A Tragedy of War November 9,2004, Iris Chang committed suicide with a pistol in her car, in Gallows California. In her short life, she endured great mental suffering, but she left a large amount of memories to our entire nation. Her pain reminds us once had such pains in the course of history. But because of this pain, even we scattered around the world, we can feel each other's blood linked. Who is Iris Chang? IRIS CHANG is a Chinese American girl who was born in Princeton, New Jersey, in March 28,1968. Her parents moved from Taiwan to Midwest America in the 1960s. When she was born, she is an American citizen.She speaks fairly fluent Chinese, but she can not read or write Chinese. As for her, English is her mother tongue. Parents gave her a beautiful name, "Chunru ".From the " Analects of Confucius " , which means harmonious. So, in the other side of the ocean, Iris Chang can speak Chinese. Parents often referred to 1937, in the other side of the ocean where a city called Nanjing and what happened in that city? How did her grandfather flee from that living hell, how did Yangtze River water turn into red overnight. December 1994, when the Iris Chang first saw pictures of the Nanjing Massacre, she felt furious anger. December 1997, which is the 60th anniversary of the of the Nanjing Massacre too. During two years, Iris Chang visited 14 survivors of the of the Nanjing Massacre. Her work also referred to the thousands of pages of historical documents. Eventually, her English version of the "Nanjing Massacre : The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II "was published.was published. This book shocked the English-speaking countries. Iris Chang said: "Forget the massacre, is the second massacre ". American critic George Will listening to Japanese right-wing "Nanjing Massacre fiction theory " and after reading her book, said: " Because Iris's book, she finish the second rape of Nanjing ". When the truth of massacre is hidden, slaughter always is massacre.Only when the massacre is known around the world , victims will not be hurt again and will become fixed in history.