Welcome to the [Trend Epic] channel, today let's take a look at the following content. Zhuge Liang once said: "Weak countries have no diplomacy. ”
Thousands of years of history have also proved this.
From the seclusion of the Ming Dynasty, the former powerful eastern powers gradually derailed from the international community and finally began modern history in a humiliating manner.
Since 1840, we have signed a total of 709 unequal treaties, the Treaty of Nanking, the Treaty of Beijing, the Treaty of Xinugu, the Treaty of Maguan...
We lost countless sums of money, and countless silver went overseas from China.
We have cut countless pieces of land, and pieces of land have been divided up by the great powers.
We have no dignity, we have no status in the world, and anyone can despise China, ignore China, look down on China, and disrespect China.
Even during the First World War, as the victorious powers, we had only 2 seats at the Paris Peace Conference, and the great powers ignored our requests and transferred Shandong's interests to Japan.
This is a national shame that cannot be forgotten in the past, cannot be forgotten today, and cannot be forgotten in the future.
Diplomats were particularly miserable against the backdrop of that environment.
They are clearly entrusted by the state, but they are ignored, despised, looked down upon, and even beaten abroad.
Tan Jinyong is one of them.
Tan Jinyong was a military attaché of the Qing Dynasty, but he always had a patriotic heart, and even inspired to learn English, crossed the ocean to the United States, and became a military attaché of the Chinese Embassy in the United States.
Tan Jinyong did not expect, nor did his family, that he would eventually die in the United States, san Francisco, or in such a humiliating way.
On August 13, 1903, Tam Kam Yong was ordered to come to San Francisco to deal with a dispute between overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese in the local area.
He quickly completed his official duties and settled things properly.
As he walked to the San Francisco Bridge, an American patrol officer and Mr. Tan passed by.
When the patrolman saw Tan Jinyong's big braids, he was not inferior to him, and directly scolded him without any reason: "Chinese, yellow pig!" ”
At the same time, he also lifted Tan Jinyong's hat to the ground and insulted him: "Haha, long braids, pig's tail!" ”
Even so, the gentle Tam Kam Yong still used English and the patrol police theory: "Please sir respect yourself, Chinese is also a person!"
However, the patrolman was even more arrogant, and he gave Tan Jinyong a slap and said, "Chinese is also a human being?" ”
Insulting himself, Tan Jinyong can bear it.
The insults Chinese, and Tan Jinyong could not bear it.
He is a military attaché and naturally has some punch and kick kung fu. He gave the patrol a few punches and defeated the patrolman.
Subsequently, the patrol called many policemen, surrounded Tan Jinyong, punched and kicked him, dragged him under the bridge, and tied his braids to the iron fence for public display.
Chinese's self-esteem is already strong, and Tan Jinyong's is stronger.
After being imprisoned in the police station, the Americans did not let Tan Jinyong go out at the mercy of the embassies outside the Qing Dynasty.
It wasn't until late at night that a patriotic Chinese spent a lot of money to unblock the relationship and rescued Tan Jinyong.
After walking out of the police station, Tan Jinyong thanked the patriotic Chinese, and then came to the San Francisco Bridge in the middle of the night, jumped down, and ended his life.
He could not bear that as a diplomat of the Qing Dynasty, he was treated in such a way, which was a humiliation to himself by the Americans, and it was also a national shame for the United States to ignore China.
Writing this, Ye Shijun was already in tears.
A diplomat, an old man, a victim, just committed suicide, a humiliating death.
The Chinese of that era, because of the great purge, the people were despised, and the diplomats were insulted, which was completely different from today.
And history also tells us that no matter what kind of environment we are in, we must work hard and continue to build the country, only in this way will history not repeat itself.
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