Recently, the northern country has entered the season of thousands of miles of ice and snow, and every time I think of our great leader ***'s song "Qinyuan Spring Snow".
This poem was written in February 1936, ** led the Long March troops and arrived in Qingjian County, Shaanxi Province. It was snowing heavily, and you were greeted by a vast world of ice and snow. This majestic and magnificent scenery of the northern country made the chairman poetry flourish, and he wrote this masterpiece "Qinyuan Spring Snow" with a stroke of his pen
The scenery of the northern country, thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow drifting.
Looking at the inside and outside of the Great Wall, only reckless;
Up and down the river, suddenly lost and surging.
Mountain dance silver snake, the original Chi wax elephant, want to be higher than the heavenly public test.
It must be a sunny day, and look at the red dress, which is extraordinarily enchanting.
There are so many delicate rivers and mountains, leading countless heroes to bend their waists.
Pity the Qin Emperor Han Wu, slightly lose the literary style;
Tang Zong and Song Zu, slightly inferior**.
A generation of Tianjiao, Genghis Khan, only knows how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle.
The past, the number of romantic figures, but also look at the present.
This poem expresses the chairman's love for the great rivers and mountains of the motherland and his firm belief in the inevitable victory of the revolution.
But the world-famous poem we read today has actually been changed by someone. The person who changed was the "poet of the century.""The Zang Ke family.
On January 25, 1957, the inaugural issue of "Poetry Magazine" was launched. At that time, it was just in time for the eve of the Spring Festival, the weather was cold, but the streets were crowded with people, and there were long queues to buy "Poetry Magazine". Because the inaugural issue of "Poetry Magazine" published 18 poems, this is not only a major event in the literary world, but also the people of the whole country want to see the poems of the great leader.
The inaugural issue of "Poetry Magazine" was an instant hit, on the one hand, thanks to the influence of the chairman, and on the other hand, thanks to the planning and struggle of the editor-in-chief Zang Kejia, so that the poetry of the great man can be presented in front of everyone's eyes, so that everyone can appreciate the chairman's eloquence.
At that time, after Zang Kejia had this idea, he immediately wrote a letter to the chairman:"We hope to publish eight of your poems in the inaugural issue. It will be a grand event for our country's poetry circle, and it will be a great encouragement to our poets. ”
At first, the Chairman was reluctant to publish the poems he had written. Later, considering that the "Poetry Magazine" had just been established, it needed publicity and support.
So he replied to Zang Ke's family: "Huishu has already been received, and I apologize for the delay..I have always been reluctant to publish these things officially, because they are old, and I am afraid that the fallacy will spread and delay the youth;Moreover, there is not much poetry and no characteristics. Since you think you can publish it, and you can correct the typos of the few poems that have already been copied, then do as you suggest. ”
The Chairman also attached eighteen poems to the letter for them to sift.
After receiving the reply, Zang Kejia's 100 Families Assistance Program was very excited. Every day, I forgot to sleep and eat, and studied these poems word by word. Especially when I read "Qinyuan Spring Snow", I was overwhelmed by the pride and ambition in the poem.
In order to be able to better show the chairman's poems, Zang Kejia decided to talk to the chairman in person**, he wanted to revise "Qin Yuan Chun". A word from Snow.
A few days later, Zang Kejia was personally received by the chairman as he wished. After a brief chat with him about his life and work, the chairman talked about poetry, literature and some poets, often quoting scriptures in the conversation. Let Zang Kejia, a great talent, couldn't help but marvel at the chairman's erudition, in front of him, he was even a little unable to answer, and he didn't dare to call himself a literati.
The chairman also said to Zang Kejia: "You published it in the "China Youth Daily", and I have read the article commenting on my Yongxue words, which is very good and thorough. ”
Zang Kejia happened to take advantage of this topic to ask: "Chairman, I have studied your "Qinyuan Spring" several times. Snow", but the word was originally Chi La's elephant'How to understand the wax elephant'?”。
After hearing this, the chairman hesitated for a moment and asked, "How do you think the Ke family should understand it?"”
So, Zang Kejia said his thoughts. He believes that "La" is the ancient name of Cambodia, where elephants used to be abundant. If this "wax elephant" is used here, it will inevitably make people think that it is a Cambodian elephant galloping on the plateau of our country, which is not very suitable.
If it is changed to the word "wax", it is more appropriate, because "wax" has the meaning of white, and "wax elephant" is also a white elephant, which can be opposed to the silver snake above.
After listening to Zang Kejia's explanation, the chairman thought for a moment and said to Zang Kejia: "Just change it according to what you said!"”
In this way, the "wax elephant" in "Qinyuan Spring and Snow" has become the "wax elephant" that we are familiar with today. Zang Kejia also became the chairman's "one-word teacher" because of the word "wax".
In the chairman's reply to Zang Kejia at the beginning, we can see that the chairman is modest and cautious, and approachable. From this conversation between the chairman and Zang Kejia, it can be seen that the chairman is open-minded.
The chairman is so erudite that he will quote scriptures and classics in his conversations, and when he writes "wax elephant", he must also have a deep meaning. But he still asked Zang Kejia to express his understanding and thoughts first, and after thinking for a while, he recognized Zang Kejia's idea and agreed to change "wax elephant" to "wax elephant".
That's why we have the version we read today"Mountain dance silver snake, the original Chi wax elephant, want to be higher than the heavenly public test. "But is this change good or bad?What is the profound meaning of the chairman's original "wax elephant"?