InDecember1949,MaoZedong'striptotheSovietUnion,oftenwiththeSovietinterpreter,sinologistFederlineconversation.FederlineoftenconsultedMaoZedongonanumberofissuesinChineseliterature,andMaoZedongwasalsoeloquentaboutit.Federlingmadetheseconversations.Theseconversationsarereallywonderfulpoetry.
FeiDelinaskedMaoZedongtotalkaboutthe"BookofSongs",hebelievesthat"theBookofSongs""isundoubtedlythehighestmodelofChinesepoetry."
MaoZedongsaid:"TheBookofSongs"istheessenceofChinesepoetry.Itisderivedfromfolkcreation.Allareunknownauthor.Creationofthetimehasbeenunabletocheck.Thisdocumenttothepastthatoldagewithus.ThepoetryoftheearlyChineseaesthetics,thispoemistrue,easytounderstand,thelanguageisveryconcise.
"IsitbecauseofthisreasonthatforthousandsofyearstheBookofSongshasalwaysbeenasampleofimitationofChinesepoets?
MaoZedongreplied:"Yes,thisisnoproblem.Itcanbesaidthatthepoetryofthepoemofthelaterthoughtofeachhavehadanimpact.Theproblemishowtounderstandtheseancientfolkcreation.Thisistheessenceoftheproblem.Forthosewhodonotunderstandormisinterpret,wedonothavetosay,wecanrecallthosewhonotonlyunderstandandtrytoimitatethisancientpoetics,theyimitatenotonlyitsrhetoricalcharacteristics,butalsoinheritedthe""Theessenceofthecontentoffolkcreation.
"Youmeanthemostsuccessfulpoetinthecreationoftheunnamedpredecessors?"
MaoZedongsaid:
Yeah.Itcanbesaidthatthisisthelanguageofartandpoetryinthedevelopmentofthemostvaluableimagecontent.Theinnatetalentoftheancientunnamedistoturntheirideasintoconcisepoetryandsongs."
FeiDelinsaid:"AccordingtothehistoryofChineseliterature,saidinthe"BookofSongs"afterthenamelessauthor,secondtononeoftheQuYuan,heisthefirstpoetwithcreativepersonality.
Maosaid:"Oh,thisisyourfavoritesubjectmatter,butthisissueisnotsosimpletotalkabout.Qu,QuyuanlivedwhereIamquitefamiliarwith,ismyhometown.SoweQuYuan,hisWearethedescendantsofthispoetofgenius,weareparticularlydeepfeelingsforhim,butnowpeoplemaynotHello,theydonotnecessarilyunderstandtheQuYuan.Therefore,Thegreatachievements.
"Ithink,becauseofthelocalrelationship,evenifthepeersareseparatedformanygenerations,thereisadirectfeelingofQuYuan,theirevaluationofthepoetismorepersuasive.
MaoZedongsaid:"However,thehomeofthecommemorationofQuYuanisveryinsignificant,nottomentionthepoet'stimehasbeenmorethantwothousandyears,forhisfate,eachgenerationhasitsownviews.
FeiDelinsaid:"Anygreatchangeinhistorywillhavesomejoysandsorrowsofthestory.AsforQuYuan,politicalchangeishispersonalmisfortune.QuYuanpainstakinglythroughhistime,hewasconcernedaboutthepeople,tosavetheChuDanger.
MaoZedongsaid:"Theyearafterthewartothecountrywithered,peoplearedestitute,thedestructionofChu,thisisoneaspectofthematter.Thenbegananotherhistoricalprocess,thatis,scattered,competingfortheinterestsofthevassalkingdomunitedprocess,TheprocessisnotthewillofmanforthetransferofFinally,itunifiedtheQinShiHuangChinaended,resultingintheformationofthefirstcentralizedandunifiedempire,whichlaterChina'sfatehasplayedanimportantrolein.ThisisanothermatterTheproblemwewillhavetotalkaboutthefuture.
MaoZedongsaid:"Yes,theseareinmyhometownofHunan,occurredinthemartyrdomofQuYuan---Changsha.Forthisreason,QuYuan'snameismoresacredtous.HeisnotonlytheancientGeniussinger,butalsoagreatpatriot:selflessfearless,braveandnoble.HisimageremainsinthemindsofeveryChinese.Bothathomeandabroad,QuYuanisanimmortalimage.Wearethewitnessesofhislife."
FeiDelinsaidtoMaoZedong:"NowwetheSovietreaderscanunderstandQuYuan'spoem.WeknowthatQuYuanisalongtimeagothepoet,butalsobelongstothefuturepoet,heusedpoetrytoexpresshismind,toexpresstheirownHis"LiSao"tellsusthatwiththelifeexperiencetowritepoetry,onlytoknowthemselves,tochangetheirown.
MaoZedongsaid:"Yes,ah,QuYuan'sfeatsarenotimmediatelyrecognizedbypeople.Itwaslateralotofdays,thepoet'scharacterwasfullyrevealed,hisimagewasreallytall.QuYuandrinkisacupofbitternessWineisalsoaliqueurforthetruth,poetry,likeothercreations,isaspiritualcreation.
FeiDelinsaid:"QuYuanworriesabouttheworldofthepeople,thepainofthepainpeoplelovehim,worshiphim,itcanbeconsideredapersonalworshipit......"
MaoZedongsaid:"Yesah,thisworshipisnotmadebyQuYuanown,butlovehispeoplespontaneouslyproducedthisworshiphascontinuedtothepresent,canblamehim?Wecannotberesponsibleforothers,peopletoestablishtheirTheneedforauthorityandidols,thisistheirthing,wecannotberesponsibleforthis.Idonotthinkthisishisfault......