Poetry has been decadent for thousands of years, and the soldiers' souls are all sold out in "Chinese Soul". Concentrate on the 19 th Military Music and let the ancient men shine.

This poem warmly appreciates the lofty style of Lu You's poems, which is eager to make contributions and drive the country to the old age. He spoke highly of Lu You's extraordinary masculinity. In fact, it expresses the author's own sense of alienation. Although he died overseas at that time, he thought of China, which was slaughtered by foreign powers and shrouded in gloom, and cried and said that if only he had not joined the army to kill the enemy. -

[Creation Background] Liang Qichao's Reading Lu Fangweng Collection was written when he left Japan after the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898 in 1899. It is about the feelings caused by reading Lu You's poems. This is one of them.

[Content Analysis] The first two sentences of the poem focus on the big picture and point out the general trend of poetry weakness for thousands of years. In this gentle and delicate atmosphere, the strong and straight fighting spirit and the spirit of bravely dying for the country are gone. The so-called "Chinese Soul" soldiers are exhausted, which is the most prominent performance of "decadent style". The author particularly emphasizes this point in order to prepare the next two sentences and erase the "Millennium of Poetry" just to highlight one person. "Concentrate on Nineteen Military Music" refers to the title given by Selected Works of Lu Fangweng. In the "Millennium" poetry circle of "Soul of China" and "Soul of Soldiers", only nine tenths of Lu You's poems are devoted to expressing the desire and joy of defending the country and joining the army. Therefore, the last sentence, "The ancients once released an Weng", made full use of his writing style and praised Lu You as a real man among poets from ancient times to the present. At the end of the poem, Liang Qichao himself said: "The poets in China all say that they suffered from the army, but they yearn for national mourning until they are old", which makes the poem more clear. The whole poem is extremely concise and concise, which is characterized by the sharp artistic contrast between "the Millennium of poetry" and "the release of Weng"

Liang Qichao especially praised patriotism and the "martial spirit" of fighting for the country. He believes that "China people have no spirit of martial arts", which is reflected in poetry and is called "the poetic world has been decadent for thousands of years". Therefore, he advocated a "revolution in poetry" and wanted to transform literature, inspire the people's spirit and achieve the goal of saving the country and the people. This poem can be said to be his heartfelt work.

[Notes on Difficult Words] ① Lu Fangweng: Lu You, a famous patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty. Decadence: weakness. ③ Nine: Nine tenths. 4 Eternity: From ancient times to the present. From www.911cha.com.