After the publication of Praise of Poplar, modern painter Shen Yiqian drew a picture of poplars according to the artistic conception of Praise of Poplar. After reading it, Mao Dun felt that praising the love of poplar seemed to be unfinished, so he wrote the above metrical poem again.
Nanmu: precious and thick wood, which is the same as the nanmu praising poplar in the poem.
Zizyphus jujuba: Originally refers to Zizyphus jujuba, which is opposite to "Nan Fang" in the poem and coincides with the poplar in the praise poplar.
There is a good tree in the north, as tall as a spear. Every leaf is United, and every branch strives for the upper reaches. I am ashamed to associate with the noble people in the tree, but I would like to associate with the elm jujube tree. Poets and painters admire the strength of poplars, and are willing to work together with Qi Xin to resist the enemy.
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This poem was written in 1943, that is, two years after the writing of "Praise of Poplar", which was still in a difficult stage in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. This is the earliest and clearest explanation of the writing intention of Mr. Mao Dun's Praise of Poplar.
"Comrade Liang Zheng from Erhai Editorial Department" refers to Comrade Lun Jia and another editor. At that time, Na Lun Jia was seconded from Dali to Beijing to edit National Literature. Mr. Mao Dun is very concerned about this Bai writer from the border areas of Yunnan, and deliberately chose to copy this old work and give it to him when he was 83 years old. His feelings are deep.
Poplar, a tree growing in the north, is presented to minority writers in the south in the form of poplars' poems. I'm afraid Mr. Wang's original intention is to express the lofty theme of "one country, one nation" At the same time, he can also see that Mr. Mao Dun, an old man, still pretends to be an ordinary person and is willing to fight with the people.