The meaning of "I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood" is: I entrust my heart to the people, but it is difficult for the people to notice it. I am willing to entrust my life's energy to my motherland. This line comes from Lu Xun's seven-character quatrain "Self-titled Little Portrait". The original poem is:
There is no way to escape the divine arrow on the spiritual platform, and the storm is like a rock, darkening the hometown.
I would like to recommend Xuanyuan with my blood.
Translation:
My heart cannot escape the arrows shot by the God of Love. I love my homeland that is still suffering from invasion and feudal oppression.
No one understands that this emotion is placed on the stars in the sky. I vow to serve my motherland with all my passion.
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1. Creation background
This poem was written around 1903. At this time, China was in an unprecedentedly serious national crisis and people’s lives were abnormal. Painful times. Lu Xun came to Japan in 1902 with full patriotic enthusiasm. As soon as he arrived in Japan, he actively participated in this anti-Qing patriotic revolutionary activity.
In 1903, he published "The Soul of Sparta" in Zhejiang Tide, praising the Spartans for fighting the invaders with their lives and blood, criticizing the Qing rulers for losing power and humiliating the country, and awakening the people. During the struggle, he resolutely cut off his braids, which symbolized feudal tradition and racial oppression. He wrote this poem on the back of a photo of the braids cut off and sent it to his friend Xu Shoushang to express his unwavering determination to sacrifice his life for the country.
2. Poetry Appreciation
The meaning of "Han Xing Tsuen Bu Cha" refers to the author's ideal of saving the country and the people, and Tsuen refers to the people. Here, the author uses romantic imagination to express his hope of saving the motherland and hopes that the people of the motherland will wake up. The author Lu Xun had a certain understanding of the power of the people at that time. However, due to historical limitations, Lu Xun underestimated the revolutionary enthusiasm of the masses, so he lamented that "the stars in the cold sky are not visible".
I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood is Lu Xun’s solemn oath to the motherland and the people, and he is determined to devote himself to the motherland and the people. Although the people have not yet awakened, he will do his best to awaken the masses, join the battle with the masses, and write the Spring and Autumn Period with his blood. It shows Lu Xun's strong patriotism and anti-imperialist and anti-feudal revolutionary heroism in his youth.
Baidu Encyclopedia-self-titled portrait