-The unique inspiration of Mao Zedong's poems in ancient and modern times.

Liu Gan

Poetry in Tang and Song Dynasties made China enjoy the reputation of "Poetic Country". Therefore, the traditional view generally holds that modern people's poetry creation is difficult to surpass the ancients in any case.

I remember a gathering with poetry friends, during which a poetry friend lamented: Modern poetry has not surpassed the ancients! The author disagrees with this view, so he advocates Zhao Ji's theory of poetry in the Qing Dynasty: "Du Li's poems have been passed down from mouth to mouth and are not new so far. Jiangshan has talents and has been leading the way for 500 years. " In this regard, the ancients also discussed.

Yuan Hongdao in the Ming Dynasty said: "The spirit of poetry has been reduced from generation to generation, so the past is thick and the present is thin. The strangeness of poetry is all-encompassing, and it is prosperous from generation to generation. Therefore, there is endless love in ancient times, and there is a scene of writing today. However, why should it be high in ancient times and why should it be humble today? "

Liang Shaoren in Qing Dynasty said: "Poetry is a Tang sound, and it is actually it. However, since the Tang Dynasty, it has been the same. What's the point? And songs are songs, and yuan is yuan. It is precisely because of its various characteristics that we can see the world, see the world and change endlessly. If everything was to be done in ancient times, why not bring it to the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties one by one, and why not bring it to 300 years and 19 years? "

In Qing Dynasty, You Dong also said: "Poetry has no ancient or modern, but is true. With true temperament, there is rhythm; There's a real plan, and then there's a Zhen Feng tune. Don't ask which generation of poetry it looks like, it's just a poem of its own dynasty; Don't ask whose poem it looks like, just its own poem. "

These ancient poetics theories, which have a positive impact on later generations, are convincing: today's poetry creation can completely surpass the ancients. So, I said to my poetry friends: With the development of science and technology and the continuous progress of social civilization, the vision of today's people has surpassed that of the ancients, so the mind, momentum and poetry of today's poetry will also surpass that of the ancients. It also lists Mao Zedong's "Spring and Snow in Qinyuan" and "Seven Laws to Send an Epidemic", "Sitting on the ground and traveling for 80,000 miles a day, patrolling the sky and looking at the thousand rivers", "Bright Moon in Wan Li, Global Village in Yao Hui" and other authors' "Shui Dui Tou Ren Yue Yuan". Take the poems such as "It's as bright as day here, but my feet are facing the sun" as an example to show that the poetic realm of modern people is better than that of the ancients. Several poetry friends are still chanting: "Words are better than the ancients, and poetry is not as good as the ancients." Therefore, the author believes that if the concept of "today is worse than before" is not changed, it will affect the healthy development of China's poetry.

In fact, among many modern poets, Mao Zedong is a rare poet in ancient and modern times.

As a poet, Mao Zedong was accepted and worshipped by intellectuals. 1945 during the negotiation in Chongqing, he began to stir up the mountain city culture with a song "Spring and Snow in Qinyuan". On June 2 1 65438, Liu Yazi, the first reader of Qinyuanchun Snow, who was honored as a "Ciba" at that time, happily wrote an postscript for the painter Yin Shoushi, saying: "Mao Runzhi's Qinyuanchun is a swan song, although Dongpo, You An and You Cheng are behind, not to mention the poems of the Southern Tang Dynasty. ..... Yu Ci domineering, unconscious, effective skills. He will feel inferior and ashamed! ..... "Since then, many harmony words have mostly talked about the feelings of Mao Ci from this angle. Such as "Wait for the wind?" It is also very good at water, with high tolerance and graceful demeanor "(Guo Moruo); Too backward, complaining "(Nie Gannu); Looking back at the sky, peerless coquettish "(Chen Yi); I don't know how to pretend to be charming. I'm not used to dancing to show my waist lightly "(Huang Qisheng); I don't care about makeup, and I don't hold back "(fine step) and so on. Since then, people have appreciated Mao Zedong's unique mind and courage.

Mao Zedong's heroic poetic style comes from his rich practice. As a politician, Mao Zedong is a politician full of revolutionary idealism passion and romantic poet temperament; As a poet, Mao Zedong is a poet who combines the agility and boldness of a strategist, the wit of a politician and the profound wisdom of a thinker. Therefore, Mao Zedong's poems in his leisure time can be highlighted by wonderful sentences, thus establishing his position in the history of China's poetry.

There are also many famous figures in history who show various talents. Such as Qu Yuan, Cao Cao, Emperor Taizong, Southern Tang Dynasty, Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Su and Xin. Some of them are politicians, military strategists, thinkers, philosophers or writers, but almost no one can reach a convincing level in many aspects at the same time like Mao Zedong. Therefore, Liu Yazi commented in the original rhyme of Mao Zedong's "Chun Xue in the Garden": "The talented people are beautiful, and the poets of the ages bend over and think that they are the satrap of Huangzhou, but they are still arrogant; Jiaxuan layman can only solve complaints. Laugh more than two Hu, he, Yan wants to carve with love ... "

After Mao Zedong's "Spring and Snow in the Garden" was published in Chongqing, it was a signed article of "My Views on the History of China" published in Ta Kung Pao on February 8, 65438. The author says this is an old draft that has been written. "Recently, I saw the works of modern people, and I also saw the contrast between Qin Huang Hanwu and Tang Zongsong Zu. Therefore, I think this article, which is innovative, superstitious and opposed to imperialism and Wang Si Thought, is worth taking out to meet the world. " Then, Central Daily, Peace Daily and Yi Shi Daily published 20 poems or articles to attack them. Obviously, this is far from a civil lawsuit, but has evolved into a political struggle. Such as "a rebellious hero, a hero of Alinze, cleverly decorated with literary words and insect shells!" Stop boasting, look at the sky, the flag is full of today! " Like that, vertical open-air machine. The progressive cultural circles also immediately wrote an article to fight back. In Wang Ruofei, I collected these articles and sent them to Mao Zedong. After reading it, Mao wrote a letter on February 29th, 65438, which expressed great contempt in just a few words: "Among them, the cursing works of the Kuomintang, the chirping cicadas of crows, can be used to spit rice". This is enough to fulfill what the ancients said: "There are first-class minds, first-class knowledge and first-class true poems." (Shen Qing Deqian)

Although the experiences of Qu Yuan, Su Shi and Xin Qiji were tragedies of the times, Mao Zedong's life was not smooth sailing. The sinister environment can suffocate and swallow a person, and it can also make a person through exercise. The tortuous course of China Revolution has created such an outstanding leader and an accomplished poet as Mao Zedong. Therefore, Mao Zedong's poems always strive to stir people's hearts, inspire people to forge ahead and give them strength and encouragement. This is the difference between Mao Zedong and ordinary poets, and it is also the charm of his works.

The above irrefutably shows that modern poetry creation is "today is better than the past". According to the development law of things, the future will be: Jiangshan will produce talents, and each will lead the way for hundreds of years!

References:

(1) Selected Works of Classical Poetics, Selected Notes of Qu Xingguo, Qilu Bookstore Press, 199 1 edition.

② Jin Chen: Soul of Mao Zedong, Jilin People's Publishing House, 1993.

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