The second volume is full of glory and splendor in the capital, and the spirit is full of energy in the foggy city. Chapter 228: Part Three (VIII)
Subtitle of this chapter: Murong dares to assert that patients who do not like to read Master Yuan’s mental journey are definitely not seriously ill enough.
As the saying goes: When the wind and rain are dark, the horns of the carriages are incessant. The master is about to die, and he writes poetry about it!
Our Master Yuan was about to die and leave his descendants without a son. How could he not recite a final poem? Otherwise, what kind of master would he be?
Imagine that in the future, when people talk about the influential figures of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, they will say of Li Hongzhang: "Autumn wind, sword, and tears of a lonely minister; sunset, banners, and generals on the altar." Those who don't know his life story might think he is Yue Fei, the Yue Fei of the Qing Dynasty.
When it comes to Tan Sitong, it is said, "I laugh at the sky with my sword in hand, and my loyalty and courage will remain in Kunlun Mountains whether I live or die." Those who don't know the life stories of his friends may think that the reformists are really heroes.
Speaking of Wang Zhaoming, the saying is "Drawing the sword into a piece, not letting down the youth." I don't know his life... Of course, everyone knows that he later lost his mind, and it became "Regret not drawing the sword into a piece, and finally feel ashamed of not letting down the youth."
Yuan Wuxi boasted that he was a figure on the same level as Li Hefei, Tan Liuyang, and Wang Nanhai. Compared to Xiangtan, Cixi, and Huai'an, his political status was only slightly lower.
Would it be inappropriate for a big man like him not to write a suicide poem before he died?
You definitely have to copy, the question is which one to copy. There are many good suicide poems.
For example, he liked the line "I will go to Quan Tai to recruit my old subordinates, and with a hundred thousand flags I will kill Yama Luo."
However, since he had no old subordinates but only an old lover, naturally he had no banners but only colorful flags. It was impossible to write "I go to the spring and find my lover, the colorful flags will flutter and never fall." So I had to pass.
For example, he learned in his childhood, "It doesn't matter if I get beheaded, as long as the doctrine is true."
In fact, his neoclassical liberalism is very genuine. Anyone who doesn't believe it is a brainwashed 50-cent party member and a little pink. They should be dragged out and hung on the street lamp. This is what they call "kill the 50-cent dog and be a free man." ...
This is not an option. Killing the dog is politically incorrect. What if the dogs and dogs end up at his grave... or even dancing in front of the museum? So I have to give up.
Thinking of this, our Master Yuan felt that something was wrong. He was the leader of the New Culture Movement, so how could he write a regulated verse? Shouldn't he write a modern poem?
When I think of modern poetry, the only one that comes to mind is that one... Oh, it's so vulgar.
There is no other way. I have to be vulgar just to show off. At worst, I can compensate the original author later.
Speaking of the original author, his son really makes him look bad.
Well, Master Yuan happily decided that if the original author had a son in the future, he would find a way to save that guy from the evil path of performance art and let him pursue film and television art...
Wait a minute, if the original author's son becomes a director, it is very likely that he will end up like the son of the great director Chen Huaiai, who embarrassed his father for a steamed bun.
Forget it, just follow me and be an economics scholar.
In this way, the original author's son can gloriously join the Strategic Deception Bureau and make his own contributions to the party and the country together with Deputy Director Zhang Jiadun, Section Chief Cao Changqing and other comrades in the Strategic Deception Bureau.
After Yuan Yan suddenly reviewed her own mental journey, she couldn't help but be moved by herself.
Not only did he copy someone else's poem, he was also responsible for the education of their descendants. Among so many time travelers, he was the only one with such a noble character.
So our Master Yuan's emotions at this time are brewing very well.
Everyone looked at his back, which was trembling slightly in the wind and rain, and listened to his soulful baritone voice chanting:
"If I were a bird,
I too should sing with a hoarse throat:
This land battered by the storm,
This river of our grief and indignation is always surging,
This raging wind that blows endlessly,
And the incredibly gentle dawn from the woods, cough cough cough..."
However, the violent coughing could not interrupt his passion. He supported his frail body with both hands and said in a low voice:
"Then I died,
Even the feathers rotted in the earth..."
Yuan Yan suddenly turned around slowly, and everyone with tears streaming down their faces saw him also with tears streaming down his face as he finished:
“Why do I always have tears in my eyes?
Because I love this land so deeply..."
"puff!"
The "first person in modern poetry" spat out a mouthful of blood towards the sky, adding a touch of bright red to the wind and rain rushing in through the window!
"Hongjian!"
"Second Master!"
"Uncle!"
"Mr. Yuan!"
This is exactly: What are people here hearing? The cuckoo cries blood and wails. On a rainy night in Xinxiang, Weiwei's father is Ai Qing..
"I fully support Yuan Yanshu's "I Love This Land" returning to the People's Education Press Chinese textbook.
No matter what, Mr. Yuan is a very sincere patriot and has made great contributions to this country.
Although he lived abroad for the rest of his life for political reasons and only returned to China in his later years, he remained deeply concerned about China's economic development and education, and even established several scholarships for Chinese students. The recipients of these scholarships have all achieved great success, such as Mr. Ai, who has been a top candidate for the Nobel Prize in Economics in recent years.
The author himself was able to study comparative literature at Harvard University with the support of Mr. Yuan.
This poem is definitely not, as some ignorant people say, an expression of his feelings towards America . If that were the case, given his English writing skills, why didn't he write it in English instead of Chinese?
Many people at the time could attest to the fact that Yuan Yanshu mistakenly believed his time was up, and so he asked Mr. Situ Meitang to bring his remains back to China for burial in his hometown. If, as some people claim, he loved America more than China, why would he do this?
Most importantly, this poem expresses a sense of worry for the country and its people. What was there to worry about in America in 1921?
It can be seen that this is a purely patriotic poem that expresses the author's extremely strong patriotic feelings. Both in terms of literature and thought, it is a modern poem that young people in our country must learn.
The People's Education Press Textbook Group ruled out political reasons and re-selected "I Love This Land" into the junior high school textbooks, which shows that my country's Chinese language education is breaking away from the rigid thinking of the past.
I am delighted that Mr. Yuan Yanshu has received the status he deserves, and I am also pleased that our young people can learn from such a masterpiece."
—Excerpt from Chen Kge's "Some Opinions on the Revision of the People's Education Press Chinese Textbooks"
Recite the full text of Yuan Yanshu's "I Love This Land" (10 points).
Briefly describe the background of this poem and the author's thoughts and feelings expressed in it. (15 points)
Write a 500-word essay based on the first line of this poem. Any genre is acceptable. (30 points)
——Excerpt from the 201X Shanghai High School Entrance Examination Chinese Language Paper
