譚嗣同(1865年3月10日—1898年9月28日),字復生,號壯飛,湖南瀏陽人,中國近代著名政治家、思想家,維新派人士。其所著的《仁學》,是維新派的第一部哲學著作,也是中國近代思想史中的重要著作。譚嗣同早年曾在家鄉(xiāng)湖南倡辦時務學堂、南學會等,主辦《湘報》,又倡導開礦山、修鐵路,宣傳變法維新,推行新政。1898年(光緒二十四年),譚嗣同參加領導戊戌變法,失敗后被殺,年僅33歲,為“戊戌六君子”之一。
譚嗣同·《甘肅布政使署憩園秋日七絕》
小樓人影倚高空,目盡疏林夕照中。
為問西風竟何著,輕輕吹上雁來紅。
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.