This poem had a long history.
Just about everyone from his previous world knew of this poem, or had even recited it before. This was quite a famous poem in the language textbooks!
It was during the revolution of April, 1949. As the underground political mouthpiece, "Advancement Report" was raided by the Kuomintang. The "Advancement Report" Special Branch’s Secretary, Chen Ran, was arrested. In prison, Chen Ran was subjected to all kinds of torture, but only confessed that he had handled all of the editing, printing and publishing of the paper. He was determined to sacrifice himself, in order to protect his team and comrades. His captors used threats and coercion to force his confession. So Chen Ran picked up his pen and wrote an earth shattering poem -- "My Confession".
This was a great revolutionary poem!
This was the freedom of a communist member, an uprightness that symbolizes the heroism of martyrdom!
