1. "The vicissitudes of the world have made me determined, and I have the mountains and seas in my mind flying in my dreams." It means: The world has gone through vicissitudes, and I am tossing about every day, but my mind has been determined. No matter how you change, you will always have the mountains, lakes and seas of the motherland in your mind, and yearn for them. Freedom, the original dream is still flying, unchanged.

2. "The vicissitudes of the world have changed my mind, and my mind is filled with dreams of sea and mountains flying." When Mr. Bing Xin was studying in the United States, her cousin Liu Fangyuan asked Mr. Liang Qichao to write it for her.

This painting The upper and lower sentences of the couplet were all selected by Mr. Bing Xin from the famous Qing Dynasty poet Gong Zizhen's "Miscellaneous Poems of Ji Hai".

3. "The vicissitudes of life and the determination of the mind" are selected from No. 149 of "Miscellaneous Poems" The first poem is: "I only regret that my clothes are wet with sweat, and I regret that I have gone through the years. The vicissitudes of the world have made me determined, and everything in this life will be completely different." It is written by Gong Zizhen, who was a powerful man, resigned from the capital, and returned to his hometown. Hangzhou's excitement when he saw his 73-year-old father leaning against the door and looking forward to his son's return showed his determination not to change his original intention after going through many vicissitudes of life and setbacks.

4. "Hai Yue in the chest, flying in the dream" Selected from No. 33 of "Miscellaneous Poems", the poem is: "Young Muyan once played music and music, and the sea and mountains in his chest were flying in his dreams. Recently, I don't believe in the Chang'an Pass, and the city curve hides this commoner." It was written when Gong Zizhen said goodbye to Pan Guan, a native of Kuaiji Mountain. Some feelings expressed that although he will resign and return home to work as a commoner, he still misses the people, has a big heart, and yearns for freedom.

Extended information:

1. Creation background: This set of poems was written in Jihai, the 19th year of Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1839). In this year, the author was 48 years old. Because he hated his official career, he resigned from Beijing and returned to Hangzhou. Later, to welcome his family, he went back and forth again, traveling between the north and the south. On the way, he looked at the great rivers and mountains of the motherland and witnessed the people living in suffering. He couldn't help but be moved by the scenery and had a lot of thoughts. He wrote one poem after another impromptu, and thus "Miscellaneous Poems of Jihai" was born.

2. Introduction to the collection of poems: "Miscellaneous Poems of Jihai" is a collection of poems created by Gong Zizhen (1792-1841), a poet of the Qing Dynasty. This poem is a set of self-narrative poems, describing life sources, writings, friendships, etc., with a wide range of themes. Among them, the 125th poem "Miscellaneous Poems of Ji Hai·Jiuzhou is Angry and Relying on the Wind and Thunder" was included in the second volume of the sixth grade Chinese textbook for primary and secondary schools in China (People's Education Edition), included in the second volume of the fifth grade (Shanghai Education Edition), and included in the second volume of the fifth grade (Beijing Normal University Edition), the second volume of the seventh grade (2017 edition) also has a song "Miscellaneous Poems of Ji Hai·The Mighty and Sorrowful Sunset" . Gong Zizhen's poems and essays advocated "reform" and "reform", criticized the corruption of the Qing Dynasty, and were full of patriotic enthusiasm.

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