八年过去，我们不能忘记——悼念刘晓波先生。
八年前，他在沈阳中国医科大学附属第一医院的病房中孤独离世，死于中共监控与囚禁之下，享年61岁。直至临终，也未被允许出国救治，连最后的尊严都被剥夺。 他不是阴谋家，也不是暴力分子。他是一位呼唤言论自由、推动宪政改革的知识分子。他说：“我没有敌人。” ——这是他用十年牢狱捍卫的信仰。
我父亲曾是《零八宪章》的共同发起人之一，因而我们全家也成为迫害的对象。父亲失去工作，家中生计被断，我们至今仍在承受代价。 一个政权，如果连批评的声音都容不下，怎配自称“人民的政府”？ 刘晓波的死，是国家对真话的谋杀。
今天，我不能沉默。 哪怕只是写下这些文字，也是一种哀悼，一种见证。
愿刘晓波先生安息。
愿他的思想与精神，继续在我们之间延续。
愿黑暗中哪怕只剩一根蜡烛，我们也绝不让它熄灭。
——贺道圆
Eight Years On, We Must Not Forget — In Memory of Liu Xiaobo
Eight years ago, Liu Xiaobo passed away in the First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University in Shenyang, under surveillance and imprisonment by the Chinese Communist regime. He died at the age of 61. Until his final moments, he was denied the chance to seek medical treatment abroad, stripped even of his last dignity.
He was neither a conspirator nor a man of violence. He was an intellectual who called for freedom of speech and promoted constitutional reform. He said: “I have no enemies.” — a belief he defended with ten years of prison life.
My father was one of the co-initiators of Charter 08, and for this, our entire family became targets of persecution. My father lost his job, our family’s livelihood was cut off, and we continue to bear the cost to this day. What kind of government cannot even tolerate voices of criticism, yet dares to call itself “the people’s government”? Liu Xiaobo’s death was nothing less than the murder of truth by the state.
Today, I cannot remain silent. Even writing these words is a form of mourning, a form of witness.
May Liu Xiaobo rest in peace.
May his thoughts and spirit continue to live among us.
May we never let the candle go out, even if only one remains in the darkness.
— He Daoyuan