This is a poem written by Mao Zedong, a modern revolutionary and writer, in 1929.
Mao Zedong (1893— 1976), whose real name is Runzhi, took his pen name as Zi Ren. Hunan Xiangtan people. Poet, Marxist, proletarian revolutionist, strategist and theorist, the main founder and leader of China Production Party, China People's Liberation Army and People's Republic of China (PRC).
The original text is as follows:
Life is easy when you are old, but difficult when you are old. Every year is Chongyang, and now it is Chongyang. Battlefield yellow flowers are particularly fragrant.
The annual autumn wind is not as strong as spring. Better than spring, just like Wan Li frost on the vast river.
The translation is as follows:
People are prone to aging all their lives, but the sky is not old, and the Double Ninth Festival comes every year. Today is the Double Ninth Festival, and the chrysanthemums on the battlefield smell good.
Autumn wind blows hard year after year, and the scenery is not as beautiful as spring. However, it is more magnificent than the scene in spring. The river as vast as the universe is covered with frost.
Extended data:
The second part inherits the meaning of "Chongyang at the age of" and "Chongyang today", and writes from a high perspective, expanding the artistic conception of the poem to a deeper and wider place. Year after year, there is a Double Ninth Festival, and we go to Qiu Lai in autumn. The word "autumn wind comes once a year" is very strong. Describe the fierce and powerful autumn wind, which is devastating, vigorous and beautiful.
This feeling is heroic, different from the east wind, pink and green, singing and laughing, gentle and charming spring scenery. However, the strong west wind and the cold autumn air caused not sadness but excitement in the author's mind. The poet's feelings and warrior's temperament determine his aesthetic choice: "Better than spring, like Wan Li frosted on the river". The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the river is clear; The mountains are full of rosy clouds and clouds everywhere, extending to the horizon as far as the eye can see, depicting magnificent scenery.
Poetry, beauty, color and fragrance are all integrated into poetry, wildness and philosophy, forming a vibrant poetic style, which not only praises the agrarian revolutionary war, but also shows the heroic and unrestrained feelings of authors, poets and soldiers. Arouse people's heroism and noble sentiments for their ideals with magnificent poetry and high spirit.
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