You may not know Li Shutong, but you must have sung "Farewell". In 1915, Li Shutong wrote "Farewell" and gave it to his friend Xu Xianyuan, but he did not expect that this song would immediately become very popular, and has been passed down to this day and passed down as a classic.
Li Shutong can be called a rare genius and all-rounder in modern times, he is the pioneer and founder of China's drama, the pioneer of China's oil painting, the first person to bring Western music theory into China, and one of the pioneers of the new cultural movement. Feng Zikai was his proud protégé, and Xia Yuzun was his closest friend. Before he became a monk, whether it was painting, calligraphy, music, or drama, he knew everything and was exquisite. After his ordination, he studied Buddhism intensively and became a generation of masters, and his descendants honored him as Master Hongyi.
Influenced by traditional culture since childhood, Li Shutong is also deeply accomplished in poetry and literature. In 1905, in the face of the devastated mountains and rivers of the motherland, Li Shutong decided to study in Japan and seek a way to save the country. On the occasion of bidding farewell to his relatives and friends, he had mixed feelings and wrote this patriotic work, "Golden Wisp Song".
The beginning of the word writes the poet himself the reason for deciding to study abroad. "Wearing hair and pretending to go crazy" is written about the scene at that time, and the reason for this situation is because the whole of China, under the humiliation of the Western powers, is full of devastation, the mountains and rivers are broken, and what can be seen in the eyes is no longer the original blossoming flowers, but the decaying scene of "twilight crows crying and a few fading willows".
Seeing that this great river and mountain are all broken, the poet can't help but sigh: "Who cleans up the broken mountains and rivers." "Yes, in the face of this situation, all the men who have a little flesh, that passion, are willing to burn for the motherland."
"The scattered westerly wind is still there, and it will cause people to lose weight." The west wind, the autumn wind also, the killing atmosphere is strong. Here, the west wind represents the strong atmosphere of slaughter hanging over the motherland, that is, the oppression of the Western powers has never relaxed for a moment. Because of this, the poet decided to study in Japan, hoping to find a way to save the country.
"Too resting", sighing also, there is a sentence in "Leaving the Troubles": "Long too much breath to cover up the sniffles, mourning the many hardships of the people's livelihood." "The taishi here is a sigh for the imminent parting between friends, and a sigh for the motherland to fall here. Double red beans, very deep in love. On the occasion of parting, the words of love spoken between friends are naturally particularly frequent. This parting is stronger and stronger than wine.
The whole word expresses the feeling of farewell to studying abroad, and the aspiration of saving the country is to save the world.
Xia Yan first wrote his own divorce like the waves of Wu Songkou, surging endlessly. Even so, he was determined to leave, one country was in deep trouble, and the other because his mother had just passed away, he had no more to worry about.
Looking back on his days over the years, he felt like a duckweed, drifting around, and it was difficult to look back.
Li Shutong's father was a famous banker in Tianjin, and his mother was his father's fifth aunt. When he was born, his father was 72 years old and died soon after, and the family road declined. His mother had to take him to Shanghai to earn a living. When he was studying in Shanghai, because of his talent, he became a famous talent in Shanghai.
At this moment, facing his past days, he felt that the game of books and words was just empty talk. "Twenty articles shocked the sea, after all, there is no empty talk!" Li He said in the "South Garden": "Please go to lingyan pavilion temporarily, if you are a scholar and a thousand households." "It's the same thing.
Since empty talk is useless, what is useful? "Listen to the roar of the dragon at the bottom of the box", the sword at the bottom of the box is summoning him to kill the enemy and repay the country. For this reason, although the west wind is still the same, he has not slept for a long night, but the thought of being able to save cangsheng in the depths of the water, the thought of being able to save the country in times of danger, he is excited, even if he cuts his liver and bile, he will not hesitate.
"Is it the motherland, bear with loneliness?" Even so, the country must do its best to rescue and treat it, and it must not fail to live up to it.
Although Li Shutong is a scholar, when the country suffers disasters, he is also full of enthusiasm. "Sacrificing one's body to go to the country is difficult, and seeing death as a sudden return" is the voice of every Son and Daughter of China at a time of national crisis.