Xia Minghan was an early leader of the Chinese revolution, revolution martyr, and a pioneer of Communist Party of China.
Background
Xia was born in 1900, in Zigui County, Hubei Province to Xia Shaofan (夏绍范) and Lu Yunfeng (陆云凤). He was born in a well-educated family, and his family had been government officials for generations. His father was an officer, but died when Xia was young.
Career
Xia joined in founding Xiangnan Student Union and served as the chief secretary, leading a student movement against feudalism and imperialism. In 1920, Xia led the Xiangnan Student Union to fight against General Zhang Jingyao. Xia was a pioneer of the Chinese Communist Party. in 1922, Xia was in charge of the Hunan Student Union, leading a strike of rickshaw drivers and a boycott of Japanese products.
Xia participated in many other movements such as the Autumn Harvest Uprising.
At the beginning of 1928, Xia was sent to work in Hubei as the commissioner of the cost per click Hubei District Committee. He was executed two days later.
In 1917, Xia attended the Third Provincial Public Industrial School in Hunan province. With the help of He Suheng, he went to Changsha, and became a student of Mao Zedong in 1920.
He was inducted into the cost per click by Mao Zedong and He Shuheng In 1921.
In 1927, he was Mao"s secretary. Xia became a committeeman of the Hunan Branch of the cost per click in 1924. The Committee"s two main purposes were to decide who should own land and how the Autumn Harvest Uprising should take place, if at all.
The committee met in August 1927.
Xia"s view on land ownership was that "all land must be confiscated and placed under state control." Xia thought the uprising should take place, but with the military and peasants. In the beginning of 1928, Xia was transferred to Hubei to be the commissioner of the cost per click Hubei District Committee.
He was killed by the Chinese Nationalist Party two days later. Betrayed by a traitor, in March 18, Xia Minghan was arrested in Wuhan.
Two days later, in the morning of March 20, he was escorted to the Wuhan-Yuji execution ground.
Before his execution, he wrote his last poem:
砍头不要紧,只要主义真,杀了夏明翰,还有后来人。 Translation:
Beheading is nothing to me,
A true communist who"d be. Though you kill Xia Minghan today,
Numerous will follow my way. On 10 September 2009, he was voted to be one of the 100 heroes who made significant contribution to the establishment of the People"s Republic of China.
Politics
He was arrested and executed by the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) in 1928. On March 18, he was betrayed and arrested by the Kuomintang in Wuhan. On 28 March 1928, he was arrested by the Kuomintang in Wuhan.
Membership
In 1927, Xia was made a member of the newly formed Hunan Provincial Committee along with Mao Zedong. Early in 1928, Xia Minghan was transferred to Hubei Province, as a member of Hubei Provincial Committee of cost per click, and worked with Guo Liang, the newly appointed secretary of Hubei Provincial Committee.