Appreciation of "Qinyuanchun·Changsha":
Historical perspective:
In the history of Chinese poetry, it was the first to depict the beauty of nature in large quantities and to The poet who combined his depiction with concern for the fate of the country and people was Qu Yuan. This is a fine tradition of Chinese classical poetry. Mao Zedong's poetry inherited this fine tradition. He is good at integrating natural beauty and social beauty, and expresses the content of social beauty through lifelike and vivid artistic images of natural beauty.
By describing the autumn scenery of Changsha and recalling the revolutionary struggle life of his youth, this poem raises the question of "who is in charge of ups and downs", and expresses the spirit of optimism about the future of the Chinese nation and the world's affairs. The heroic ambition of one's own mission.
Especially the last three sentences of this poem end with a question, cleverly answering the question of "who is in charge of the ups and downs". Just like those who hit the water in the middle of the stream, they bravely threw themselves into the revolutionary waves and advanced bravely.
2. Aesthetic perspective:
Aesthetically speaking, sublime beauty is manifested in external aspects, such as tall, vast, majestic, majestic and other magnificent scenes. The German philosopher Immanuel Kant divided the sublime into two categories: mathematical sublimity, such as the volume of a mountain; mechanical sublimity, such as the momentum of a storm. The famous Russian literary critic Chernyshevsky also said: "One thing is much greater than all things compared with it, and that is sublime."
Confucius also described "bigness" "Associated with the sublime, he praised: "How great is Yao! Only the sky is great, and only Yao can control it." This kind of majestic, broad and magnificent sublime beauty is used in Chairman Mao's poems. The depiction of mountains and rivers is the most vivid. "Qinyuanchun·Changsha" is one of the best chapters.
3. Calligraphy appreciation:
This work was written around 1954 and is a representative work of Mao Zedong’s calligraphy. Calligraphers believe it to be the latest work among Mao Zedong’s poems and ink, and also the latest. Maturity, the highest work, and the last monument in the ink we see. The poem is written in ink on two pages of red bound letterhead, with a total of 15 lines. Mao Zedong's writing style is flying, fast and convenient, but each word is independent, the whole article is harmonious and elegant, sparse and smooth, each word is beautiful, starting from bottom to top, looking left and right, and fully capturing the beauty of nature;
Get rid of the tense situation , but the muscles and bones are strong, beautiful and free and easy, the characters are sparse and sparse, and the characters are many and disconnected, but the Qi and pulse are smooth, the ink is moist, the fat is suitable, there are no strange big or small characters, no strange light or heavy strokes, no leaning The ink drawn obliquely is like a couple of young men, in their prime and grace, walking slowly on the bank of the Xiangjiang River, but with great ambitions to "point the country and inspire words". The crane is about to fly.
This work uses both a square brush and a garden brush, mainly hiding the front edge, and also using the exposed front. The brushwork used in the composition is unrestrained and ancient, which fully embodies the Jiangzuo style and encompasses the muscles and bones of the North Stele. It is elegant and leisurely, Everywhere is subtle and thought-provoking. The layout is dense and dense, with rows but not columns, and the spaces between the rows are almost as close as the spaces between the words. The structure is soft on the inside and rigid on the outside, "marking the ambition and supporting the emotion." There are more than 100 words in the whole page. The writing and ink color change with the mood of the book, sometimes high and sometimes soothing, making the whole book coherent and structurally perfect.
4. Angle of scene description:
“Look at the thousands of mountains covered with red, and the forests all dyed; the river is full of green, and hundreds of boats are vying for the current. Eagles strike in the sky, and fish fly in the shallows. From the content point of view, the seven sentences "All kinds of frost and sky compete for freedom" describe mountains, woods, Xiangjiang River, ships, eagles and fish, etc., including natural objects, animals and plants, complete categories, and full of vitality. From the perspective of describing the scenery, the author's perspective ranges from far and near, from logic to point to surface, from reality to virtuality, and from nature to human beings.
5. Artistic perspective:
The artistic expression technique of Chinese classical poetry pays great attention to the blending of emotion and scenery. Liu Xie said: "The rich collection lacks emotion, and the taste will be boring." ("Wen Xin Diao Long") Xie Zhen said: "Scenery is the medium of poetry, and emotion is the embryo of poetry; when combined, it becomes poetry, and it is unified by a few words. The shape and vitality are integrated, and its vastness is boundless." ("Siming Poetry Talk") This poem achieves the state of blending scenes well.
6. Main content:
Shangque: "Today's Tour" describes the relationship between man and nature, and depicts the autumn scenery of the Xiangjiang River.
The next chapter: The author of "Journey to the Past" has a relationship with a radical group, recalls his school days, and expresses his mind and ambition.
7. Ideological level:
Subtle beauty is expressed in the inner aspect, which is a reflection of the great and noble soul. In his article "On the Sublime", Longinus of ancient Rome proposed that the sublime is "the echo of a great soul." The second half of this poem focuses on lyricism, which is the expression of this great spiritual echo. This kind of expression is first elicited through memories.
Extended information:
"Qinyuan Spring·Changsha"
Mao Zedong
In the cold autumn of independence, the Xiangjiang River goes north to the head of Orange Island.
Look at the mountains covered with red, the forests all dyed; the rivers full of green, with hundreds of boats vying for the current.
The eagle strikes the sky, the fish flies on the shallow bottom, and all kinds of frost compete for freedom.
With a melancholy outline, I ask, who is in charge of the ups and downs of the vast earth?
I brought hundreds of couples on this trip to recall the glorious past.
The young classmate Qia was in his prime, but he was a scholar and scolded Fang Qiu.
To point out the country and inspire the words, the dung is like thousands of households.
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Have you ever remembered that when you hit the water in the middle of the current, the waves stopped the boat?
Translation:
On a crisp day in late autumn, I stood alone at the head of Orange Island, looking at the clear water of the Xiangjiang River flowing slowly northward.
Look at the thousands of mountain peaks all turning red, the layers of forest seem to be dyed with color, the river is clear and blue, and the big ships are riding the wind and waves, vying for the first place.
In the vast sky, eagles are flying vigorously, fish are swimming briskly in the clear water, and everything is vying to live a free life in the autumn light.
Facing the boundless universe, (thousands of thoughts come to my mind at the same time) I want to ask: Who decides and controls the rise and fall of this vast earth?
Looking back on the past, my classmates and I often came here to play together. Those countless extraordinary years spent discussing national affairs together still linger in my mind.
The students are in their youth and in their prime; we are full of ambition, unrestrained and powerful. ?
Commenting on national affairs and writing these articles that stirred up the turmoil and promoted the righteousness, the warlords and bureaucrats at that time were treated like dirt.
Do you remember that we swam together in the rapids where the waves were so big that they could stop the speeding boats?
Creative background:
"Qinyuanchun·Changsha" was written by Mao Zedong in the autumn of 1925. Changsha is the place where Mao Zedong's personality was formed. Changsha is also the birthplace of China's rural revolution and the center of Mao Zedong's early revolutionary activities. In 1911, Mao Zedong came to the First Normal University in Changsha, Hunan. Due to the social background at that time, Mao Zedong formed his own world view more clearly through talking about life and state affairs with his classmates.
Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia--Qinyuanchun·Changsha