1907年，浙江南潯富商龐青城聽說外甥張靜江從巴黎返回上海，喜從心來，立刻找到張靜江徹夜長談，急切地了解歐美各國的情況，了解孫中山反清的革命活動(dòng)。在以后的日子里，龐青城每次見到張靜江，總要叫他講孫中山的傳奇故事。雖然他只是一名富商，但堅(jiān)信“天下興亡，匹夫有責(zé)”。經(jīng)張靜江推薦，時(shí)任上海中國銀行董事龐青城認(rèn)識(shí)了孫中山，并加入了同盟會(huì)，成為同盟會(huì)上海支部的核心成員。張靜江建議孫中山以后到上?；顒?dòng)時(shí)，可住在龐青城家——上海英租界戈登路7號(hào)。這幢別墅雇有白俄保鏢，比較安全可靠。

據(jù)龐青城之女龐蓮（康有為的兒媳，解放后曾任全國政協(xié)第六屆委員會(huì)委員、上海文史館員）生前回憶，這是她父親自集資金6萬兩銀子而建造的一幢外觀似英國堡壘式的洋房，西式客廳里掛著一幅大照片，內(nèi)有孫中山和宋慶齡、秋瑾、龐青城、孫科及孫中山的兩個(gè)女兒，還有許多辛亥革命元老。洋樓設(shè)計(jì)奇特，裝飾別致，客人進(jìn)門如入“盤陀路”，不經(jīng)指點(diǎn)，難以出門。

后來孫中山與宋慶齡到上海就秘密住在龐青城家里。龐青城不僅精心接待和保護(hù)孫中山夫婦，還一如既往資助孫中山的革命活動(dòng)，與孫中山建立了親密關(guān)系。他的家一度成為同盟會(huì)財(cái)政部的臨時(shí)辦事處，也成了辛亥革命的聯(lián)絡(luò)點(diǎn)。為接待孫中山夫婦，龐青城特地為其臥室購置了一套新家具。當(dāng)時(shí)辛亥革命的要人，如黃興、宋教仁、于右任等經(jīng)常出入龐家。

龐青城（1876—1945），名元澄，字清臣，號(hào)淵知，是清末南潯俗稱“四象”之一龐家的后代，與民國元老張靜江往來密切，向往民主。他與兄長龐萊臣赴日本考察實(shí)業(yè)回國后，提倡西學(xué)，教育革新，具有強(qiáng)烈的維新意識(shí)，故將“清臣”改為“青城”，以表反清決心，并寓有“青出于藍(lán)”之意。1901年，龐青城創(chuàng)辦潯溪公學(xué)，成為湖州地區(qū)最早的私立中學(xué)。不久，他與龐萊臣在潯溪公學(xué)原址辦起了潯溪醫(yī)院，成為江南水鄉(xiāng)頗有聲譽(yù)的醫(yī)院。1906年，他在上海捐款支持馬相伯為抗議帝國主義勢力干涉我國教育，創(chuàng)辦復(fù)旦公學(xué)（1917年改為復(fù)旦大學(xué)）。

龐青城早年就傾力資助反清革命。1907年孫中山鎮(zhèn)南關(guān)之役，龐青城慨然接濟(jì)軍餉5000銀元；1909年，龐青城資助于右任辦《民呼報(bào)》，該報(bào)遭查封后，龐又資助于右任辦《民吁報(bào)》。同年于右任被捕，經(jīng)張靜江多方營救，龐青城以4000元請來辯士，才使其出獄。次年，龐又資助于右任辦《民立報(bào)》。1911年春，廣州黃花崗之役，龐青城花了千金接濟(jì)。武昌起義時(shí)，他又接濟(jì)5000多銀元，還抵押家屋得3萬金助革命黨人軍餉。為光復(fù)上海和杭州，陳英士、蔣介石、王金發(fā)等人組織敢死隊(duì)，其中攻打上海江南制造局的敢死隊(duì)所需費(fèi)用，一半是由龐青城資助的。

辛亥革命后建立南京臨時(shí)政府，孫中山就任臨時(shí)大總統(tǒng)，任命龐青城為實(shí)業(yè)部商政司司長。后來袁世凱竊國登上大總統(tǒng)寶座后，龐青城深知其心懷叵測，便辭職不去北京，體現(xiàn)了“不畏強(qiáng)暴，不貪浮名”的高風(fēng)亮節(jié)。可孫中山不忘龐青城的汗馬功勞，后來又聘他為“總統(tǒng)府參議”，聘書用孫文的名字簽署。

1913年，袁世凱密令趙秉鈞派人在上海火車站暗殺了革命斗士宋教仁，激起了全國聲討袁世凱的“二次革命”。張靜江、龐青城等竭力支持陳英士就任討袁軍總司令，并與部分浙江省議員致函浙江都督朱瑞，揭露袁世凱陰謀稱帝，破壞民主革命，要他宣告獨(dú)立。但朱瑞早已被袁世凱收買，卻派兵到南潯，通緝張靜江和龐青城等人，并抄了家，查封了龐青城籌辦的潯溪造紙廠。龐青城被迫與兒子龐衡平，以及周柏年等人流亡日本，直至袁世凱稱帝失敗病死后，才回上海，繼續(xù)支持孫中山革命大業(yè)。

龐青城被迫流亡日本期間，其上海英租界戈登路7號(hào)的別墅住進(jìn)了英國白萊先生一家。正門上也換了有這位英國朋友名字的牌子。白萊先生是個(gè)商人，夫婦倆都能講上海話，并有一子一女。兒子叫“康林”，女兒叫“生林”。白萊夫婦還隨帶兩個(gè)女傭，一個(gè)是日本人，一個(gè)是廣東阿媽。過了不久，白萊的兩個(gè)弟弟及一個(gè)弟媳和嬰兒也來此居住。其中奧秘就是為了保護(hù)龐家，以“外國人住宅”為掩護(hù)，袁黨爪牙就不敢來抄查了。這幢別墅后來因龐青城為孫中山籌集經(jīng)費(fèi)抵押給了別人。押款不足籌劃的數(shù)目，龐青城又將上海江西路、虹口的地皮一起賣掉湊足。

1925年3月，孫中山在北京病危，龐青城應(yīng)召前去探病，始終侍候在側(cè)，是“總理遺囑”的見證人之一。當(dāng)時(shí)孫中山的治喪事務(wù)委員會(huì)由40余位民國要員組成，其中有四位南潯人，龐青城的名字也赫然在目。龐青城參與了孫中山的遺囑、追悼會(huì)、出殯等相關(guān)事宜，還陪同宋慶齡到南京察看正在建造中的中山陵。由于長年累月傾囊資助孫中山的革命大業(yè)，到了龐青城晚年時(shí)萬貫家財(cái)已消耗殆盡，后來只能靠變賣古籍、碑帖、書畫等財(cái)產(chǎn)度日。

龐青城是毀家支援辛亥革命的忠誠前驅(qū)。在隆重紀(jì)念辛亥百年的今天，上海戈登路7號(hào)，這是一個(gè)多么值得緬懷和神往的圣地！它記錄著清末民初反清革命走向共和的一段真實(shí)的歷史，記錄著龐青城追隨孫中山的“兩袖清風(fēng)，一身浩氣”！幾年前，筆者曾按照龐青城之女龐蓮生前所提供的地址，與一位人民日報(bào)記者去尋找過這幢具有革命歷史意義的別墅。

Pang Qingcheng and his Residence in Shanghai

By Lu Shihu

At 7 Gordon Road (presently 336 Jiangning Road) is a house built and owned by Pang Qingcheng (1876-1945)， a revolutionist and a staunch supporter of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and his revolutionary cause. The residence in the former British concession is a shrine of the 1911 Revolution.

According to Pang Qingcheng’s daughter Pang Lian， the western-style house was constructed with 60，000 silver dollars and resembled an English fort. The house had 42 rooms in total， with a tennis court in the garden. The design of the house was peculiar， and so were its unique ornamentations. The inside of the house was like a labyrinth. You would have difficulty getting around without a guide.

It was in this house where Sun Yat-sen and his wife Soong Ching-ling stayed and prepared their revolutionary movements in Shanghai. On the wall of the parlor hung a group photo of many grand old men of the 1911 Revolution， including Sun Yat-sen， Soong Ching-ling， Qiu Jin， Pang Qingcheng， Sun Yat-sen’s son Sun Ke， and his two daughters Sun Yan and Sun Wan. The private house served as a safe house of the 1911 Revolution in Shanghai， and many other revolutionary heavyweights such as Huang Xing and Song Jiaoren frequented Pang’s residence on Gordon Road.

Born in a rich merchant family in Huzhou， a business center of Zhejiang Province， Pang was not only a rich business tycoon， but also a well-educated scholar longing for democracy. After a tour across Japan studying Japan’s industrialization and modernization， Pang set up Xunxi Public School in Nanxun in 1901， which was the first public education institute in town. The school later became Xunxi Hospital. In 1906 he donated a large amount of funds to help found Fudan Public School， which became Fudan University in 1917.

When serving as a director of Shanghai Branch of the Bank of China， Pang met in 1906 with Dr. Sun Yat-sen， the revolutionist he respected， through the arrangements of his nephew Zhang Jingjiang. Pang joined the Chinese United League and became one of the core members of the Chinese United League in Shanghai. His residence at 7 Gordon Road became a secret stronghold where Sun lived and worked during his stays in Shanghai.

Pang received Dr. Sun Yat-sen with utmost care， protecting and considerably supporting this great man and his cause. Pang reverently regarded Dr. Sun as his mentor， and there was a close bond between the two. Pang took in charge of raising funds for the Chinese United League， and offered a huge sum of money to support the revolutionary undertakings. Before the 1911 Revolution， Pang raised money to found newspapers that promoted revolutionary ideology and rescue revolutionaries out of prison. During the 1911 Revolution， he raised funds for the Wuchang Uprising and contributed a great deal of money for commandos headed by Cheng Yingshi， Wang Jinfa， and Jiang Kai-shek in armed revolts against the Qing Dynasty in Shanghai and Hangzhou.

Pang sold almost all of his possessions to bankroll the revolution cause. He even mortgaged the house on Gordon Road together with his two other real estates in Shanghai in order to support Dr. Sun Yat-sen. After the success of the 1911 Revolution and the Nanjing Provisional Government came into being， Dr. Sun Yat-sen became the president of the provisional government and appointed Pang Qingcheng as director of commercial administration under the Ministry of Industry.

After Yuan Shikai became the president of Republic of China， Pang resigned the job in Beijing resolutely. Dr. Sun did not want to obliterate Pang’s contribution to the 1911 Revolution， and then appointed him as the Executive Officer of the Presidential Palace.

In 1913， Yuan Shikai had Song Jiaoren assassinated at a railway station in Shanghai. The assassination outraged the whole nation. Zhang Jingjiang and Pang Qingcheng took measures to support a movement against Yuan. Their businesses were confiscated and Pang and his son and some friends had to flee to Japan. They stayed in Japan until 1916 when Yuan died after being the Chinese emperor for a few months in. During his exile in Japan， Pang’s residence on Gordon Road became home to a British family. In fact， it was a measure taken by the Pang’s family to protect the estate. Yuan Shikai dared not send people to search the house where a family of foreigners was living.

In 1925， Dr. Sun Yat-sen was critically ill in Beijing. Pang rushed to Beijing and stayed with Dr. Sun until the last minute. He was one of the witnesses of Dr. Sun’s will. He was one of the 40 plus people on the funeral committee. He was instrumental in important issues such as Dr. Sun’s will， memorial service， and funeral. He accompanied Soong Ching-ling to visit Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Mausoleum under construction on Mount Zijin in Nanjing.

After the demise of Dr. Sun， Pang gradually phased himself out from politics.With his wealth largely dedicated to the Chinese revolutionary causes over decades， Pang led a poor， lonely and sad life in his evening years. He passed away in Shanghai in 1945 at the age of 71.

Pang Qingcheng devoted his whole life to China’s democratic revolution that climaxed in 1911， and his dedication and utter determination will go down in history.