He lived in Yangzhou for 13 years and spent his childhood and adolescence here. His feelings about life in this ancient city are subtle and complicated. Perhaps life is too monotonous, so he later said that there is only a "thin shadow" left in his childhood memory, "just like being washed away by the flood, it is shocking to be lonely!" However, in the long and tortuous journey of life, childhood is the first "post station" after all. From 65438 to 0948, Zhu Ziqing took part in the movement of refusing to accept American relief food because he opposed the American government's aid policy to Japan. He had lung disease at that time and finally died of poverty at the age of 50.
Zhu Ziqing has 27 kinds of works, about * * * 1.9 million words, including poetry, prose, literary criticism, academic research and so on. Most of them are included in the four-volume Collected Works of Zhu Ziqing published by Mingkai Bookstore in 65,438+0.953. Zhu Ziqing's prose is mainly narrative and lyric prose. The theme of his works can be divided into three series: one is a group of essays with the main content of writing social life and attacking dark reality. Representative works include The Cost of Life-Seventy cents, White People-God's Favorite, and Government Massacre. Second, a group of essays, represented by figures, children and bereaved women, mainly describe personal and family life, showing the human relationship between father and son, husband and wife and friends, with strong human feelings. Thirdly, a group of lyric sketches with natural scenery as the theme, such as Green, Spring, Qinhuai River in the Shadow of Paddle Lights, Moonlight on the Lotus Pond, are his representative works. The latter two essays are the best written by Zhu Ziqing, among which "The Back" and "Moonlight on the Lotus Pond" are well-known masterpieces. His prose is simple and meticulous, clear and gloomy, famous for its refined language and beautiful writing style, and full of true feelings.
Third, briefly introduce the writing background.
Written in July 1927, the author was teaching in Tsinghua University and living in the west campus of Tsinghua. The lotus pond described in this paper is in Tsinghua campus. This year, "412" and "715" counter-revolutionary massacres occurred in China, and white terror enveloped the land of China. Zhu Ziqing was in anguish and hesitation. He himself knew that "only by participating in the revolution or counter-revolution can this panic be solved", but he finally chose "a temporary escape method" (Xian). But after all, he is a patriotic Democrat. Facing the dark reality, he can't be at ease with this "detachment". In "A Letter", he confessed: "There seems to be something strange these days, like a boat in the boundless sea and a hunter in the boundless forest. ..... my heart is a mess, or it can be said that it is a fire. I seem to be trying to understand something, but I don't seem to understand anything. " Moonlight on the Lotus Pond is a true description and vivid portrayal of the author's own thoughts of "detachment" and "struggle".