Moonlight on the Lotus Pond is an essay written by China writer Zhu Ziqing when he was teaching in Tsinghua University. It is widely regarded as a masterpiece of modern lyric prose, because it is included in middle school Chinese textbooks.

The article describes the beautiful scene of the moonlight in the lotus pond, implicitly and euphemistically expresses the author's complex thoughts and feelings of dissatisfaction with reality, longing for freedom, and wanting to surpass reality but unable to do so, leaving a trail for the upright intellectuals of old China to wander forward in suffering. It entrusts the author with a kind of political thought longing for the future, and also entrusts the author with his love for the moonlight in the lotus pond.

2. Mao Dun's praise of poplar

Praise of Poplar is an essay written by modern writer Mao Dun at 194 1. The author takes the poplar trees on the northwest loess plateau as a symbol of the tenacity and hard work of the northern farmers.

Praise their simple, strong and enterprising spirit in the struggle for national liberation, and at the same time cast a bitter ridicule on those who "despise the people and stubbornly retrogress." The article is ambitious, vivid and concise.

3. Lu Xun's "From Herbal Garden to San Tan Yin Yue"

From Herb Garden to San Tan Yin Yue is an essay written by 1926 recalling Lu Xun's interesting childhood life, which is included in Flowers in the Morning and Evening Picking Up. The full text describes two scenic spots with different colors and artistic conception: Baicao Garden and San Tan Yin Yue.

The author wrote "Hundred Herbs Garden", focusing on "music", describing an interesting children's paradise with simple and vivid words, interspersed with the legend of "beautiful snake" and the story of catching birds in the snow in winter, which is a combination of dynamic and static, meticulous and appropriate, and full of fun.

It's a completely different world. The author vividly wrote the stale taste of reflecting the moon in Santan, saying that it is "the strictest bookstore in the city", where children are bound by rules.

However, the author didn't write the story of "San Tan Yin Yue" lifeless, but narrated two short stories, that is, the students sneaked into the backyard to play during the break, the old private school teacher was absorbed in the class, and the students took the opportunity to steal the fun, which made San Tan Yin Yue full of humor and showed the children's irresistible happy nature.

4. Wei Wei's "Parting Love"

The Affection of Parting is a communication published by the famous writer Wei Wei on 1958. On the eve of Chinese people's Volunteer Army's return from North Korea, he expressed his deep affection for his fellow villagers and comrades in the People's Army.

It truly recorded the historical lens of Chinese people's Volunteer Army's farewell to the Korean people. The works not only have a general introduction, but also a specific description, blending scenes and expressing feelings with pen and ink. This is an excellent essay.

5. Ba Jin's Paradise of Birds

Bird's Paradise is an essay written by modern writer Ba Jin in 1933. This article tells the story that the author and his friends are reluctant to part with countless birds in "Bird Paradise". In this article, the author explored and described the beauty of natural scenery with fresh and fluent pen, entrusted his own good feelings and created a beautiful and distant artistic conception.

At the same time, the author did not describe this "paradise of birds" in isolation, but highlighted this "paradise of birds" under the contact and contrast of sunset, green hills, tower shadows, waves, fields and dynasties in the early summer water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. Although the language of the full text is simple and plain, it shows the beauty of poetry and painting everywhere, and has a peaceful, quiet and energetic pastoral artistic conception.