On the eve of the 1910 Xinhai Revolution, Mao Zedong changed a poem by someone else and gave it to his father, which expressed his desire to go out to study, expand his knowledge, and have lofty ambitions.
Paste the original work and Mao Zedong's revised poems and enjoy them with everyone, as follows:
Saigo Takamori original poem
The boy is determined to go out of the country, and he will not pay back if he does not become famous.
Buried bones why mulberry land, life is everywhere green mountains.
Seven Absolutes Changed Saigo Takamori Poems to Father Author Mao Zedong
Bao Er is determined to go out of the country, and he will not return the vow not to learn to be famous.
Compared with the original work, Mao Zedong's revised poem is two words apart, "male" is changed to "child", the meaning is basically the same, but the personal title is different, the latter is used for children to respect their parents when they call themselves, then do not think there are major changes. In the second sentence, the word "dead" is changed to the word "oath", and the meaning of the verb has changed greatly.
The word "oath", compared with the word "death", is more appropriate to the description of the poem written by his father, and also shows the grandeur of his determination oath.
Next, give an appreciation of the whole Psalm.
Mao Zedong was ready to see the larger world outside and absorb more knowledge in order to achieve success and ambition. However, his father's ideology was more stubborn and old-fashioned, and he had serious differences with Mao Zedong. What to do at this time? Mao Zedong changed Saigo Takamori's poem and presented it to his father to show his determination to have great ambitions. After his father saw Mao Zedong's magnificent poem, he was also impressed by his lofty ambitions and finally agreed to Mao Zedong's study at the Xiangxiang School.
The first sentence means that aspiring to study, leaving the countryside, will go to the wider world.
Initially showed his father his ideas, ambitious.
The second sentence shows that the determination is very large, we must learn to succeed, we must show our ambitions, otherwise we will face our hometown fathers and elders without face.
Further explain to my father the lofty ambitions, which are a kind of ambitious ambition that is intense and uplifting.
Continue with the third sentence. "Mulberry Zi", the ancients often planted mulberry trees and catalpa trees next to their houses, and later used them as a metaphor for their hometown. On the basis of the previous "determination" and "vow not to return the vow not to learn to be famous", we must not be nostalgic or confined to a small place in our hometown, but we must learn more knowledge and go to a broader world.
In the last sentence, where life goes, there are not no green mountains, and there is no need to consider whether the buried bones are the green mountains of the hometown. In other words, learning more knowledge and exerting ambitions is the most important and ambitious.
The whole poem is simple and clear, expressing a lofty ambition to move from Shaoshan to Xiangxiang and the wider world. That determination and ambition is high and intense!