Mention to be in absolutely seek to live on, people always can associate the figure that has a few wests.
For example the shellfish of famous as form of a address for an official or rich man.
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Still Lu Bin inferiors, it is the mankind dares to challenge nature more, never abandon mental delegate.
Seem to challenge natural limit and Chinese to have nothing to do.
But the Lu Bin of actual edition inferiors, it is a common Chinese however.
His name calls Pan Lian (Poon Lim) .
Pan Lian
He by magazine of American country geography praise for " the world seeks to live on champion " .
Today, tell about for you " youth and sea " story.
1
War! Flee for one's life!
Pan Lian, hainan person.
Was born in family of a poor country 1918.
To fend, hong Kong is hurried off to when 16 years old, be duped in seagoing vessel apprentice.
World War II erupted 1939, england is many recruit China mariner, pan Lian autograph makes an appointment with England " Beiluomeng " mark trader, war goods and materials is carried on Atlantic.
"Beiluomeng " date
On November 23, 1942, "Beiluomeng " date travel is on Atlantic, by German submarine discovery.
Submarine launchs two torpedo early or late.
Hear the explosion with massive high and level tone, pan Lian puts on airjacket quickly, plunge in the sea.
Just entered water when him in, the 2nd torpedo hits trader again, hull sinks quickly, produced extremely strong attraction, pull him to sea floor.
In fluster, he holds a board, rise to offing.
Pan Lian looks at boundless and indistinct offing, thoroughly muddled: How to do later? Where is land?
He is acedia.
Free be in aimlessly maritime float 2 hours, abrupt, miraculous happening.
A life raft on cargoboat, not by scamper bad, floated to come over.
He swam immediately, mount.
Life raft is square raft, 4 horn have mast, his amazedly discovery has metal box between the segregation of raft both sides.
Open metal box to look, day, here is installing all sorts of can and food: 40 litres of dry beef, biscuit, fresh water, chocolate, condensed milk, candy, a few still send star shell and flashlight.
Pan Lian a rapture, life does not have care temporarily!
Although a lot of steamer deserve to have such life raft at that time, but the only Pan Lian's one person that lives for a long time.
Because be on offing float is not easy, this is the test of wisdom and perseverance.
2
Live! Wisdom!
Maritime float faces the first test is: Dehydration!
Tropics is offshore, the sun insolates, need many moisture to complement.
He binds the canvas on raft on mast, built a ceiling.
Such already can sunshade, still can collect rainwater, in installing metal can, in order to have drinkable.
But fresh water is finite, pan Lian should arrange good food and water everyday dosage.
Pan Lian after the event reproduces seaborne scene for American navy
The 2nd test is food.
Food is not too much, a day that when be rescued to hold to, he eats only everyday a bit.
His tie knots remembers day, show seek to live on strongly desire.
But food is in the 55th day extinct, how to do? That fishs.
Clever Pan Lian uses the fishhook of bedspring make it in flashlight, the cable that gets on raft again ravels, new rub with the hands becomes fine fish line.
He becomes the software of the shellfish on adherent raft bait, can catch unexpectedly so a few small fish.
Of course, these small fish can be eaten raw only.
American Lin Loude writes " the exclusive person that live " , detailed narrate his romaunt
This also let him see a hope, he decides to angle big fish.
He uses time of a few days, just pull out from raft with the hand a nail.
This became the only tool in his hand, he gashs iron canister with nail, repair for long grind, make give a pallet knife.
He bends nail again, bind on piscine line, become with small fish bait, caught eventually big fish.
Quantity of a big fish is equal to a few small fish, he cuts big fish into slices of fish meat, hang on mast to bask in adult fish to work.
Pan Lian also need not eat Japan again " raw fish arrange " , eat however went up the ripe slices of fish meat of Chinese tradition.
Slices of fish meat is increasing, can lay in rise, suffer from with never to be seen again.
He is in alonely maritime survived to go down, the spirit that all exhibits a Chinese is deft and live wisdom.
Pan Lian has an accident and begin seaborne place
At this moment he to avoid sweeny, bind on the hand on cord, swim on a few rounds beside raft, exercise oneself physical power.
Live problem, solved at long last, but bigger risk came however.
3
Hopeless situation! Volition!
The biggest menace is a rainstorm.
Raft is in fierce wind billow to pitch, seawater whirls his fish flintily to work, the fresh water that also collects him destroys one of dawn.
Every time after the rainstorm passes, pan Lian should be faced again be short of water not to have the jam that eat.
He right now, can capture the seabird that stops a station to rest on raft only, bite broken bird larynx with the tooth directly, give birth to drink bird blood, eat bird flesh raw.
, he makes bait with seabird, caught actually a small shark.
Although this shark has a few feet long only, but energy of life is very great also, the piscine line that fortunately Pan Lian braids is very strong, how does shark of at one's convenience struggle, can not escape from beginning to end.
Pan Lian and shark fight, it is Hemingway " old person and sea " actual edition
Pan Lian and shark had long dispute, pull the shark eventually load balsa.
The shark is pulled load balsa, still not heart pleasant give in, stretch big mouth to think worry Pan Lian. He takes the iron pot on the side, break a shark dead.
Later, he drinks the blood in piscine lung, spent two days, and shark make it slices of fish meat.
Slices of fish meat of again new scrape up and fresh water, such, he and storm are undertaking difficult, indefatigable iteration struggles.
The 2nd big dilemma that Pan Lian faces is the ailment of the body.
Long seawater is corroded, bathe without fresh water, lack the vitamin in vegetable again, the skin of his limb grew abscess, canker, joint is bloated.
He is borne hard sorely all over.
He of at one's last gas is early absentminded, lost time concept, only conviction is: Subsist!
It is sometimes in thirsty ache, his firm holds his bloated muscle, let him not be asleep sorely, will be death does not wake then otherwise.
Pan Lian toes disembark in Brazilian Bei Lun harbor hind, demonstrate his scene when maritime float
Be opposite actually for Pan Lian, of mind of the greatest torment nothing is more... than helpless.
Everyday drab and as dry as a chip life, infinite loneliness, see the hope that be less than, the person's volition is met by little ground abrasion.
Period of World War II, many sailors rely on life raft to flee for one's life, but after experiencing 3 two months, can lose seek to live on desire, acedia finally, become mad, abandon living.
Pan Lian also more and more feeling is depressive and helpless.
Special once, merchantman has sailed, he is ecstatic extremely, sent signal flare.
Merchantman discovered, leave come over, when he can see the face of the person on board almost, the boat leaves however.
Old later, pan Lian is right this one act still be troubled Yu Huai, he is certain the person on cargoboat sees him certainly, because oneself are Chinese face, so very chill, abandon him and go.
Pan Lian's seaborne course
Still once, american plane also saw him, give him airdrop a buoy makes a mark.
Regrettablly, a rainstorm comes over, buoy was done not have, he lost the chance that is helped again.
Seek to live on twice this the blow that failure gives him is too big, but he does not have despair...
4
Be rescued! Hero!
Of course, somebody mobile offing, mean leave land not far.
Just when Pan Lian's physical strength and spirit had reached the limit, he discovers briny color becomes shallow, he is clear fast got rescued.
Eventually, he saw land, 3 Brazil fisherman also discovered him, save him went up bank.
This day is on April 5, 1943, he has been in full maritime and seaborne 133 days.
Well-meaning fisherman sends Brazilian Bei Lun the city him, recuperate 4 weeks, in the meantime, his achievement spread everywhere to the world.
He is sent England, become at that time the actual edition of British widely known " Lu Bin inferiors " .
British king tall treats 6 worlds to award him British and Caesarean medal (BME) , praise him " infrequent courage, resolute spirit and the ability of meet an emergency that overcome difficulty " .
Royal navy returns England to seek to live on according to Pan Lian's float legend is written maritime seek to live on guideline.
Later, he is accepted again American war Chamber of Shipping invites, come to the United States, adorn American merchantman fights honorary ribbon, in order to commend his " courage and resolute spirit " , "This kind of spirit will invigorate each country mariner forever " .
Pan Lian became the hero in eye of soldier's morale of sea of the allied country in World War II.
He says modestly: "The Chinese follows this battle intermediate other and brave jack-tar is same, face all sorts of difficulty, we have confidence to overcome. We have confidence to overcome..
He still answers the United States is invited navally, the spot is reductive the his maritime art that seek to live on, was made up beautiful navy fights teaching material manual.
His achievement is written by American writers and cite.
Up to now, his sheet person relies on the world record with seaborne life raft to still was not broken.
Pan Lian also says: "I hope nobody can break this world record. "I hope nobody can break this world record..
Because this is tremendous to a person cross, he hopes later generations can avoid such misfortune to happen, because too despair letting a person!
On January 4, 1991, pan Lian dies of illness at be in the home of Lu Kelin of new York cloth, die at the age of is 73 years old.
Pan Lian with the Chinese live distinctly wisdom and tough spirit, created the record that difficult position challenges on human history.
This also represented the limit of human volition.
If you are facing dilemma, might as well Lian thinking Pan.
The person is in predicament, the most important, it is not acedia.
Occasionally, "Hold on " it is the sturdiest and effective belief!
