This poem was written in August 1842, and Lin Zexu was exiled to Yili, passing through Xi 'an. The poem shows that Lin Zexu ignored his personal safety on the issue of banning smoking and resisting Britain, and even if he was dismissed, he had no regrets and went to the exile place.
2. "Green hills without ink for a thousand years" means lush mountains, a landscape painting that does not rot for a thousand years without pen and ink.
Original text:
Green hills don't paint for thousands of years, but green waters string guqin.
The colorful flowers in the green hills are smiling, and the static birds in the green water are singing.
Hard work is not necessarily the end of the day, but it must be unbearable.
If a glass of water is as light as its name suggests, you should believe that village tea is more fragrant than wine.
Based on this belief, I will serve my country at all costs, even at the expense of my own life, whether I am lucky or unlucky.
Translation:
The lush mountains are a landscape painting that has no pen and ink but will not rot for thousands of years, but as a beautiful painting, it will never be defeated. The green flowing water is a melodious guqin, which has been ringing for thousands of years without strings and always plays a beautiful voice.
God will not let those who have worked hard down; Malicious people should be careful that others will fight back because of their humiliation.
If a person can reach the state that clear water can be used as fragrant tea, then he should believe that farmers' coarse tea is more fragrant than wine.
If it is good for my country, I can give my life. How can we pursue happiness and avoid evil?
Extended data:
Lin Zexu was meritorious in resisting Britain, but was framed by the capitulators and dismissed by Daoguang. He endured humiliation and served as a garrison in the 21st year of Daoguang (184 1 July 14). On the way to the garrison, I still care about my country and people, and I don't feel sorry for my personal frustrations. When I saw my wife off in Xi 'an, an ancient city, I wrote an inspirational poem full of anger, "Would you like to die for your country? Do you want to avoid it because of disaster? This is an expression of his patriotic feelings and a portrayal of his temperament and personality.
In September of the 18th year of Daoguang (1838), Lin Zexu, then the governor of Hunan and Hubei Provinces, wrote a letter to Daoguang, accusing western countries of dumping opium in China. "If we still ignore it, there are not many soldiers who can defend the enemy in the Central Plains, and there is no money to pay." Daoguang was deeply moved after reading it, that is, Lin Zexu was appointed as an imperial envoy in 65438+February 3 1 of the same year, which made Guangdong ban opium.
In the process of banning opium in Guangzhou, Lin Zexu realized that the British colonists refused to give up the evil opium trade and planned to invade China by force. In order to resist opium aggression and defeat the enemy, he carried out a large number of military reform practices of "learning from foreigners to control foreigners".
While banning smoking in Guangdong, Lin Zexu actively prepared for war, built forts, pulled wooden chains to block rivers, and believed that "people's hearts can be used", and recruited more than 5,000 fishermen to form water brave, which repeatedly defeated the British army's provocation. 1839 In the second half of the year, it won the counter-offensive campaigns such as the Battle of Kowloon and the Battle of Chuanbi Piping.
From March of the 19th year of Lin Zexu's Daoguang (1839) to March of the 20th year of Lin Zexu's Daoguang (1840), he became the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Lin Zexu presided over the military struggle against smoking in Guangzhou for *** 19 months.
May 18, used for 34 days, * * * collected 19 187 boxes and 210/9 bags, with a total weight of1188/kloc. On June 3, under the command of Lin Zexu, Humen destroyed opium for 23 days, which declared to the world the determination of the Chinese nation never to yield to aggression.