well keep it" "But one shouldn't take away other people's favorites" "Knowledge of tea is rare." "Please accept the gift" "If you insist..." "Very much obliged" "About the permission to purchase guns, the Master has issued it" "Thank you, Master!" "Graduates from our College... will join the army" "Please!" "Sorry, I'm late" "Director of the Shaoxing Education Bureau," "Hu Donglin, greets Master Gui Fu" "Having Master Gui Fu to preside in Shaoxing... is definitely a pleasure for we scholars" "Qiu Jin, how are you doing?" "We met in Japan" "Is this..." "Mrs. Hu?" ""Women in China"" "Are you the publisher?" "It has stopped running" "Why?" "Short of funding" "If you want to continue," "I can finance it" "You'd better keep your money... to buy your husband a higher government post" "The last thing I can imagine is that you were willing to be that idiot's concubine" "Sister Qiu..." "Have you forgotten how he insulted you?" "And how the sisterhood defended you?" "Please look around." "Excuse me" "I'm sorry I had no option" "You're educated" "You're much better than lots of women in many ways." "You had no option?" "When my dad died," "Hu Donglin helped out a lot" "Please, don't be angry with me" "I came just to see you" "I'm sorry, so sorry..." "You owe yourself an apology" ""Xuan Ting Street junction"" "Execution time!" "Hold it!" "I want to see if anybody has come to bid me farewell" "One" "Two" "Three" "Four" "Five" "Six" "Move fast!" "Fast!" "Fast!" "Roll over!" "Fire!" "Three, four, five, six!" "Turn around!" "March!" "One, two, three, four, five" "Madam Qiu" "Somebody's looking for you, she's in there" "Zhiying" "I can't believe you've come!" "Yes!" "I have a surprise for you, too" "Fusheng" "Fusheng, who's looking after" "Yuande and Guifen after you left?" "Don't worry, their father's very good with them" "But your in-laws disowned you" "Fusheng was kicked out of the family, too" "This is for you" "Spend it on Women in China" "Keep the money" "When I first started Women in China," "I went around to raise money, to raise ten thousand dollars" "Yet I only got a few hundred at the end" "Even women tended to show little interest in the issue" "I've given up, I will publish no more" "Keep the money anyway" "It's yours now" "You may use it to publish a journal, or do whatever you want with it" "It's entirely up to you" "Zhiying..." "You've been such a great help" "I've been having this weird feeling lately, that I'm not going to be around much longer" "If one day, unfortunately I were killed..." "Sister, please promise me" "Don't do anything that would threaten your well-being, alright?" "We shall work from a fresh start to re-establish the conquered territories" "I'd be very happy... if you could bury me at Xileng Bridge in Hangzhou" "I understand you, I support the revolution, too" "But I don't believe in bloodshed" "Take a look... at that, Circuit Attendant Xu" "It's the name list of the Restoration Society" "Master!" "May I know how you got this?" "Is the source reliable?" "Very reliable" "Never mind how I got hold of it, go capture the rebels" "Yes, sir!" "Not a single one is to be let loose" "Master, please trust me" "I will capture every single rebel!" "He's arrived, and is now inside" " Good!" " Give it to me" "He didn't disclose where he got the list" "Fortunately, they are all assumed names" "Me, the Bright Man, is on the list, too" "Do you think giving you the name list is a trick?" "Even so, we'll work the plot to our advantage" "The exposure of this list has threatened our safety" "We must make the first move" "I've come here to set a date to stage the uprising" "En Ming will attend the Commencement of the Anqing Police Academy next month" "When he's there, provincial officers from all ranks will be present, too" "I want to take this opportunity... to eradicate them all, to stage a good show" "I'll mobilize an uprising in Shaoxing on the same day" "Two provinces echoing each other will create a powerful and prevailing effect" "When we succeed, we'll join hands to assail Nanjing" "Mr. Xu, this is a letter from Governor En Ming" "Any problem?" "En Ming wants to schedule the Commencement tomorrow" "What should we do then?" "We can't afford to miss this opportunity" "Especially now at the point of no return" "Tomorrow, we'll still strike them unprepared" "But we won't be able to inform Qiu Jin in time" "We can only count on the police cadets now" "Once we succeed in killing the Governor, everything should be under control" "Once Anhui is under our control, a few days delay in staging an uprising in Shaoxing shouldn't matter much" "Our country is being carved up by the western powers... and becoming semi-colonized... simply because our government bows down to the foreign powers" "The corrupt officials lavishly spend the commoners' hard-earned money" "If this doesn't stop, our country will fall apart" "We don't want this to happen" "Fellow students, we can change our country's future" "And the country's future is in your hands" "I'm here to ask every one of you, in the course of the revolution, to play your part" "Definitely!" ""Anqing Police Academy"" "Suddenly it starts raining" "Should stop soon" "Governor, please go inside and rest for a while" "Good idea!" "It smells good!" "Sir, the students have been waiting for an hour already" "I can't help it if the rain doesn't stop" "It looks like we have to take action in the room" "Sure" " Go up there and stand guard" " Yes, Sir!" "Turn left and then turn right" "Watch out!" "A bomb!" "Follow me on the road to revolution!" "Kill the corrupt officials!" "Take it!" "That way!" "Canon!" "That side!" "Again!" "Leave, quick!" "Boping!" "Fire!" "Watch out!" "Capture him alive!" "Stupid..." "I was... so stupid!" "What's happened?" "Xu Xilin... has died for the cause!" "Let's go!" " Over here!" " Brothers, move!" "Stop!" "Don't move!" " Stop!" " Don't run!" "Hurry!" " Get them!" " Don't run!" " Stop!" " Don't run!" ""Da Tong Physical Education Teacher Training College"" "Not many people know that when you look at a star, the very same star probably no longer exists" "Things we do today, their effects probably won't be recognized until many years later" "I am ready!" "Although I didn't kill her with my own hands..." "I didn't kill her with my own hands..." ""After Qiu Jin was executed, Li Zhongyue, who was distressed,"" ""and in the depths of despair, had nothing to live for"" ""He hanged himself on October 29, 1907"" ""Gui Fu, afraid of being eliminated by the Restoration Society,"" ""fled from Zhejiang Province"" ""After the success of the 1911 Revolution"" ""he adopted a new name and lived a reclusivw life"" "Dad..." "Please, bury me and my wife together... after I die" "Many nights, I dreamt that..." "I was flying kites with my children" "Someday... this is another dream I want to come true"