After the Opium War broke out, he wrote to Liang Zhangju, the governor of Jiangxi in Shanghai, many times to discuss state affairs, and hoped to join the shogunate to offer suggestions. Unfortunately, the poet died in Danyang Academy soon (only 50 years old), unable to realize his social ideal. What a pity.
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"Falling red is not heartless, but turning into spring mud will protect flowers more." The poet turned from expressing his feelings of parting to expressing his ambition to serve the country. On the other hand, in the words of Lu You: "Scattered into mud, crushed into dust, only the fragrance remains." Falling in love originally refers to the flowers blooming on the branches, but it is not something without feelings. Even if it turns into spring mud, it is willing to cultivate beautiful spring flowers to grow. Not for the unique fragrance, but to protect the flowers.
It shows that although the poet is divorced from officialdom, he still cares about the fate of the country and never forgets his ambition to serve the country, so as to express his enthusiasm for caring for the country until his death. Fully express the poet's strong feelings and become a famous sentence handed down from generation to generation.
This little poem combines political ambition with personal ambition, organically combines lyricism with discussion, and vividly expresses the poet's complex feelings. On poetry, Gong Zizhen once said that "poetry and people are one, there is no poetry outside people, and there is no one outside poetry" (Shu Tang Hai Qiu Poetry). His own creation is the best proof.