Miànduì kùnjìng, tā yǐnyòng wǒ quàn tiāngōng chóng dǒusǒu biǎodá biàngé de yuànwàng.
Facing hardship, he quoted 'I urge Heaven to rouse itself anew' to voice his hope for reform.
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From 龚自珍《己亥杂诗·其二百二十》(Gong Zizhen, late Qing, 1839): 九州生气恃风雷，万马齐喑究可哀。我劝天公重抖擞，不拘一格降人才 (The vigor of the Nine Provinces depends on wind and thunder; a thousand horses all struck dumb — how pitiable. I urge the Lord of Heaven to rouse himself anew, and send down talent unconfined to any single mold). A stinging protest against Qing stagnation and a plea for unconventional talent — hugely influential on May Fourth and later reformers.
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重 here reads chóng ('again'), not zhòng ('heavy'). 抖擞 dǒusǒu = 'to rouse, to shake into vigor.' Best paired with the follow-up line 不拘一格降人才, which is also widely quoted alone.
