The first significance: Judging from the time when "Dead Water" was created, "Dead Water" is a symbol of American society. At the back of this poem, there is a date of creation: April 1925. It was the eve of Mr. Wen Yiduo, who was studying in Chicago, the United States, and was preparing to return to China early. During his stay in the United States, Mr. Wen's emotions had two prominent aspects: First, because he suffered deeply from racial discrimination in the United States, he felt angry and disgusted with the corruption and sin hidden under the prosperity of American society; Infinite love and longing for the motherland. Under the control of this emotion, he wrote many poems full of patriotic and anti-imperialist passion, such as "Lone Wild Goose", "Song of the Sun", "Recalling the Chrysanthemum" and so on. This patriotic and anti-imperialist passion is more concentratedly reflected in the "Laundry Song", "Song of the Seven Sons", "Awakening" and other poems he wrote on the eve of his return to China. As the poet said, these poems are "the result of the many years of traveling abroad and suffering the imperial consequences." A cry of injustice out of the idleness of doctrine." The poet describes the appearance of "stagnant water" like this: a pool of "green wine", with green "emeralds", red "peach blossoms", shining "luoqi" and brilliant "yunxia", and "floating" Pearl" and "singing". The poet reveals the inside of "stagnant water" like this: There are "broken copper and iron" and "leftovers". These filthy things are moldy and fermented here; the emerald is the green of broken copper, and the peach blossom is rotten. The rust of iron, Luoqi is the greasy light, clouds are the color of mold, green wine is the smelly water of a ditch, and pearls are the foam on the smelly water. It can be seen that the external beauty of "stagnant water" is just the mold of filth and garbage. Beneath the beautiful exterior lies filth and sin. Isn’t this kind of “backwater” the truest portrayal of American society? The second meaning: Judging from the time when "Dead Water" was published, "Dead Water" symbolizes the Beiyang government. Although "Dead Water" was created in Chicago in April 1925, it was only in April 1926 that Mr. Wen Yiduo, who was in Beijing, deliberately published it. What new meaning does it have? March 18, 1926 was what Lu Xun called "the darkest day since the Republic of China." Duan Qirui's Beiyang government bloody massacred patriotic students who were petitioning, creating the March 18 massacre that shocked China and the world. Mr. Wen Yiduo, full of indignation, supported the students' patriotic struggle. He chose this time to publish "Dead Water" precisely to express his deep hatred for the Beiyang government. In other words: This Beiyang government is already "a ditch of hopeless stagnant water" and "this place is definitely not a place for beauty." So let it go to hell. "It is better to let ugliness take over." The attitude is so decisive and fierce! The third meaning: Judging from the publication time of the poetry collection "Dead Water", "Dead Water" symbolizes the dark reality of China. In 1927, the vigorous revolution failed. Mr. Wen Yiduo's beautiful hope for the motherland was shattered. He ended his career as a poet and entered the scholar's bookstore. In 1928, he compiled his second collection of poems and published it under the name "Dead Water" as a farewell to the poetry world. He personally designed the front and back covers of the poetry collection, using all black paper. Only the top of the cover has a small gold sticker with the title and author written on it. The entire front and back pages exude a melancholy and dull atmosphere. When people see this collection of black poems named after "Dead Water", the poem "This is a ditch of hopeless stagnant water" will come to mind. At this time, the poem "Dead Water" and the book "Dead Water" have another layer of meaning. At this time, in Mr. Wen Yiduo's mind, "stagnant water" symbolized the dark reality of China, expressing the poet's anger and disappointment with this reality, and also showing his non-cooperation attitude with the reactionary rulers.