"Qinyuan Spring·Changsha-Shangque"
In the independent cold autumn, the Xiangjiang River goes north to the head of Orange Island. See the mountains all red, the forests all dyed; the rivers full of green, with hundreds of boats vying for the current. Eagles strike in the sky, fish fly in the shallows, and all kinds of frost compete for freedom in the sky. With a melancholy outline, I asked the vast land, who is responsible for the ups and downs?
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 woods seem to have been dyed with color, the river is clear and blue, and the big ships are riding the wind and waves, vying to be the first. Eagles fly in the vast sky, fish swim in the clear water, and everything is vying to live a free life in the autumn light. Facing the boundless universe, (thousands of thoughts came to my mind at the same time) I want to ask: Who will decide and dominate the rise and fall of this vast earth?
Extended information:
Qinyuanchun: Ci brand name, "Qinyuan" is the royal garden built by Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty for his daughter Princess Qinshui. According to "The Biography of Dou Xian in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty" Dou Xian, the uncle of Princess Qinshui, relied on his sister's power as the queen to seize the princess's garden. Later generations lamented this incident and often sang about it in poems, gradually becoming the word "Qinyuanchun".
"Qinyuanchun·Changsha" was written by Mao Zedong in the late autumn of 1925, when he left his hometown of Shaoshan and went to Guangzhou to host a peasant movement workshop. He passed through Changsha and revisited Juzizhou. At that time, facing the beautiful and moving natural autumn scenery on the Xiangjiang River, the author recalled the revolutionary situation at that time and wrote this poem.
Mao Zedong (1893-1976), courtesy name Runzhi, was born in Shaoshanchong, Xiangtan, Hunan (now Shaoshan City, Hunan Province), and was a member of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the People's Communist Party of China and the People's Republic of China. The main founder and leader, a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionist, strategist, theorist, and an outstanding contemporary Chinese poet.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Qinyuanchun Changsha