Tan Sitong (March 10, 1865 – September 28, 1898), courtesy name Fusheng, pseudonym Zhuangfei, was a native of Liuyang, Hunan. He was a famous politician, thinker, and reformist in modern China. His book, The Philosophy of Benevolence, was the first philosophical work of the reformists and an important work in the history of modern Chinese thought. In his early years, Tan Sitong founded the Current Affairs School and the Southern Society in his hometown of Hunan, hosted the Hunan Daily, advocated mining, built railways, promoted reforms, and implemented new policies. In 1898 (the 24th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu), Tan Sitong participated in and led the Reform Movement of 1898, but was killed after its failure at the age of 33. He was one of the “Six Gentlemen of the Reform Movement of 1898”.
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·《潼关》
终古高云簇此城，秋风吹散马蹄声。
河流大野犹嫌束，山入潼关解不平。
T’ung Pass
T’an Ssu-T’ung
From high antiquity, lofty clouds have gathered at this city wall,
Where winds of autumn have scattered away the sounds of hoofbeats.
The river, even as it flows through the vast plain, decries its limits;
And the mountain, entering T’ung Pass, will never know about leveling.
