Meng Tai——Love factory like home

(2004-04-27 08:06:20)

Meng Tai is from Fengrun County, Hebei Province. He went to Anshan in 1926 and in the same year worked as a piping apprentice at the Japanese-run Showa Iron Works. Joined the Communist Party of China in 1949. He has successively served as piping team leader, technician, deputy technician, deputy director of the ironmaking plant, and vice chairman of the Anshan Iron and Steel Labor Union.

In 1948, before the Kuomintang government retreated, Anshan Iron and Steel was severely damaged. The blast furnace body and power machinery and equipment were almost destroyed and looted until nothing was left. Faced with such a difficult situation, he led his workers throughout the ten-mile factory area, searching for excavation equipment day and night, sorting, classifying, repairing, and then storing it in the "Mengtai Warehouse" in case of urgent need; he did not ask the country for money. , has resumed production of the three blast furnaces No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4. In 1950, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, and Anshan Iron and Steel was threatened by enemy planes and hidden enemies. In order to prevent the blast furnace from being damaged, he guarded the blast furnace day and night. "Watch the furnace, eat and sleep in the furnace" was an influential slogan he proposed at that time. Loving the factory as much as home, being thrifty and working hard, this is the spirit of Mengtai. Mengtai's spirit has influenced one or two generations in Anshan Iron and Steel and will be passed down from generation to generation.

Meng Tai is the first generation of national labor model in New China. He is an executive member of the seventh and eighth National Congress of the Chinese Trade Unions; a representative of the first, second and third National People's Congress, and has served many times as a national labor model. Received by party and state leaders.

The king of Fujian - Wang Shenzhi

Wang Shenzhi (862-925), named Xintong and Xiangqing, also known as Baima Sanlang, was born in Gushi, Guangzhou, Henan. From the first year of Guangqi (885) when he entered Fujian until his death, he stayed in Fujian for 39 years, including 32 years in Fuzhou. He successively served as deputy envoy of Fuzhou Observation, Weiwu Junliu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Examination and Punishment, Weiwu Junjiedushi, and Tongzhong Ping Zhangshi under the Shumen, Youpu She of the Inspector, Sikong of the Inspector, Situ of the Special Inspector, Taibao of the Inspector, King of Langya, Zhongshu Ling, Governor Shi of Fujian Province, King of Min, etc.

Wang Shenzhi attaches great importance to social security and stability. In August of the second year of Guangqi (886), Wang Shenzhi's brothers led troops to attack Quanzhou and killed Liao Yanruo, the Quanzhou assassin who was corrupt, perverted the law, and committed all kinds of evil. The Fujian observation in Fuzhou forced Chen Yan to recognize the Wang brothers due to the situation, and asked the Tang court to appoint them as the governor of Quanzhou. The situation of Quanzhou quickly improved. In the second year of Dashun (891), Chen Yan died of illness, and his brother-in-law Fan Hui claimed to stay in Fuzhou. In the first year of Jingfu (892), brothers Wang Shenzhi made careful preparations to unify Fujian. After one year and three months of hard fighting, they finally captured the city of Fuzhou on May 21st in the second year of Jingfu (893). After the Wang brothers entered the city, they personally "buried Chen Yan in plain clothes" and "carefully cared for his family", thus achieving a stable situation. Later, the Wang brothers also built a temple to worship Liu Xingquan, which greatly won the hearts of the people and shocked the army. They spread the message in all directions. Xu Guifan of Jianzhou, Zhong Quanmu of Tingzhou, as well as the scattered armed forces in mountainous areas, coastal areas, etc. all surrendered one after another, and the whole country Fujian was unified. Wang Shenzhi took various measures to stabilize the social order in Fujian and created favorable conditions for Fujian's economic and cultural development.

Wang Shenzhi attaches great importance to economic development. The main manifestations are: first, the development of water and land transportation. In the first year of Tianfu (901), when he was building Luo City, he also dug a city moat and built Qusi Bridge, Jingtong Gate, etc. In the third year of Tianyou (906), Wang Shenzhi built the Pearl Gate and the Nanguan Bridge (today's Antai Bridge) south of Maoying Bridge on Fuzhou Zhengjie (now north of Dongjiekou), and opened a river to Woqiaopu to divert tides. Through the city, the Shahe Bridge (also known as the Nine Immortals Bridge) was built in the second year of Kaiping in Houliang (908). Second, expand internal and external trade. When he was in power, the checkpoints in the Min River basin were canceled to facilitate the smooth flow of goods and ensure the exchange of materials in mountainous areas and coastal cities. At the same time, he opened a foreign trade port on the Huangqi Peninsula, known as "Gantang Port" in history. Subsequently, there were frequent envoys and business trips between Fuzhou and North Korea, India, Srivijaya in Sumatra and other countries, and economic, cultural and other trade activities were carried out in Fuzhou and other places. Exported goods include ivory, rhinoceros horn, pearls, fragrant medicines, etc. Third, attach importance to the development of agricultural production. He appointed Yan Renyu, who had production experience, to manage agriculture, and sent capable officials to "go out to patrol the prefectures and counties to teach farmers and mulberry farmers." He recruited all the farmers who had been exiled due to the war to return to their hometowns, provided them with reasonable arrangements, and encouraged them to open up wasteland, cultivate land, and develop production. In order to reduce the tax burden on farmers, he decided to pay "tithe" to all "public land" cultivated, "not to increase the tax", "to avoid going to war", etc. to reduce the burden on farmers. He also encouraged farmers to plant tea trees. He produced and exported tea in large quantities to increase farmers' economic income; he attached great importance to water conservancy construction, such as dredging Fuzhou West Lake, expanding the original 20-mile West Lake to 40 miles, and irrigating people's fields in Min County and Houguan County; he built Fuqing The seawall protects fields from tides and irrigates thousands of acres of civilian fields. Fourth, develop the handicraft industry. For example, in the mountainous areas of northern Fujian, there are many tea factories, including 38 official tea factories and 1,336 private tea factories. In the southwest of Fuzhou, Wang Shenzhi built 13 furnaces for casting. In Jianyang, the ceramic industry is also relatively developed. Set up a lead farm in Tingzhou to cast lead coins and copper coins. Later, large iron coins were cast, with five hundred inscriptions as the core. At that time, handicraft production developed rapidly. During Wang Shenzhi's tenure, Fujian's economic construction developed greatly, and the phenomenon of "good times and good years, and enough money for the family" appeared.

Wang Shenzhi attaches great importance to the development of cultural and educational undertakings. He attached great importance to the use of talents. After arriving in Fujian, he resettled a large number of refugees from the Central Plains. He especially cherished the literati and professionals and set up institutions such as the Talent Recruitment Institute to receive them.

At that time, those who escaped from the chaos and entered Fujian included Yang Yi, the son of Prime Minister Pu of the imperial edict, Yang Yi, a disciple of Prime Minister She of the Tang Dynasty, and Xu Yin, a well-known Jinshi, as well as Yang Chengxiu, Zheng Lin, Han Xie, Gui Fu Yi, Yang Zantu, Zheng Jian, etc. from the Central Plains. Wang Shenzhi He appointed them as Fujian officials to give full play to their talents; Wang Shenzhi also hired well-known literati in Fujian as officials, such as Ren Weng Chengzan as prime minister, Huang Tao as Jiedu official, etc.; Wang Shenzhi also appointed Yicun and Shi as officials. Bei, Shen Yan and other religious celebrities also respected him. Wang Shenzhi cared so much for literati that he made rapid progress in poetry in Fujian, especially in Fuzhou. Chen Yan said: "The rise of literature and education was the latest in Fujian, with poets beginning to appear in the Tang Dynasty; by the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, poets such as sergeant poet From time to time, there were people who moved to Fujian, and poetry education gradually became more and more prosperous. "

Wang Shenzhi attached great importance to the development of education. He adopted Weng Chengzan's suggestion to "build four schools (an institution of higher learning) in Fuzhou to teach the best in Fujian" and selected famous figures such as Huang Tao to serve as "Doctors of Four Schools". Under Wang Shenzhi's initiative, there were prefectural schools in prefectures, county schools in counties, and private schools in remote villages. "Young people have been taught by teachers, and the elders have paid tribute to the country." This greatly promoted the development of cultural and educational undertakings.

Wang Shenzhi attached great importance to searching for books. In the first year of Tianyou (904), Wang Shenzhi organized a large number of intellectuals to collect and write the suicide notes of various families, and dedicated them to the Tang government to enrich the historical materials. He also published "Diaoji Collected Works" for Xu Yin, etc., in order to rescue and preserve the motherland. cultural heritage has contributed. Wang Shenzhi also repaired and built many temples and pagodas. When he was in power, he built and restored 260 temples and 6 pagodas. Some of these temples and pagodas have left valuable cultural relics for future generations, which are also one of the tourism resources. .

Wang Shenzhi made remarkable achievements in the social stability, stability, economic and cultural construction and development of Fujian during the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and was praised by future generations.

Literary Master——Xie Bingxin

Bing Xin (1900-1999), formerly known as Xie Wanying, was born in Changle, Fujian. An outstanding Chinese literary master of the 20th century, a loyal patriot, a famous social activist, a close friend of the Communist Party of China, honorary chairman of the Chinese Writers Association, honorary chairman of the Central Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, and a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Ninth National Committee Member of the Conference was born on October 5, 1900 in Fuzhou into a family of naval officers with patriotic and reformist ideas. Her father participated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894 and fought against the Japanese invaders. Later, he founded the Children's Day Naval School in Yantai and served as the principal. When Bing Xin was 4 years old, her family moved to East Yantai and lived by the sea. The sea molded her character and broadened her mind; her father's patriotism and ambition to strengthen the country also deeply influenced her young mind. During her enlightenment studies at home, Bing Xin had already been exposed to Chinese classical literary masterpieces. She read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" at the age of 7. After the Revolution of 1911, she returned to Fuzhou and was admitted to the preparatory course of Fujian Women's Normal School in 1912. Moved to Beijing in 1913. The following year she entered Beiman Girls' Middle School. In 1918, she entered the preparatory department of science at Concordia Women's University. Yearn to be a doctor who saves lives and heals the wounded.

The outbreak of the "May 4th" movement and the rise of the New Culture Movement made Bing Xin closely link her destiny with the rejuvenation of the nation. She devoted herself wholeheartedly to the trend of the times and was elected as secretary of the university student union, and therefore participated in the work of the publicity unit of the Beijing Women's Academies Federation. Under the agitation of the patriotic student movement, she published her first essay "Reflections on the Twenty-One Day Hearing" and her first novel "Two Families" in the "Morning Post" in August and September 1919. The latter used the pen name "Bing Xin" for the first time. Because the work directly involves major social issues, it quickly has an impact. Later works such as "The Man Alone and Haggard" were considered to be the most representative "issue novels" at that time, which highlighted the devastation of women in feudal families, the fierce conflict between two generations in the new world, and the warlords' melee. The suffering of the people. At that time, Concordia Women's University merged into Yenching University, and Bing Xin joined the famous literary research society as a young student. Her creations flowed out under the banner of "For Life", and she published novels that attracted the attention of critics. "Superman"; represented by the two collections "Stars" and "Spring Water", promoted the writing trend of "small poems" in the early stage of new poetry. In 1923, she won a scholarship to Wellesley Women's University in the United States with excellent results. After studying abroad, he began to publish correspondence essays titled "For Little Readers" one after another, becoming China's earliest children's literature masterpiece. Bing Xin, who is in her early 20s, is already well-known in the Chinese literary world.

In 1926, she studied abroad and received a Master of Arts degree. After returning to China, he successively taught at Yenching University, Peking Women's College of Arts and Sciences, and the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University. At the same time, he continues to create. The work praises maternal love, childlike innocence, and nature, and also reflects careful observation of social inequality and the lives of different classes. The innocent and meaningful writing also reveals a hint of irony. Representative novels include "Fen" in 1931 and "Dong'er Girl" in 1933, and outstanding prose works include "Returning to the South" in 1931. In 1938, Wu Wenzao and Bing Xin and their children left Peiping in the midst of the war of resistance against Japan, and traveled through Shanghai and Hong Kong to Kunming, Yunnan, the rear area. Bing Xin once went to Chenggong Simple Normal School to teach on a voluntary basis, and experienced the hardships and hardships brought about by the war together with the whole nation. In 1940, he moved to Chongqing and served as a political councilor of the National Political Participation Association. Soon he joined the Chinese Literary and Art Circles Anti-Enemy Association and was enthusiastically engaged in cultural salvation activities. He also wrote influential prose chapters such as "About Women" and "Remail to Little Readers".

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, she went to Japan with her husband, sociologist Wu Wenzao, in November 1946. She gave lectures at the Japan Oriental Society and the Faculty of Literature of the University of Tokyo. She was later hired by the University of Tokyo as the first foreign female professor to teach the "New Chinese Literature" course. . While in Japan, she and Mr. Wu Wenzao united and influenced overseas intellectuals under complex conditions and actively engaged in patriotic, peaceful and progressive activities.

Bing Xin is of the same age as the century. She has been accompanied by the changes of the century throughout her life. She has been writing for 75 years. A large number of essays and novels she has written are collected into "Little Orange Lantern", "Ode to Cherry Blossoms", "Pick Up" Sui Xiaozha" and so on. She creates a variety of "Bing Xin style" literary styles and is my country's first generation of children's writers, novelists, essayists, poets and translators. Her translations include "The Prophet" and "Sand and Foam" by Kahlil Gibran of Lebanon, "Gitanjali", "The Gardener" and drama collections of Rabindranath Tagore of India, all of which are recognized as high-quality literary translations. In 1995, he was awarded the national Cedar Medal signed by the President of the Republic of Lebanon.

National hero - Zheng Chenggong

Zheng Chenggong (1624-1662) was a native of Nan'an County, Quanzhou, Fujian (now Nan'andong, Fujian). His real name is Sen, his given name is Yan, and his nickname is Damu. A famous general and national hero who fought against the Qing Dynasty during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The "national surname" general is loyal to the emperor and patriotic

Zheng Chenggong's father, Zheng Zhilong, went to Japan to do business in his early years and married the Tagawa family, so Zheng Chenggong was born in Japan in the fourth year of Qi tomorrow (1624) Hirado (now Matsuura County, Nagasaki Prefecture). In the late Ming Dynasty, political corruption and people's livelihood were in dire straits. Later, Zheng Zhilong often traveled between Fujian and Guangdong, doing business and stealing. In the second year of Chongzhen (1629), he was recruited by the Ming Dynasty and served as a guerrilla general, and was promoted to the chief soldier. Zheng Chenggong returned to China when he was 7 years old and studied in Anping (now Anhai Town, Jinjiang, Fujian). He has been quick-thinking and intelligent since he was a child.

Zheng Zhilong was later named Nan'anbo by Emperor Hongguang, and Zheng Chenggong went to Nanjing with him to study. In 1645, after the collapse of the Hongguang regime, Zheng Zhilong, his brothers Zheng Hongkui, Huang Daozhou and others supported Tang Wang Zhu Yujian as emperor in Fuzhou and changed the reign name to Longwu. Zheng Zhilong was named Taishi Pingguo Gong, the most powerful. At that time, Zheng Chenggong was 22 years old and capable of both literary and military skills. In order to consolidate his position and secure an official career for his son, Zheng Zhilong took Zheng Chenggong to visit Emperor Longwu. After the interview, Emperor Longwu saw that Zheng Chenggong was a handsome young man, well-spoken and full of enthusiasm, and he developed a good impression. So I asked him: How can we save the current crisis. Zheng Chenggong was deeply touched by the corruption of the Hongguang court, so he responded with what Yue Fei said: "Civilians do not love money, military officers are not afraid of death." Emperor Longwu believed that his opinions were in line with the current situation, and the monarch and his ministers talked very speculatively. Emperor Longwu said with emotion, "It's a pity that I don't have a princess, otherwise I would recruit you as my consort. You must serve the country with all your loyalty, don't forget it!" He immediately gave him the same surname as the emperor, and changed his real name "Sen" to "Shengsheng" . After that, people called him "Guo Xingye".

Zheng Chenggong is loyal and courageous, which is completely different from his father's secret intentions. Emperor Longwu repeatedly sent Zheng Chenggong to lead troops to rescue Jianchang, Nanchang, Qianshan and other places, and he completed the mission heroically. In March 1646, he stated the strategy of resisting the Qing Dynasty to Emperor Longwu, believing that it was necessary to "take advantage of dangers and control them, select generals to make progress, attack together with ships, and make the country prosperous." However, since the real power was in the hands of Zheng Zhilong, Emperor Longwu's will could not be fulfilled. If Zheng Zhilong doesn't nod, it won't work. Zheng Zhilong even assassinated ministers who were at odds with him. The famous minister Huang Daozhou left angrily and went to recruit volunteers to fight against the Qing Dynasty. He soon died heroically. Once in the palace, Zheng Chenggong saw that the emperor was unhappy, so he asked if it was because of his father's disloyalty. He kowtowed and said, "I am willing to die to defend your majesty, even if I go through mountains of swords and seas of fire, I will never change my mind." Emperor Longwu was very happy to hear this. , he immediately named the young Zheng Chenggong the loyal and filial uncle, worshiped him as the commander-in-chief of the imperial camp, and issued the seal of summons to the general.

Jianfu refused to surrender and was determined to fight against the Qing Dynasty

Zheng Chenggong was ordered by Emperor Longwu to rescue the crisis in Ganzhou and other places. Later, he went to Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and other places to recruit soldiers, hoping to establish A new army to complete the great cause of resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. However, his father Zheng Zhilong only resisted the war passively at first, but later secretly linked up with Hong Chengchou who had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

In August 1646, the Qing army entered Fujian, but Zheng Zhilong refused to fight. Emperor Longwu learned that Xianxia Pass had been lost and left Yanping for Tingzhou. The Qing army attacked Ji 30, and Emperor Longwu was captured and killed. 20 days later, Fuzhou also fell.

After the fall of Tingzhou, Zheng Zhilong returned to Anping Town and secretly contacted the Manchu minister Boluo to prepare for surrender. Zheng Chenggong insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty, cried bitterly, and repeatedly remonstrated with his father, and proposed ways to continue resisting the Qing Dynasty. He asked his father not to do things that would make future generations laugh and scold him, but Zheng Yilong did not listen to the advice. Zheng Chenggong asked his uncle Zheng Hongkui to persuade his father, but Zheng Zhilong still ignored him. In mid-November, he finally went to Fuzhou to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and was sent to Beijing. Zheng Chenggong's mother, the Tianchuan family, was later insulted by the Qing soldiers and committed suicide in anger.

After Zheng Zhilong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he sent a message to Zheng Chenggong, asking him to surrender to the Qing Dynasty together. In that feudal era where "the father was the guide for the son", a son should absolutely obey his father, but Zheng Chenggong still insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty. He replied: "I have only heard that a father should teach his son to be loyal, but I have never heard of anyone teaching his son to surrender to the enemy." Jingwu continued to go on expeditions

Zheng Chenggong was extremely sad and angry when he heard that the Qing soldiers burned, killed and looted everywhere and his mother died in his hometown. He successively offered sacrifices in the Confucius Temple and in front of his mother's grave, expressing his determination to take revenge. Then, he, Chen Hui, Hong Zheng and others recruited old troops and talented people, raised troops at sea, and vowed to fight against the Qing Dynasty.

Using Xiamen, Kinmen, and Nan'ao Island at the junction of Fujian and Guangdong as bases, he began activities to expand his strength and consolidate his military power.

During the nearly ten years from the age of 23 to 32, Zheng Chenggong stepped up military expansion and training activities in the spirit of Gou Jian, the king of Yue, who "satisfied his courage" and Yue Fei, who "served the country with loyalty". He repeatedly refused the Qing court and his father's attempts to induce surrender, and continued to attack the Qing army, becoming a banner for the southeastern people to resist the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty.

In July 1656, Zheng Chenggong sent Lieutenant Commander Gan Hui as marshal to lead his army northward, first conquering Min'an Town from the sea. Then, Zheng Chenggong personally led a large fleet of naval forces to attack Fuzhou City, enter Nantai, seize the bridge, and set up camp ashore. He divided his troops to guard Wulong River, Hongtang, Shuikou, Lianjiang Ridge and other places. He sent people to detect the small number of soldiers in Fuzhou City, and ordered an attack. Because the ship carrying the order lost the message and the main force did not arrive, they only fought for a while at Nantai and Tanwei and won. However, Zheng Chenggong failed to guard against the Qing soldiers and cavalry rushing to the outside of Fuzhou, so he had to retreat to Min'an Town and Luoxingta area. He personally inspected the terrain, decided to establish an anti-Qing base here, and ordered the construction of additional earth forts and walled cities. In addition, he sent troops to conquer Lianjiang County and stationed troops in Beiling to get a glimpse of Fuzhou. He also inspected Xiaojiadu, Yongfu Port in the Qing Dynasty, and dispatched naval forces. At the end of the year, they attacked Luoyuan and Ningde and attacked and killed the Qing army. It was not until September 1657, when Min'an Town was lost, that he returned to Xiamen. In this year, Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty canonized Zheng Chenggong as the king of Yanping County and recruited generals.

After fighting hard in Fujian for many years, Zheng Chenggong decided to march north. In the seventh month of the lunar calendar in 1658, he led more than 100,000 troops and dozens of large and small warships to join the anti-Qing troops of Zhang Huangyan, the general of the King of Lu, and began the Northern Expedition. In May of the following year, he led his troops from Zhoushan, conquered Guazhou and Zhenjiang, and advanced to Nanjing. He once wrote a poem with great passion: "I vowed to destroy the Hu when I came to the river, and the army of a hundred thousand swallowed up the Wu. Try to throw yourself across the natural chasm and cross the whip. If you don't believe that the Central Plains is not named Zhu." Because he won many battles, he was paralyzed and underestimated the enemy, and made strategic mistakes. , was defeated in Nanjing, and had to withdraw from the Yangtze River and return to Xiamen.

Recover Taiwan and build Taiwan

After Zheng Chenggong returned to Xiamen, he fought back against the Qing army's attack and defended Xiamen. The Qing army general Dasu committed suicide after returning to Fuzhou after defeat. But at this time, the Qing Dynasty had gradually formed a unified situation across the country and could concentrate more troops to encircle and suppress Zheng Chenggong. Faced with this situation, Zheng Chenggong decided to recover Taiwan after careful consideration as a long-term base to resist the Qing Dynasty. This has been his wish for many years.

Taiwan was invaded by Dutch colonists and Spanish colonists in 1624 and 1626 respectively. In 1642, the Dutch colonists defeated the Spanish colonists, occupied the entire island, and implemented colonial rule. In March of the fifteenth year of Yongli reign (1661), Zheng Chenggong led 25000 officers and soldiers and hundreds of large and small warships. They set out from Liaoluo Bay, Kinmen, Fujian, passed through Penghu, and arrived in southwest Taiwan on April 1 (April 29). outside Luermen Port. Due to the high tide, someone piloted the fleet, and the fleet quickly arrived at Heliao Port near Chican City and docked. The Dutch colonists discovered it and exclaimed, "Magic soldiers fell from the sky." In the naval battle, Zheng Jun used a fireship to sink the main Dutch ship Hector; in the land battle, he also killed Thomas Bader, the leader of the Dutch invading army, and more than 110 officers and soldiers. Zheng Chenggong commanded the siege of Chican City and used the method of cutting off the water to force the Dutch defenders to surrender on May 4th. While Zheng Chenggong commanded his troops to besiege Taiwan City (now Anping, Taiwan), the capital of the Dutch colonists, he also strengthened political and economic construction in the recovered areas. After besieging Taiwan City for eight months, in early December of the 18th year of Shunzhi (1662), they bombarded and occupied Fort Utli in the east of Taiwan City with artillery, and forced the city to attack Taiwan City. On the 13th (February 1), the Dutch colonial governor Kui Yixian surrendered. Zheng Chenggong finally regained Taiwan Island, which had been occupied by Dutch colonists for 38 years. In his poem "Recovering Taiwan", he wrote: "We opened up Jingzhen and drove away Heyi, and only ten years ago we conquered the original foundation. There are still three thousand guests in Tianheng, and they can't bear to leave despite the hardship."

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