After participating in the anti-Qing struggle at the age of 14, during the life of blood and fire struggle, especially after being arrested, he wrote many poems and poems that were generous, tragic, fresh and clear, and expressed national integrity. , songs, essays, etc. Mr. Bai Jian, a famous historian and expert on Xia Wanchun, summarized its main contents as follows:
First, it expresses the determination to resist the Qing Dynasty and restore the country. A large number of chapters in the collection of poems directly and indirectly express the poet's thoughts and ambitions about his homeland, his ambition to return to the south, and his desire to rejuvenate China. What is particularly valuable is that in difficult and difficult situations, we always maintain a high spirit of optimism. For example, "There is still a way to fly thousands of miles, don't worry about the ups and downs in the world", "The road between life and death for a hero is like a grand tour", etc., which are unrestrained, cheerful and magnificent.
Second, it expresses the hatred of rise and fall, which can be said to be "tears everywhere in the mountains and rivers, and the hearts of martyrs every chapter." Many of Wanchun's poems use the rise and fall of brothels or the rise and fall of banquets to express the resentment of rise and fall.
Third, praise the heroes and mourn the teachers and friends. "Six Sorrows", "Ode to the Six Lords", "Crying in the Wilderness of the Thin Forest", "Crying in the Wilderness of Wujiang" and the chapters about Qian Xi's cry all belong to this category. There are many good and touching poems in it. Thousands of years later, it still makes people mourn when they read it and cry when they hear it. Xia Wanchun's poems also have characteristics in terms of artistic expression, such as the use of allusions and things that are more precise; the frequent use of metaphors, with a romantic flavor; rich in imagination, often seeing magnificent colors; good at using scenery as emotion and integrating emotions into the scene; Choose characteristic things and actions to summarize the situation and express the characters. The concentrated patriotic theme, patriotic passion, warm fighting atmosphere, abundant optimism, eye-catching gorgeous words, and touching romantic colors all form the tragic, exciting, fresh and cheerful artistic style of Wan Chun's poetry.
Xia Wanchun’s poems are not famous for his youth, nor are they written because of his martyrdom for his country. The essence of classical works he absorbed in his childhood and the tempering of practical struggles when he grew up formed his unique style of poetry that is generous, tragic, fresh and cheerful. It has a high degree of artistic appeal and can arouse strong emotions in people. Just talking about poetry is enough to impress a generation, shine for thousands of years, and stand among the patriotic poets of ancient and modern times. Face life and reality. Such as "Composition in the Army", "Military Banquet", "Jiangcheng", "Shelter", "Immediate Matter", "Cuihua Pian" and other poems, Xiaoling's "Grass in Prison", Tao Shu's "Autobiography", and Geng The "Continued Survival Records" written by his father and so on record the historical facts of the Jiangnan subjugation and his own struggle against the Qing Dynasty. The narrative is lyrical and has a real sense of life.
It demonstrates the high passion for the war of resistance and the firm national integrity. After he joined the army, he "prepared for the hardships of the world and the injustice and cruelty of loyal ministers", "the wind was blowing and the frost was blowing, and the short clothes were raised," he wrote the "Ode to the Great Sorrow" with blood and tears, criticizing the bad policies of the Ming Dynasty, analyzing the reasons for the country's collapse, and describing the The war experience of "the branches and trees are rejuvenated, the wind and clouds are over; the army of June is rejuvenated, and the strength of the nine heavens is revitalized" expresses the ambition of rejuvenating the country and has a lofty ideological realm. The same ideological connotation can also be found in a large number of poems such as "Yishui Song", "Bolangsha Song", "Sending People to Fujian on a Journey to South Vietnam", "Inscription on the Wall of Caoxi Thatched Cottage", "Ba Tu", etc.; and after his arrest It was further developed in "Nanguancao" written later. For example, "Farewell to the Clouds" writes: "It is known that the road to the spring is close, and it is difficult to leave my hometown. On the day when Yipo returns, I will see the spiritual flag in the sky." "Message": "Jiuyuan should treat you and cherish the child in your belly" etc. Every sentence is full of aspiration and pride of sacrificing one's life for one's country and looking forward to death.
Although he endured hardships and ultimately failed, his works reveal a high-spirited optimism. For example, the poem "Sorrow for Yanjing" writes: "The atmosphere of Zhongshan is on the Fengyun River, watching the bullfight at night is standing still." The article "Tushi Yulun" also says: "Ugh, the family feud has not been avenged, and the work has not been accomplished. I have great ambitions. The spring flows with hatred for eternity. This life is over, and the next life will last forever. Long live the righteousness, and the nine days and eight expressions will last forever. "Full of the belief of victory in regaining the homeland.
He expresses his feelings directly without any refinement, forming a creative style that is straightforward, generous and tragic, and has great artistic appeal. For example, he mourned his teacher Chen Zilong's poem "Crying in the Wilderness in the Thin Forest": "Last year, I died to the sound of drums in Pingling, and I crossed the Wujiang River with my father-in-law. This year, my dream is broken by the clouds on the nine peaks, and the flags still reflect the purple mountains at dusk." The clouds are clearing, but don’t mourn when you are trapped in the net. Gonghu Gonghu built a house for me by the night, and the frosty moon will come when the asceticism comes." The sincere fighting friendship is extremely touching. As Chen Jun commented in the "Preface to the Complete Works of Xia Jiemin": "Therefore, his loyalty and righteousness, and his articles are nothing more than a little bit of green blood." "Historical Collection", "Nanguancao", "Continued Survival Records", etc. In the fifty-fifth year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1790), Wu Shenglan co-edited the "Collection of History of Xia Nei", which contained many omissions. In the twelfth year of Jiaqing (1807), Wang Chang and Zhuang Shiluo compiled a relatively complete "The Complete Works of Xia Jiemin" in 14 volumes. In 1959, the Shanghai Editorial Office of Zhonghua Book Company revised it again and compiled and printed it as "Xia Wanchun Collection", which is a more complete and popular version today. "Letter from Mother in Prison" was selected as a Chinese language textbook for high schools in Taiwan. "Farewell to the Clouds" was selected as a junior high school Chinese textbook.