Self-mockery is a seven-character poem written by modern writer Lu Xun in 1932. The original text of this poem is as follows:
What do you want from the delivery of the canopy, but you dare not turn over and meet each other.
A broken hat covers the downtown, and a leaky boat carries wine.
Fierce-browed, I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers, Head-bowed, like a willing ox I serve the children.
Hiding in the small building into a unified, regardless of winter Xia Chunqiu.
Note: Gai Hua, with a constellation name of * * * sixteen stars, is located in the seat of the Five Emperors and now belongs to Cassiopeia. I used to be superstitious and thought it was unlucky to be a canopy star in people's destiny. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi Jinggong played with his son, pretending to be prone on the ground and letting his son ride on his back. The metaphor here refers to serving the people, especially children, which means that Lu Xun places his hopes on children, and children are the hope of the future.
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Creative background: When Lu Xun was in Beijing in the 1920s, he was wanted by the Beiyang warlord government and was attacked and framed by some literati. In Shanghai in the early 1930s, Lu Xun was threatened and persecuted by the then Kuomintang rulers.
At that time, the Kuomintang rulers banned books and newspapers, closed bookstores, promulgated bad publishing laws, wanted writers, arrested and detained left-wing writers and secretly executed them. The author Lu Xun's situation is very sinister. 1932 10/2, Yu Dafu and Wang Yingxia hosted a banquet for the writer Lu Xun in Jufeng Garden. Lu Xun combined his thoughts with the conversation seven days ago. Mr. and Mrs. Liu Yazi were there.
The first couplet of this poem describes the author's sinister situation at that time. Among them, "luck to the sky" refers to the bad luck in the dark society where jackals are in power. "What do you want" and "Dare not" are all ironic, reflecting the cruelty of the Kuomintang rulers at that time, vividly depicting and revealing a dark society imprisoned like a sealed jar, and summarizing the sharp contradictions and conflicts between the author and the Kuomintang at that time.
Zhuan Xu wrote about his persistent struggle, and "downtown" refers to the place where the enemy is bullying. "Mid-stream" refers to the place where the water depth is urgent. This combination of symbolism tells us that the situation is very dangerous. The author skillfully uses a "Guo" and a "Pan", which vividly shows the author's fighting spirit of being fearless in times of crisis and rushing forward, and sets off how brave, tenacious and resourceful revolutionary soldiers are in a sinister environment.
Necklace writing adheres to the internal motivation of struggle, that is, strong love and hate, which embodies the author's proletarian world outlook. The first four sentences describe the situation and combat action, while this pair of couplets reveals deep feelings and pushes the ideological realm of the whole poem to the peak. It expresses the author's strong love for the people and hatred for the enemy, and shows the noble character of the author's uncompromising face to the enemy and dedication to the people.
The tail couplet is about the determination to fight to the end. "Xiao Lou" is the place where the author lives. "Hide" means hide for a while. The first sentence is very interesting about the author's fighting environment and the characteristics of the art of being good at fighting at that time, which reflects the author's confident and optimistic mood and expression. The last sentence is about the determination to fight bravely to the end.
This reveals the fighting content of the previous sentence more clearly and makes the characteristics of Zhuang and He He more prominent. It not only shows the author's determination to fight for the revolution no matter how the situation changes and how difficult the future is, but also satirizes the crime of betraying the national interests of the Kuomintang rulers at that time. The ending of the pun reinforces the theme of the poem.