? Why did Sun Yat-sen give Soong Ching Ling a pistol with 20 bullets at his wedding?
19151kloc-0/October 25th, the wedding was held in Tokyo, Japan. At the wedding, the gifts for the bride are not diamond rings, earrings or other worldly jewels. This is a pistol. Sun Yat-sen said: "This gun is equipped with 20 bullets, 19 is given to the enemy, and the last one is reserved for yourself to use in an emergency. & gt The situation in Zhongshan was already very dangerous. & gt As the most important souvenir, I have been carefully collecting this pistol all my life. After the death of> 198 1, an exhibition commemorating the times was prepared under the leadership of Liao Chengzhi. Secretary Du was ordered to go to Shanghai to receive some important cultural relics. When he brought the gun back to Beijing, he handed over 20 bullets to the Shanghai Public Security Bureau according to the safety regulations at that time. From then on, the gun and the bullet were separated. & gt The exhibition has been arranged, and Liao Chengzhi will visit. Seeing this pistol, he asked with concern, "Where are the bullets in this gun? It can be seen that the gun of the times was very famous among the revolutionaries at that time, and guns and bullets were never separated. Revolutionaries are very familiar with this. & gt In the past, this kind of gun was described as a Browning pistol. We have been continuing this statement. In the late 1990s, a foreign guest who visited Ling's former residence carefully observed the gun. Then, he seriously hinted to us that the gun was not Browning's, but Mao Se's. Only then did we notice that the mark on the gun was indeed "Mao Se". & gt For decades, this gun has aroused great interest. Because it is not only the witness of the love between Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling, but also reflects Soong Ching Ling's spirit of taking risks for the revolution. > Sun Yat-sen > In 2003, we went to Singapore for an exhibition tour. One day, I gave a speech at the Fountain of Wealth. When talking about this gun, a listener suddenly stood up and said to me bluntly, "What you said is wrong. 19 15 It is impossible to have such a small musket. " I said, "But the words' Mao Se' are really engraved on the gun. He said, "Then you are wrong. This is not Soong Ching Ling's gun. " I said, "This gun really belongs to Soong Ching Ling. I'm not a gun expert. I appreciate your concern about this matter. I hope you can help us confirm it. " The gentleman said, "I'll prove it." I'll ask a gun expert to identify you and prove you wrong. & gt I gave another speech there the next day. Towards the end. One of the audience stood up. It was that gentleman yesterday. He apologized to me in front of everyone. It turned out that that night, he specially invited a gun expert to taste the gun. The expert's confirmation result is that this gun is indeed "Mao Se", and it was newly produced in 19 14, but this model is very rare. This gentleman not only apologized for his "rudeness" again and again, but also sent me his specially copied gun spectrum containing the drawings and data of this gun. I was deeply moved by his earnest attitude. & gt It is unusual for Dr. Sun Yat-sen to give the Mao Se pistol as a gift to the bride. Soong Ching Ling is deeply grateful and treasured for life. Everything embodies the personality of the two revolutionaries who are not secular but dedicated to their ideals. & gt