What is the meaning of "mulberry" in Why Bury Bones and Mulberries? Where is the green mountain of life? "

Mulberry: In ancient times, mulberry and catalpa were often planted next to houses. He also said that the mulberry trees in his hometown were planted by his parents, and we should pay tribute to them. Later generations used mulberries as a metaphor for hometown. (Mao Zedong's "Four Musts, Changing Saigō Takamori's Poems to Father")

original text

In four poems, Saigō Takamori's poem was changed to his father.

The child is determined to go to the countryside, or he will not return if he succeeds.

Mulberry fields don't need to bury bones, and life is everywhere.

translate

The child has made up his mind to go out of his hometown and vowed not to become famous and not to return to his hometown. Don't bury the bones in your hometown. Your life is full of green hills.

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Literary appreciation

This is a typical lyric poem. The poetry expressed in the first two sentences is vivid, magnificent and powerful. Mao Zedong, who is determined to go to the countryside, showed his determination and great ambition to study with his swan song "Never give up until he is famous".

The last two sentences dig the above poem into a deeper artistic conception, and use the method of first denying and then affirming to vividly describe why the bones should return to their hometown after death and the poetry of where life goes.

From the poem, I naturally gave a deep sigh, which was inspiring.

The whole poem is easy to understand and rhymes smoothly, which makes people read fluently. Through the use of classic words and phrases from ancient times to modern times, it has become his own poem with lofty aspirations. It is concise but not simple, popular and elegant, and it is the true expression of Mao Zedong's mentality and ambition.

Mao Zedong, with extraordinary ambition, intelligence, stubbornness, extraordinary memory and tenacious perseverance, is heading for the first turning point in his life.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Seven quatrains, for Saigō Takamori's poems to my father.