Original text:
Changsha Qinyuanchun
Independent cold autumn, Xiangjiang River north, Orange Island. You see the mountains and plains, and the layers of forests are all dyed; The river is full of water, and hundreds of people compete for the flow. The eagle strikes the sky, the fish is shallow, and all kinds of frost fight for freedom. Lonely, ask the boundless earth, who is in charge of ups and downs?
Took a hundred couples on a trip. Recalling the past, the years are thick. Just a classmate and teenager, in full bloom; Scholar spirit, Fang Qiu. Pointing out the maze, inspiring words, the dirt in Wan Huhou that year. Remember hitting the water in the middle stream and the waves stopped the speedboat?
Vernacular translation:
On a crisp autumn day in late autumn, I stood alone in Orange Island, watching the clear water of Xiangjiang River slowly flow northward. You see that thousands of peaks have all turned red, and the layers of trees seem to be stained with color. The river is crystal clear, and the big ships are racing against the wind and waves. The eagle flies in the vast sky, the fish swims in the clear water, and everything is fighting for a free life in Qiu Guang. Facing the boundless universe, I want to ask: Who decides to dominate the rise and fall of this boundless earth?
In retrospect, my classmates and I often come here hand in hand to play. Talking about state affairs, countless extraordinary years still haunt me. Students are in their youth and prime of life; Everyone is ambitious, unrestrained and strong. Commenting on state affairs, writing these turbulent and clear articles, treating the warlords and bureaucrats at that time as dirt. Do you remember? At that time, we were swimming in a place where the river was deep and fast, and the waves almost stopped the speeding boat?
Extended data:
Through the description of autumn scenery in Changsha and the recollection of his revolutionary struggle life in his youth, the whole poem puts forward the question of "Who controls the rise and fall", showing the heroic revolutionary spirit and lofty aspirations of poets and comrades in arms in order to transform old China, and implicitly gives the answer of "Who controls the rise and fall": it is revolutionary youth who take the world as their responsibility, despise reactionary rulers and dare to transform the old world.
Creative background:
"Qinyuanchun Changsha" was written by Mao Zedong when he left his hometown Shaoshan in the late autumn of 1925, went to Guangzhou to preside over the peasant movement workshop, passed through Changsha and revisited Orange Island. At that time, facing the beautiful and moving natural autumn scenery on the Xiangjiang River, the author recalled the revolutionary situation at that time and wrote the first word.