朗读者：2019级本科生 王瑞馨

图为宣中华兄弟的竹篾箱

这只旧式竹篾箱两边有提手,背后有铁环做成的铰链，正面有“宣钟善志，斗严书屋”8个字，其中提到的宣钟善，正是跟随哥哥走上革命道路的宣中华胞弟。这个箱子伴随了宣中华在浙江省立第一师范学校的求学生涯，随后弟弟宣钟善也背上哥哥的书箱，走上了求学之路。

This used bamboo box has two handles. There is an iron chain at the back, and on the front are eight Chinese characters: 宣钟善志，斗严书屋 (meaning item of Xuan Zhongshan from Douyan School). The owner of this box, Xuan Zhongshan, is a revolutionist who followed the footsteps of his older brother, Xuan Zhonghua. This box was used by Xuan Zhonghua during his student years in Zhejiang No.1 Normal School and later by Xuan Zhongshan when he was studying.

图为宣中华像

1915年，宣中华考入浙江省立第一师范学校。该校校长经亨颐是一位难得的思想开明的教育家。他提倡新学，积极支持新文化运动。宣中华在这样的环境里爱国民主思想得到充分的发展，不但成绩优异，而且很快成为学校热衷于社会活动的积极分子。他关心国事，经常与同学评议政治，探索真理，反对封建专制，要民主、自由。1919年，五四运动波及杭城时，宣中华立即投身这一运动，被选为杭州市学生联合会执行部理事长，并参加了全国学生联合会，与各省学生联合会建立了联系。他原名宣钟华，基于爱国热情和决心拯救中华民族的意愿，改名为宣中华。他领导的学生运动与工人的斗争密切配合，使全省的反帝爱国运动蓬蓬勃勃地开展起来。这个小小的箱子除了存放衣物,主要还是用来存放书籍、文具等用品。可以说，这只竹篾箱曾胸藏锦绣，见证了历史。

In 1915, Xuan Zhonghua was admitted to Zhejiang No.1 Normal School. Jing Hengyi, headmaster of the school, was an open-minded educator, one that was rarely seen those days. He was a supporter of the New Culture Movement of China and an advocate of the new, advanced knowledge. Xuan Zhonghua’s patriotic and democratic ideals were fully developed with such an enabling environment. He was a top student and became a social campaign activist very quickly. He kept a keen eye on national affairs, debated political issues with his classmates, and never stopped his pursuit of truth. He strongly opposed the feudal autocratic system and fought for democracy and freedom. When the May Fourth Movement spread to Hangzhou in 1919, Xuan devoted himself to the great cause right away and was elected as the student leader of The Students’ Federation of Hangzhou City. He then joined the All-China Students’ Federation and helped establish strong connections between the Hangzhou branch and its peer institutions. He changed his Chinese name into 中华, literally meaning China, to demonstrate his patriotic enthusiasm and determination to save the Chinese nation. The student campaigns he led complemented and reinforced the workers’ struggle, thus triggering a vigorous, anti-imperialist patriotic movement across Zhejiang province. Back in those days, this bamboo box was used to store books, stationery items, and clothes. In a sense, with wisdom in hold, this box stood as a silent witness to the historical ups and downs.

图为浙江省第一师范学校旧址

竹篾箱伴随了宣中华的求学时代，爱国热忱则伴随了宣中华一生。1920年夏，宣中华从浙江省立第一师范毕业，正式结束了他的求学生涯，迈入社会，创办了浙江省第一张工人报纸《曲江工潮》。1922年，他在萧山坎山参与创办了《责任》周刊。该刊从11月27日创刊至1923年3月19日，共出了15期。宣中华撰写了《工业后进国底被损害者》《美人眼里的中华》《怎样救国》《农民与革命》《中国的教育者》等10余篇文笔犀利的政论文，围绕着反帝反封建这一主题，猛烈抨击帝国主义侵略和当局的腐败政治，对处于水深火热之中的亿万工农群众，寄予了最深刻的同情，并指出了工农在中国社会的地位和作用。

Xuan Zhonghua devoted his entire life to patriotic movements. In the summer of 1920, he graduated from Zhejiang No.1 Normal School and entered the workforce. He founded Qujiang Gongchao, the first newspaper of the workers in Zhejiang Province. In 1922, he co-founded Responsibility in Kanshan Town, Xiaoshan County. The weekly journal ran for 15 issues from its initiation date on 27 November 1922 to 19 March 1923. Xuan himself wrote over ten sharply-focused, thought-provoking political critiques for this journal, including Those Who Suffer in Backward Industrial Powers, China in the Eye of Americans, How to Save our Country, Peasants and Revolution, and Educators in China. These essays protested bitterly against feudalism, imperialist aggression, and the corrupt Chinese authorities. In his writings, Xuan expressed the deepest sympathy for the hundreds of millions of Chinese workers and peasants living in dire misery and pointed out the irreplaceable role of the workers and peasants in China’s society.

图为《曲江工潮》

宣中华的言传身教成为弟弟一生的表率。在哥哥的影响下，宣钟善也毅然走上了革命道路。五四前后，兄弟俩都积极参与学生运动、工人运动，之后加入了中国共产党。第一次国共合作期间，宣钟善任国民党浙江省党部农民部干事，负责财会工作。1927年4月，兄弟俩先后在“四一二”政变中被捕；4月17日，宣中华在上海龙华被刽子手腰斩而壮烈牺牲，年仅29岁。不久，宣钟善也被反动派残忍地杀害于杭州陆军监狱，年仅27岁。

Xuan Zhonghua’s words and deeds set an example for his younger brother. Under Zhonghua’s influence, Zhongshan chose to participate in the revolution. Around the May Fourth Movement in 1919, the two brothers played active roles in student campaigns, workers movements, and both joined the Communist Party of China. During the First Cooperation between Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China in the 1920s, Zhongshan worked as an official in the Rural Affairs Department in the Kuomintang Zhejiang Division, taking charge of financial accounting. However, in April 1927, the two brothers were arrested during the anti-revolutionary coup. On April 17, 29-year-old Xuan Zhonghua was cruelly executed. A couple of days after, Xuan Zhongshan was brutally killed in a reactionary prison in Hangzhou. He was only 27.

宣家后代视烈士遗物如珍宝。宣中华兄弟使用过的这只竹篾箱被其母藏于家里的阁楼上，最终保存至今。里面原来存放的多副对联，由于时代的原因并没有完整保存下来。1992年12月，为了永恒的纪念，宣中华之侄宣钦夫将烈士的数件珍贵的遗物捐赠给上海市龙华烈士陵园筹建办，竹篾箱是其中之一。2001年9月，经国家文物局近现代一级文物确认专家组鉴定，确认为一级文物。

The Xuan family treasures the items left behind by the two brothers. Though some paper documents contained in the box were damaged, the box itself was carefully stored by their mother in the family attic and remains well-preserved. In December 1992, in fond memories of the Xuan brothers, Xuan Qinfu, their nephew, donated the precious items to the Shanghai Longhua Martyrs’ Memorial. And among them is this used bamboo box. In September 2001, the bamboo box was examined by the evaluation panel for modern and contemporary cultural items from China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration and was recognized as a first-class cultural heritage item.