From Mao Zedong's Four Wonders: Changing Saigō Takamori's Poems into Fathers.
The child is determined to go to the countryside, or he will not return if he succeeds.
Mulberry fields don't need to bury bones, and life is everywhere.
Translation:
The child made up his mind to go out of his hometown and vowed not to come back until he succeeded in his studies. Why should the body be buried in the land of hometown after death? Life is full of green hills where you can bury your body.
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Writing background
The Sonnet of Changing Saigō Takamori into Father is a seven-character quatrain written by Mao Zedong in 19 10. This poem was written on the eve of the Revolution of 1911. Mao Zedong, a teenager, witnessed the decline of national strength, the people were in poverty, worried about the country and the people, and wanted to go out of his hometown to realize greater ideals. The first two sentences directly express the author's ambition and ambition to go home without starting a career.
The last two sentences are quoted from the classics, which digs the poetry described in the previous sentence into a deeper artistic conception. While using the words of Japanese poets, they quoted the classic words in China's Scriptures, expressing the meaning that a man is cosmopolitan and my hero is cosmopolitan, which is both popular and elegant. The whole poem is easy to understand and the theme is clear.
Mao Zedong wrote a similar poem: Castle Peak is full of loyal bones. Why did they die in boots? Since revolutionaries have devoted their whole bodies and minds to the motherland, there is no need to consider whether to transport their bodies back to their hometown for burial after death, even in a foreign land.
After Mao's son died gloriously in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he was extremely painful when he learned the bad news and chose whether to bury the British corpse on the other side. Finally, he made a difficult and painful decision to bury his beloved son in North Korea. Later, he wrote that Mao Zedong tried his best to hold back his grief and wrote in the telegram, "Castle Peak is full of loyal bones. Why did he die without regret?" . It reflects Mao Zedong's lofty realm and shows his mortal feelings and distinctive mortal heart, which makes people respect after reading it.