In four poems, Saigō Takamori's poem was changed to his father.
Mao Zedong? Modern Times
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.
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The child has made up his mind to go out of his hometown and never come back until he has achieved something in his studies.
Why bury the bones in the land of my hometown after death? The motherland has beautiful mountains and rivers, which can be used as a resting place.
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Xiangguan: hometown, hometown
Mulberry: hometown, hometown. In ancient times, people liked to plant mulberry trees and catalpa trees around their houses. Later, people used things instead of places and "mulberry" instead of hometown. Praise someone for the benefit of his hometown, often with "merit in mulberry."
Castle Peak: the beautiful mountains and rivers symbolizing the motherland.
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On the eve of Meiji Restoration in Japan, the poet Yue Xing wrote two poems about his ambition before leaving his hometown to travel eastward. Later, Saigō Takamori read it. He thought the content of the second poem was in line with his own ambition, so after making some revisions, he constantly encouraged himself. At the end of Qing Dynasty, China was invaded by western powers, and the country and people were in dire straits. The success of Meiji Restoration in Japan became an example for aspiring young people in China, and Saigō Takamori's famous deeds also spread to China.
It can be inferred that, in this case, Mao Zedong, a teenager, read Saigō Takamori's version of this narrative poem from books, newspapers or directly from teachers studying in Toyo. After that, he insisted on leaving home to go to Xiangxiang to receive higher education and open up a broader world. This had a serious conflict with his stubborn and conservative father. In this case, he changed a few words in this poem and dedicated it to his father.
This poem is a declaration of young Mao Zedong's going to the world, from which we can see his great ambition of caring for the world and aiming at all directions.
This is a typical lyric poem.
The poetry expressed in the first two sentences is vivid, magnificent and powerful. Mao Zedong, who is determined to go to the countryside, showed his determination and great ambition to study with his swan song "Never give up until he is famous".
The last two sentences dig the above poem into a deeper artistic conception, and use the method of first denying and then affirming to vividly describe why the bones should return to their hometown after death and the poetry of where life goes. From the poem, I naturally gave a deep sigh, which was inspiring.
The whole poem is easy to understand and rhymes smoothly, which makes people read fluently. Through the use of classic words and phrases from ancient times to modern times, it has become his own poem with lofty aspirations. It is concise but not simple, popular and elegant, and it is the true expression of Mao Zedong's mentality and ambition. Mao Zedong, with extraordinary ambition, intelligence, stubbornness, extraordinary memory and tenacious perseverance, is heading for the first turning point in his life.
Creation background
19 10 autumn, Mao Zedong left his hometown Shaoshan and went to the wider world outside. This is the first turning point in his life. With excitement, before he left, he wrote this poem and put it in his father's account book every day to show his farewell.
Brief introduction of the author
Mao Zedong (18931February 26, 976-1September 9, 976), whose real name was Runzhi (the original was Yong Zhi, later changed to Runzhi), took his pen name Zi Ren. Hunan Xiangtan people. Mao Zedong is regarded as one of the most important figures in the modern history of the world, and Time magazine also rated him as one of the most influential figures in the 20th century. His main works are: Selected Works of Mao Zedong, Collected Works of Mao Zedong and Collected Poems of Mao Zedong.