Listen to this article谭嗣同（1865年3月10日—1898年9月28日），字复生，号壮飞，湖南浏阳人，中国近代著名政治家、思想家，维新派人士。其所著的《仁学》，是维新派的第一部哲学著作，也是中国近代思想史中的重要著作。谭嗣同早年曾在家乡湖南倡办时务学堂、南学会等，主办《湘报》，又倡导开矿山、修铁路，宣传变法维新，推行新政。1898年（光绪二十四年），谭嗣同参加领导戊戌变法，失败后被杀，年仅33岁，为“戊戌六君子”之一。
谭嗣同·《甘肃布政使署憩园秋日七绝》
小楼人影倚高空，目尽疏林夕照中。
为问西风竟何著，轻轻吹上雁来红。
Written on an Autumn Day at the Garden of the Official Residence of the Governor of Kansu
T’an Ssu-T’ung
On a small balcony, the shadow of someone leaning against the tall sky;
In the distance, the sparse forest in twilight’s glow.
Let me ask what the west wind is really doing:
To blow so gently, reddening the aramanth blossoms.
1. Yen-lai hung: literally, “wild geese come red,” or Amaranthus tricolor, with showy red flowers resembling the cockscomb. Because its flowering season is in late fall, it is also called lao shao-nien (youthful-looking old man) in the eastern part of China.
