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In 1897, Lien has grown up, can not stand the perverse and violent ruler, all alone to the mainland, into Shanghai St. John's University to study. But soon into the house of the mother to make him return to Taiwan to marry. Lien will not bear to contradict a widowed mother, had returned home to marry. Mrs Shen-ao, was born in Tainan, a Jiji continent rich family, and propriety-minded, Wenshun Xian Hui, good housekeeping. Husband and wife have very deep feelings, and even cross immersed in happiness after marriage, the moment no longer want to travel to distant lands.
However, the happy family life can not heal the pain the hearts of even the cross. After Taiwan was lost, a group of people unwilling to bow obedient scholars depression in a loss, often to worry about pouring poetry, to express the pain of the country seen their homes destroyed death situation and Si Huaizu country. They form poetry societies, each policy Mian, sing to each other, study the published collection of poems, poetic moment the island wind-sheng, Li four years instead of out. This phenomenon is unprecedented in the history of Taiwan, in the provinces of China were also the only. Lien married, they formed the Friends with the 10 poems on the island of Taiwan during the Japanese occupation, the establishment of the first wave of poetry and poetry --- Society.
Lien Wen names on the, 1898, was hired as the Tainan Science Department of a newspaper editorial writer, he used this condition, continuously published in the newspaper some of the essence of a small article about mountains and rivers all over Taiwan, monuments, property, customs, etc. , to arouse people's love for his homeland. This year is the beginning of his journalism career.
And from the cross between the two sides even despite a stable, well-paid work, but after all, live in the alien's, then four years later in 1902, he again came to the mainland. But the one in Xiamen, see the picture of the late Qing official corruption dispirited, but also very disappointed that he felt the Qing government less than promising, and soon returned to Taiwan. After this trip, he subscribe to the Sun Yat-sen led the Alliance program, the recovery of Taiwan's hopes in the revival of the motherland, has been involved in the struggle to overthrow the Qing Dynasty.
In 1905, Alliance to strengthen the anti-activity, the domestic political situation is also a new development of Lien on the other side aware of this change, we moved to Xiamen regarding family members, where he organized called the Fujian Daily News, a newspaper, to the intense revolutionary propaganda filled ideological speech. Southeast Asia Alliance to obtain information on the news, sent members to the building of a Fujianese, preparing it to Alliance organ. Qing government was still on the paper with the thorn in the side, which must be extinguished and then Ann. Once, even the cross is hair, clean Officials got wind of it, but fortunately he got inside timely information, rapid run away, his head, face and hair, he has not finished cutting reasons. Qing Government has made several arrests have not been, the last actually colluded to force the Japanese Consulate in Xiamen newspaper closed, is then, suddenly connected with cross-wife's father passed away in Taiwan, obituary, then forced it back to Taiwan. The following year, Lien and his poet friends Southern Society was founded. Move his family in Taichung in 1908, then joined another press center in Taiwan --- Taiwan News. Is from this point on, he began to write the most important in life --- a book "General History of Taiwan."
Fame in the "General History of Taiwan"
Lien Juanyou return, re-entry, "Tainan Daily News." The following year, mother see the back. Soon, moved to Taipei. From then on he would concentrate in the "Taiwan History" in the drafting and amending. He worked hard to five years hard work, completed in 1918, this historical masterpiece. 1920, "General History of Taiwan" on the book published one after another in Taipei. The following year, also will the next book to hit the press. Lien extremely strong determination in his complete life's long-cherished wish, and then publishing a body to see it finally there to comfort the deceased. And thus he has become famous.
"History of Taiwan" as the classical biographical history books, the pattern of "Historical" in France, where 36, for the discipline 4, Chi 24, mass 60, a total of 88, have 60 thousand words (table is attached to the end of Yu Zhu Zhi The plan is seen in the first volumes, which is the author's pioneering work), a complete account of the cause of Taiwan from the Sui Dynasty (605 years) to the Qing dynasty 20 year (1895) in 1290 can be traced in the history of solid .
The spring of 1936, with Wang in Shanghai Huangan Bing, June 28 died at the age of 59 years. Dying, asked with Chen-tung: "Kou Yan pressing today, in the end of the day there must be a war. Retake Taiwan, which is the time, his mien of Ru." After less than in February, Chen-tung gave birth to son, as were the as "war."
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