He is a great leader of our country, and he not only has outstanding military talents, but also has profound cultural skills.
In February 1936, he led the Red Army to march to Shanxi, passing through Yuanjiagou in Qingjian County, northern Shaanxi. There, a heavy snowfall that was rare in a hundred years fell, and the troops had to stay in Yuanjiagou temporarily.
That night, ** was full of emotion when I saw the beautiful scenery of heavy snowfall, and inspiration suddenly came to my mind. After returning to his residence, he immediately picked up his pen and wrote a famous poem: The scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow. Mountain dance silver snake, the original Chi wax elephant, want to be higher than the heavenly public test.
This poem has been included in our middle school Chinese textbook and has become a must-learn poem for every middle school student.
And there is a word in this that is not the original meaning of ***, it has been changed.
What has changed is the famous poet Zang Kejia in my country.
In 1957, Zang Ke's family met *** in Zhongnanhai, and the two were chatting about the song "Qinyuan Spring" written by ***. Snow", Zang Kejia proposed that there was a word in the poem that should be changed, and the artistic conception would be better, **After listening to Zang Kejia's analysis, he immediately happily agreed.
So which word was changed?How did the Zang Ke family say that it moved?
When it comes to Zang Kejia, everyone may think of this sentence:"Some people are alive and he is dead, and some people are dead and he is still alive. ”
Zang Kejia was born in a family of poets, his grandfather and father had achieved fame, and they both loved poetry, under the influence of their elders, the young Zang Kejia memorized the ancient poems without understanding the meaning.
Although the family is poor, but the parents attach great importance to the cultural cultivation and education of their children, Zang Ke's family was sent to a private school to study, after learning the current situation in China from his husband, he was less than ten years old and had the idea of growing up to participate in the revolution and defend the country.
At the age of 14, he participated in the patriotic anti-Japanese movement, and at the age of 22, he entered the Whampoa Military Academy to study military theory, participate in military training, and wanted to protect the country by force.
In 1927, the Kuomintang launched a counter-revolutionary coup d'état and began to aggressively ** the Communist Party, and the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party broke down.
The despicable and shameless behavior of the Kuomintang greatly disappointed the Zang Ke family, and he took off his military uniform and left the Whampoa Military Academy and returned to his hometown.
He made up vivid stories of the suffering of the Chinese people at the bottom, the hypocrisy of imperialism and the crimes he had committed, and displayed them to the world.
He felt that since he could not use force to defend his family and country, then he would use his pen as a gun to defend his family and country.
The poems he wrote posed a great threat to the Kuomintang, and the Kuomintang reactionaries made it difficult for him at every turn, and the Zang Ke family had to leave their hometown and live in exile.
In 1930, he was admitted to Qingdao University in Shandong, he was not good in science, but he scored 98 points in liberal arts.
It was at this time that he entered the literary world, published many popular poetry collections, and eventually became a famous poet in our country.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zang Kejia followed our army's anti-Japanese team to the front lines in various places, where there were many dangers and could lose their lives at any time.
But the Zang Ke family was not afraid at all. He and his colleagues in the art troupe were running in the flames of war, conducting interviews and reports on the front line. He said that only by feeling the cruelty of war up close can he write the most authentic articles.
After that, he wrote poetry collections such as "From the Army" and "Walking with Jujubes", in which he praised the heroic deeds of the anti-Japanese officers and soldiers through the description of the environment of the front-line battlefield and the fierce war.
Zang Kejia has long heard of various feats of ***, and has also read the articles he wrote, and admires *** very much, and when he read a speech on "Xinhua**", he admired it even more.
And the content of ***'s speech is like a flame, which ignites hope for the life of Zang Ke's family.
After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Zang Kejia continued to write, and the articles he wrote praised the fearless spirit of the Communist Party, which made the Kuomintang very dissatisfied and sent people to hunt him down constantly.
In order to avoid arrest, he hid **, and his life was extremely difficult. But no matter how hard life is, he is unwilling to give up writing. He once said that even if he died, he would sacrifice his weak strength for the Communist Party and the people.
In 1945, Chiang Kai-shek sent several telegrams to *** one after another, inviting him to Chongqing for negotiations, everyone knows that this is a Hongmen banquet, whether *** goes or not, Chiang Kai-shek has played a conspiracy.
At that time, the CCP speculated that if *** did not go, Chiang Kai-shek would definitely say that the Communist Party refused to negotiate peace, deliberately committed a civil war, and blamed the cause of the civil war on ***, if *** went, Chiang Kai-shek would definitely deliberately delay the negotiation time, but behind his back, he would send troops and prepare to start a showdown with the Communist Party.
Chiang Kai-shek thought that he would not dare to go to Chongqing, but how could the mind of a great man be easily guessed by others.
** deliberately released the news that he would not go to Chongqing, but he came to Chongqing by plane with *** and others, which caught Chiang Kai-shek off guard.
On this trip to Chongqing, I met the Zang Ke family, who had admired him for a long time.
Because Chiang Kai-shek thought that *** would not come to Chongqing, he did not prepare the content of the peace talks at all, and the date of the peace talks had to be postponed again and again.
And after people from all walks of life in Chongqing got the news of ***'s arrival, they were very excited and asked to meet with ***.
I took time out to hold a meeting in Guiyuan, Chongqing, and Zang Ke's family was among them.
At the meeting, Zang Kejia asked very bluntly whether the Kuomintang was so stubborn and whether the Communist Party could win democracy, unity and progress.
**'s answer was like giving everyone present a reassurance, he said, since even the snow-capped mountains and meadows can be crossed, what difficulties can the Communist Party not overcome?
After the meeting, Zang Kejia wrote a poem in praise of *** with excitement, called "**You are a big star":
You're a big star,
It does not shine in the sky, but it shines in the hearts of the people
You bring light, warmth and hope, to us, no, most importantly to struggle.
At that time, the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was so poor, and the political environment was so harsh, but Zang Kejia dared to openly write poems of appreciation, which shows how great courage he had and how much he longed for peace.
The second time Zang Kejia saw *** was when New China was about to be founded, in July 1949, Huairentang held a grand meeting of the literary and artistic circles, and hundreds of leaders and cultural workers attended this meeting.
Zang Kejia once again witnessed the chairman's demeanor, and stood on the stage and warmly welcomed the workers in the literary and artistic circles.
In 1956, the Writers' Association founded the Poetry Magazine, and Zang Kejia became the editor-in-chief.
At that time, many poems written by *** have already been circulated among the people, but there are many versions, in order to correct the errors of those versions that have been circulated, and at the same time, in order to let everyone have a glimpse of the literary brilliance of ***, some people suggested that the poems of *** should be published in the "Poetry Magazine".
Zang Kejia and several other editors agreed very much, so he wrote to *** on behalf of all editors to ask for his opinion.
Unexpectedly, everyone soon received a reply from ***, and everyone was very excited, and they didn't expect that ***, who was so busy with work, would reply to them so quickly.
**In the letter, he modestly expressed his joy that the poems he wrote could be published in the "Poetry Magazine", and at the same time, together with the reply, there were 18 poems in the old style copied by the chairman himself, including "Qinyuan Spring". Snow.
After that, ** also wrote to Zang Kejia several times to inquire about the number of copies of the "Poetry Magazine" with concern. This time and again, the two formed an indissoluble bond because of poetry.
One day in 1957, an event that made Zang Ke's family even more excited happened, Yuan Shui, director of the Literature and Art Department of "People's **", told Zang Kejia that he wanted to invite him to Zhongnanhai as a guest.
When the two met, they talked freely and talked more about the topic of poetry culture.
In the end, Zang Kejia had the audacity to ask what the "wax" in "Yuan Chi Wax Elephant" in "Qinyuan Spring Snow" means.
**Haha smiled and asked Zang Kejia what he meant.
Zang Kejia analyzed that "wax" is an abundant elephant in Cambodia, and "Yuan Chi wax elephant" is likely to be understood as Cambodian elephants running in China, which makes people read a little strange, so it is better to change the word "wax" to the word "wax".
As the original author, *** did not feel a trace of displeasure, but asked him very modestly why he changed it so much
Zang Kejia's explanation is very professional, he said that "wax elephant" refers to "white", "original Chi wax elephant" and the previous sentence "mountain dance silver snake" will be more appropriate, and the word "wax" and silver characters also echo better.
After listening, I nodded happily and praised:"Okay, you can change it for me. ”
In the second year when Zang Kejia changed the words in the poem, another person also proposed to change the words in the poem.
** He once wrote a poem for the Long March, "Seven Laws. Long March", in 1958, Luo Yuanzhen, a professor at Shanxi University, proposed that he change the "wave" in the fifth sentence "Jinsha waves hit the clouds and cliffs warm" to "water", because this "wave" is repeated with the "wave" in the third sentence of "Wuling Soaring Waves".
**Immediately agree to the reply.
Coincidentally, in 1959, ** wrote another poem "Seven Laws" when he returned to his hometown of Shaoshan. to Shaoshan".Mei Bai, deputy secretary-general of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee and professor of Wuhan University, suggested that the "crying" in the first sentence of "don't dream vaguely crying in the passing river" should be changed to "curse", which can make the feelings of the poem more vivid and strong.
In this regard, ** also gladly accepted.
**Although he is in a high position, he is very approachable and always humbly accepts good advice from others, which shows that the great leader of China has a mind as broad as the sea.
After the poems were published in the "Poetry Magazine", other newspapers were **, and the people lined up in long lines to buy the publications that published the chairman's poems.
There are also many people who are in a hurry because they can't buy it, so they send money to the editorial office in advance, asking them to mail it as soon as the publication is printed.
It can be seen how much the people admire ***.
And Zang Kejia wrote many poems and prose in praise of *** in the second half of his life.
After the death of ***, Zang Kejia became the editor-in-chief of "** Poetry Appreciation", and he was already a white-haired octogenarian at that time.
In order to compile this book, he insisted on working even when he was sick and hospitalized, and the book was finally published as everyone expected, and was liked by many people, and the poems of *** were even more brilliant because of Zang Kejia's editing.