A generation of great men * * *, they have been concerned about the people, the nation, the socialist construction and the prosperity and development of the country all their lives.

It is his lifelong ambition to strengthen the country and enrich the people!

In his revolutionary practice, this distinctive theme is reflected in many poems he created.

1May, 956, the socialist transformation in China was successful, and the socialist construction was in full swing.

Soon, * * * south inspection work. Because of the sultry weather for several days, he called the guard Li Yinqiao and said, "Let's go, go to the edge of the Yangtze River and swim the Yangtze River!" Although everyone took turns to discourage it, and even put forward a report that "it is not suitable for swimming in the Yangtze River", * * * still insisted on going.

On May 30th, * * * arrived in Changsha and enjoyed the Xiangjiang River in Changsha. 3 1 in the morning, he flew from Changsha to Wuhan. As soon as he checked into the East Lake Hotel, he said, "Go, go swimming!" "

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the * * * was launched near Hanyangmen Wharf on Wuchang River, where pier No.8 of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge is being built. I saw that the river was rough and chilly, and the temperature was only 20 degrees Celsius.

* * * lying peacefully on the river, in the surging river, sometimes swimming back, resting his head on the wave peak; Sometimes swimming sideways, bravely hitting the waves; Sometimes dive underwater and turn around to play in the water; Sometimes you swim slowly on water, such as walking leisurely. While swimming, he was very happy to talk and laugh with the swimmers and the guards guarding the tour.

The king and others got into the water at the same time, felt unwell and returned to the boat. Swimming to the intersection of the Yangtze River and the Han River, a wave came and I saw * * * spit a mouthful of water and said humorously, "The water in the Yangtze River is so sweet!" " "

On that day, * * * swam down the river for two hours and four minutes, and the journey was nearly three miles.

On June 2nd, * * * swam the Yangtze River again. On June 3, the weather was bad, the river was windy and the temperature was less than 20 degrees. He's in the water again.

Suddenly, someone found him on the levee and exclaimed, "Chairman Mao! Chairman Mao is swimming in the river! Long live Chairman Mao! " People suddenly flocked to the river bank. In an instant, tens of thousands of people cheered: "Long live Chairman Mao!" * * * Hearing the cheers of the crowd, he straightened up, stepped on the water, waved his hand and shouted with his loud Hunan accent, "Long live the people!"

Since ancient times, the Yangtze River has been regarded as a natural moat that is difficult to cross. From 1956 to 1 1 year 1966, * * * swam the Yangtze River 18 times.

During my swimming in Wuhan, * * * wrote the famous "Swimming with Water Transfer":

Prelude to water melody

swim

1June 956

Only drink Changsha water and eat Wuchang fish. Across the Yangtze River, you can see the endless sky. No matter how stormy it is, it's better to walk around leisurely. You should have a rest today. Zi Zaichuan said: The deceased is like a husband!

As soon as the wind blows, the tortoise and snake calm down, and the grand plan has been set. A bridge flies north and south, and the natural barrier becomes a thoroughfare. Set up the stone wall of Xijiang River, cut off the Yu Yun of Wushan, and let Gaoxia go out of Pinghu. The goddess should be safe and sound, and will surprise the world.

The poet's opening is like the prelude and overture of the movement, which writes the poet's whereabouts and the speed of his journey in the running water, and casts a relaxed atmosphere over the whole poem.

Changsha is the hometown of poets. Since the 1920s, the poet has been to Wuhan for dozens of times. It is more intimate and relaxed to quote Changsha water and Wuchang fish separately at the beginning than to write about scenic spots and historical sites.

1958 65438+February 2 1, * * In the printed paperbound Nineteen Poems by Chairman Mao published by Cultural Relics Publishing House, he made such comments on Changsha Water and Wuchang Fish:

Changsha water: folk songs: Changde Deshan has virtue, Changsha has sand, water and no sand. The so-called water without sand, located in the east of Changsha, has a famous "white sand well"; Wuchang fish: Sun Quan of the Three Kingdoms once moved the capital from Jingkou to Wuchang. Some bureaucratic gentry opposed the move and put up slogans: I would rather drink Yangzhou water than eat Wuchang fish. Yangzhou people were in such a mood at that time. It's changed now. Wuchang fish is delicious.

"Changsha Water" and "Wuchang Fish" seem to come easily. In fact, the poet pays attention to life and captures the waves of life.

On May 30th, * * * came to Changsha, swam across Xiangjiang River in the afternoon and returned to Rongyuan, Hunan Provincial Party Committee. * * * Still not tired, he picked up the newspaper and the service staff made him a cup of strong tea. * * * took a sip from the teacup and felt that the tea was particularly fragrant and had a long aftertaste. * * * asked with interest, "Why does this tea smell so good?"

The waiter replied, "This is brewed with water from Baishajing, Changsha."

* * * said with deep feelings: "Isn't it beautiful, the water in my hometown!"

No one expected that a cup of fragrant tea would make the poet start brewing this famous poem.

The Wuchang fish that people eat today is the bream that is produced in Fankou, Ezhou, Hubei Province.

According to the memories of the chef who once cooked Wuchang fish for * * * on the Yangtze River, * * said to him when he returned to Donghu Hotel in Wuchang: "Master Yang, your Wuchang fish tastes good. This Wuchang fish has an allusion! Cen Can has' two Wuchang fish in Qiu Lai, and the dream soul is only in Baling Road', and Mazu often' takes the teenager back to Barachiel, and does not forget Wuchang fish in the southern tour' ... I can't write a poem without eating your Wuchang fish. "

As he spoke, he took out a new poem "Water Turn Around" from his pocket and handed it to Master Yang.

The poet saw, thought, felt and realized something in swimming.

It takes great skill and courage to cross the Yangtze River. * * * with the bearing of a great man, it stretches confidently and freely in the vast waves, and together with the vast rivers and the vast Chutian, it constitutes a vast and boundless anti-wave map. The "Chutian" that the poet looked at with big eyes refers to the sky of Chu State, and Wuchang belonged to Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

With the ability to control the wind and waves, the poet is not afraid of the wind and waves at all, and that kind of relaxation and pleasure is simply better than the feeling of taking a leisurely walk in the courtyard. It fully shows the revolutionary's spirit of ignoring the big waves and conquering nature.

The poet can't help but think of the words of Confucius, an ancient philosopher, lamenting that the lost years are like a raging river rolling eastward, encouraging people to cherish time, seize opportunities and build our motherland better.

How to build our socialist motherland? Looking at the river in the distance, the boat sails and the turtle and snake are silent, which can't help stirring up the poet's great wishes. The poet outlined two magnificent pictures and a magnificent blueprint:

The first "grand plan" was the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge that was being built on the "natural moat" of the Yangtze River at that time. When the poet was swimming, he happened to pass the dock on the water.

It is one of the great projects to build the Yangtze River Bridge in the first five-year plan of the national economy, connecting the two mountains of Tortoise and Snake separated by the north and south of the Yangtze River since ancient times, and it is also an unprecedented move in the history of Chinese bridges.

* * * once said to the staff around him: "The word' mink head swimming' embodies socialist construction. Only we can do it today. "

The best is yet to come!

On the surging river surface, * * *' s peculiar thinking carries his peculiar imagination, crosses reality, crosses history, crosses the boundary between man and god, and flies to the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, where the busy scene of building bridges on the river is linked with the management and utilization of the Yangtze River, so another more spectacular blueprint for socialist construction emerges in my mind.

Of course, this blueprint for the construction of the Three Gorges is by no means a "fantasy" of the poet's temporary excitement, but a dream of several generations of China people.

As early as when * * * participated in the May 4th Movement, I heard that Sun Yat-sen had an industrial plan to build a dam for power generation and flood control in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. In the early 1950s, * * * also began to think about how to turn the Yangtze River flood into water conservancy.

1in may, 952, he wrote an inscription on the military and civilian banner awarded to Jingjiang flood diversion project, "for the benefit of the broad masses of people, strive for the victory of Jingjiang flood diversion project".

1953 In February, on the deck of the "Yangtze River" ship, he asked Lin Yishan, whom he called "the king of the Yangtze River", about the history and hydrological data of the Yangtze River in detail. Lin Yishan, then director of the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission. * * * Discuss the comprehensive utilization of water resources in the Yangtze River basin with Lin Yishan. Thus, an idea of building the Three Gorges Dam and the South-to-North Water Diversion Project gradually emerged in his mind.

At that time, * * * stared at the planning map for harnessing the Yangtze River, raised his right hand, drew a circle on the map, and asked, "If all these reservoirs are added up, do you think it is worth a reservoir in the Three Gorges?"

Lin replied, "It's not worth it."

Pointing at the mouth of the Three Gorges, * * said, "Then why not get stuck in the mouth of this general and finish the battle?" In other words, how about building such a Three Gorges Reservoir first? "

This is a shocking question!

1954165438+10, * * discussed and revised the draft of the first five-year plan for People's Republic of China (PRC)'s national economic development in Guangzhou.

At a meeting, * * * said: "The Three Gorges Project should be included in the plan, but according to our current material and financial resources, it cannot be included in the five-year plan, but can only be included in the long-term plan. I can't see. " At this time, * * * said to Deng Liqun present: "When the future is completed, write a eulogy and tell me."

Today, history has proved the scientific foresight of * * *: Since the official opening of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge in June 1957+ 10/5, countless "Changhong" have flown over the moat on the Yangtze River! The construction of the Three Gorges Dam, known as the "Century Project", started in 1994 and lasted 12 years, and was completed in May 2006. * * * More than 50 years ago, the "Three Gorges Dream"-"High Gorge Out of Pinghu" finally became a brilliant reality!

If a dam is built on the steep Wuxia Gorge, it won't have any influence on the goddess on the King Xia Peak in Wushan, will it? And when you see such a huge change, you will be surprised! As a witness of the goddess of myth, the poet appeared with high interest and meaningful poetry, which was incredible and amazing.

There is also a story about "a box of 35 cigarettes for a photo of Mo Bao" in this poem.

1961September, British Marshal Montgomery visited China for the second time.

On the evening of September 23rd, * * * met Montgomery at East Lake in Wuchang and had dinner with * * *. Montgomery gave * * * a box of "35" cigarettes.

On the afternoon of 24th, * * * met Montgomery again and invited Montgomery to visit the Yangtze River. * * * swam for more than an hour.

In the evening, Montgomery is preparing to pack his bags and plan to leave for home the next day. * * * come to visit.

* * * said to him, "Give you a present." Said from his pocket and pulled out a folded rice paper.

The escort told Montgomery, "This is a poem written by 1956, which is called" Water Turning Around ". It is extremely rare for the chairman to write poems for foreign guests in person. This is written by the chairman after getting up at four o'clock in the morning, with ink on it! The chairman not only signed his name, but also wrote' Marshal Montgomery'. " This calligraphy work of swimming with mink head may be the only calligraphy work in Britain so far.

Montgomery looked at these powerful Chinese characters and was overjoyed. He thanked * * * and held the hand of * * for a long time. * * * said, "Don't forget, we have a swimming competition in the Yangtze River!"

If "traveling" is * * * for the sake of national development, it is required to completely change the traffic situation of the "natural barrier" of the Yangtze River and turn floods into water conservancy, then "sending sorrow to the gods" is based on the interests of the people, and it is required to eliminate diseases that threaten people's health as soon as possible, change the face of poverty and backwardness, and let the broad masses of farmers embark on the road of happiness.

1June 30, 958, * * sat on a cane chair in Liu Zhuang, West Lake, Hangzhou, and looked at the People's Daily that day. There was a report that caught his attention. It was a long newsletter entitled "The First Red Flag-A Documentary of the Complete Eradication of Schistosomiasis in yujiang county County, Jiangxi Province", and an editorial entitled "Repeated Struggle for the Eradication of Schistosomiasis" was distributed.

* * * I watched it carefully and felt very excited.

Three years ago, during the busy season of summer sowing and summer harvest in rural areas, * * * set off from Beijing and went all the way south to investigate and visit to understand the production and living conditions of farmers.

He came to Yuhang, Zhejiang, and saw a farmer lying on his back under an old camphor tree by the pond, with swollen abdomen and swollen neck. The guard came forward to ask him, and the farmer said with tears: "Finally, I look forward to liberation, and the land reform has got the land. Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. I got this' bloated disease', I couldn't farm, and I became a waste! " He was in tears and extremely sad.

* * * Hearing this, he felt very heavy and said to the guards, "Schistosomiasis is very harmful to the people. We must try our best to help the people relieve their suffering and eliminate schistosomiasis! "

Due to the attention of * * *, the Central Schistosomiasis Control Team and the Ministry of Health of the State Council organized expert investigation teams for many times to go to Yuhang and yujiang county counties for schistosomiasis control. Jiangxi Provincial Health Department has also sent doctors to yujiang county County for free treatment of people in epidemic areas.

After many experiments, the people of yujiang county County finally found the measures to fill the old ditch and open a new ditch, completely eliminate snails and eradicate schistosomiasis.

This is undoubtedly great news for * * *!

* * * excited, gladly poem "send athel loren":

Seven laws and two songs

Farewell, plague

1 July 9581day

Reading People's Daily On June 30th, schistosomiasis was eliminated in yujiang county County. Can't sleep at night. The breeze is warm and the rising sun is near the window. Looking at the southern sky, I wrote happily.

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There are many green mountains and green waters, but Hua Tuo has no choice but to be an ant!

Thousands of people in Ficus pumila lost their lives, and thousands of families sang songs.

Sitting on the ground, traveling 80 thousand miles a day, watching the sky and thousands of rivers.

Cowherd wants to ask about athel Loren, and he is equally sad.

Secondly,

There are willows in Qian Qian in the spring breeze, and 600 million Shenzhou is full of Shun Yao.

Red rain turns waves at will, while green hills deliberately turn bridges.

Even the Wuling silver hoe fell, and the Sanjiang iron arm shook.

Excuse me, where does Wen Jun want to go? Paper boats burn like candles.

"Send the plague god" is to send away the evil god who spread the plague in the old legend.

This poem "Zhang Lian" was written in July 1 year, which is the 37th anniversary of the birth of China.

At this moment, I am so excited that I can't sleep all night.

In the old society, schistosomiasis brought a heavy disaster to the people, and no amount of green mountains and green waters were in vain. Even a famous doctor like Hua Tuo in the Three Kingdoms can do nothing about the small schistosomiasis. Because reactionary rulers are content with squeezing the blood and sweat of working people, they don't care about the sufferings of the people at all and won't deal with the problem of "bugs".

Due to the harm of schistosomiasis, thousands of villages are overgrown with weeds, weak patients and feces everywhere; Thousands of families are depressed and nobody cares, only ghosts who died unjustly are moaning.

According to the People's Daily on June 30th 1958, in the past fifty years, more than 3,000 people died of schistosomiasis in Fiona Fang, Lantian County, yujiang county, and more than 20 villages were completely destroyed, leaving14,000 mu of land as wasteland.

A thousand villages of Ficus pumila are sparsely populated, which is a high generalization of this fact. It is not only a portrayal of the tragic situation in the epidemic area, but also a microcosm of the sufferings of the broad masses of people in old China.

At this time, a poet with many thoughts inserted wings into poetry, flew around the river, wandered around the earth, explored the infinite universe, and met the cowherd in space. Cowherd is the people and the people's god. He naturally cares about his hometown and asks about the harm caused by the plague. That can only answer him: although the tide of time has passed, the people are sad and the god of plague is proud, just like when you were in your hometown, it has been going on!

When will the suffering people have a bright future?

Coming! * * * is coming, * * * is coming!

Let's go! Bug gone, disaster gone!

In socialist society, the sunshine in China is full of willows blown by the spring breeze; China's 600 million people are talented people like Tang Yao and Yu Shun.

The vitality of spring symbolizes the prosperity of new China, which is in sharp contrast with old China. * * * Use "Yao and Shun" to praise the 600 million people in China for being masters of their own affairs, being hardworking and brave, and fully affirm and highly praise the pioneering spirit of the working people.

China people with extraordinary wisdom dare to fight against the sky, let the spring rain turn into waves with our wishes, and let the green hills turn into bridges with our wishes.

How great is the prestige of those who split mountains to control water and transform rivers and mountains!

On the towering Wuling Mountain, silver hoes rise and fall. What a noble feeling it is!

On the banks of the Three Rivers, the iron arms waved and the earth shook. What a great momentum!

In front of the brave people of China, there is no need to be afraid of a small insect disaster!

At this time, the god of plague has no way out, so he can only burn the paper boat, light candles and send him to heaven!

In the soil of poetic art, romanticism is a wonderful flower that will not wither, and realism is an evergreen tree. "Send the plague" is another masterpiece of romanticism and realism in * * * poems!

The two poems before and after "Seeing the God of plague" are like two contrasting scrolls: the former is dark and miserable, and the latter is bright in spring; The former is depressed and indignant, while the latter is high-spirited and unrestrained. The two are connected to form an organic whole, and a good aesthetic effect is obtained in strong contrast.

Poets combine ideal with reality, science with myth, "sit on the ground" and "observe the sky", go in and out of ancient times, see the world, listen to the wind from the universe, watch the cowherd, see off the plague god, move in silence, humanize the material state, turn people's sorrow into sadness, enjoy people's joy and express their wonderful ideas.

1956 65438+ In February, * * once said to someone: "Han Yu is good at writing articles, and two articles are good, one of which is" Sending Poor Articles ". We still have to write "Send the Poor", and it will take decades for China to send the poor away. "

Two years later, * * * wrote these two poems, which are really a perfect match and have the same effect.

As the leader of the people, * * * not only cares about the economic construction of the motherland, but also cares about national defense and army building. Among his poems, there is a poem "Ode to Eight Lian", which is very distinctive, interesting and rich in folk songs.

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There are eight companies all over the world. Why? Strong will. For the people, decades.

Corrosion-resistant. Never touch it. Therefore, it is called "Good Eight Company". People's Liberation Army, study.

The whole army and the people of the whole country should be self-reliant. Not afraid of pressure, not afraid of coercion. Not afraid of knives or halberds.

Not afraid of ghosts, not afraid of charm. Not afraid of emperors or thieves. Strange, such as pine and cypress.

Ascend to heaven, proud of frost and snow. Good discipline is like a solid wall. A good army is like a bolt from the blue

Politics is good, and it is called the first. Good thinking and analytical skills. Good analysis is of great benefit.

Where is Yi? Unity. The army and the people unite as one to see who can be the enemy in the world.

Shanghai in old China was a "big dye vat" of decadent capitalist ideas and styles. The imperialists once asserted that China would turn black and rot in this "vat". 1949 In May, the Eighth Company of China People's Liberation Army entered Nanjing Road, the most prosperous area in Shanghai. This company, which has lived in downtown for a long time, has been tested for more than ten years, spotless, self-denial, dedication and love for the people, and has been highly praised by the masses.

On April 25th, 1963, the Ministry of National Defense issued an order granting the company the honorary title of "Nanjing Road Good Eight Company". On the occasion of the "August 1st Army Day" this year, * * * wrote an ode to Ba Lian with a brush, enthusiastically eulogized the heroic deeds of Ba Lian and praised their noble character of "refusing to corrode and never touching". Since then, the upsurge of learning the Eight Company has been vigorously carried out all over the country.

At the beginning of the poem, he sang in a high-profile way: the reputation of Good Eight Company on Nanjing Road spread all over the world. Then, in the form of question and answer, praise the strong revolutionary will of the cadres and soldiers of the Eighth Company of the People's Liberation Army. Why can you do this? The fundamental reason is: everything is for the people!

As early as the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, * * warned the whole party to prevent the growth of emotions such as proud victory, being a hero, stagnation, and being greedy for pleasure rather than living a hard life, and to be wary of attacks by others with sugar-coated shells. Winning national victory is only the first step of the long March.

Therefore, * * * requires the whole party, the whole army and the people of the whole country to learn from the Good Eighth Company: "The PLA should learn. The whole army and people must be self-reliant. " The purpose of learning and self-reliance is to resist all kinds of external pressure and erosion. The poet used eight sentences in succession, calling on the military and civilians of the whole country to "not be afraid of eight". If we are not afraid of eight things, we can defeat all hostile forces, just like Ao Shuang's towering pines and cypresses stand in the east of the world.

In the following verse, * * * further requires the broad masses of soldiers and civilians to be "disciplined, military, political and thoughtful". Only in this way can we distinguish right from wrong, have discipline, have a good style of work and enhance unity. This is the focus of the whole poem.

The poem ends with "the army and the people unite as one person and see who can be the enemy in the world". The warning is powerful and full of profound revolutionary philosophy, which has inspired several generations of China soldiers and civilians.

"Ode to Eight Lian" is a hymn to the construction of China's ideological style and the revolutionary spirit and glorious image of the people's army!

The red sun rises from Shaoshan, and the soul of poetry spreads its wings like Kun Peng.

"Thirty-eight years later, in a flash."

"If the sky is sentimental and old, the human path will be vicissitudes."

* * * Although he left this hot land where he was deeply attached, his thoughts and poems have been integrated into the land of China, into the spiritual river of the Chinese nation and become a symbol of national culture. The passage of time will not erase the poems of * * *, and the passage of time will not cover up the glory of the poet!

In the treasure house of great spirit left by * * *, there is a brilliant work called "* * * Poetry"!

For decades, * * * poems were reprinted in one edition, and by the end of the 20th century, they were translated into various languages and spread all over the world.

Cang Kejia, a famous poet, said: "* * * Poetry is a buried gold mine", "No matter whether it is ideological or artistic, it has reached a very high level and its influence is unparalleled", "* * * Poetry is an inexhaustible topic".

The famous poet He Jingzhi said: "* * * Poetry is an important part of the crystallization of * * * thought and art"; Poetry is a great epic of China's revolution and construction.

Pang Xianzhi, a famous expert, worked with * * * for 17 years. He said: "* * * poetry embodies the great spirit of the Chinese nation and the spirit of the times. He provided an example for the creation and innovation of contemporary poetry. "

* * * Poetry, which affects China and the world, has become a towering milestone in the history of poetry in China and even the world!