Chapter 60 poems and prophecies

Yu Ming Prophecy is always poetry, and most poets are prophets.However, prophecy is nothing more than poetry, and poetry is often more powerful than prophecy. For example, during the Revolution of 1911, I suddenly discovered: "With a steel knife ninety-nine in hand, kill all the Hu'ers before you stop." These few lines of prophecy in "Tui Bei Tu" [2] are nothing more than "poems".At that time, there were only ninety-nine steel knives?It was still the foreign guns and cannons that came the hardest: after all, those who should have foreign guns and cannons gained the upper hand, but those who only had steel knives suffered a big loss.What's more, the "Huer" at that time was not only not "killed", but also received preferential treatment [3], so that there are still days when the "pseudo" Pu Yi is in the limelight [4].Therefore, as a prophecy, these few verses have not actually been fulfilled. ——According to such predictions rigidly will often hit a wall. For example, some time ago, someone specially made ninety-nine steel knives[5] and gave them to the soldiers on the front line. Blood is shed everywhere, proving to people the irresistibility of national disasters. ——It is better to regard this kind of prophecy verse as a "poetry", and you can also "use your will against your will and claim it yourself" (6).

As for the poem, there is indeed a very profound prophecy.If we are looking for prophecies, instead of reading "Tui Bei Tu", it is better to read the poet's poetry collection.Maybe this year is the time to find something again, but I found these few sentences: "This generation seals wolves like dogs, and hunters like beasts all their lives. Ten thousand people can't turn back when they are angry, and they will see Taibai hang their heads. "Wang Jingwei [7] wrote "Shuangzhaolou Poetry Draft": "Soldiers of the Second Year of the Republic" by Yi Xiaoer [8], how can this make people not "wonderful"?Here "seal wolves from dogs", I am obviously a beast, but I just treat people as beasts: beasts hunt, but people are hunted instead! The anger of the "ten thousand people" is indeed irreparable.Xiaoer's poem refers to the imperial party in 1793 (the second year of the First French Republic). He did not expect such a fulfillment 140 years later.

When Mr. Wang translated these poems, he might not have thought that China would already be a vernacular world in twenty or thirty years.Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer people who understand this kind of classical Chinese poetry, which is a pity.However, the beauty of prophecy lies in the half-understanding, which makes people "suddenly understand" after things are fully fulfilled.This is the so-called "heavenly secrets must not be leaked". July 20th. [1] This article was originally published in "Shen Shen Free Talk" on July 23, 1933. [2] For "Tui Bei Tu", see note [6] on page 93 of this volume. "Hold a steel knife ninety-nine times, and kill all Hu'er before you stop", are two sentences in "Song of Shaobing".During the Revolution of 1911, these two sentences were often circulated among the revolutionaries, expressing their hatred for the Manchu rulers. According to legend, "Song of Shaobing" was written by Liu Ji (Bowen) in the Ming Dynasty, and it was often attached to the back of the book "Tui Bei Tu".

[3] Refers to the preferential treatment given to the Qing imperial family, see note [7] on page 97 of this volume. 〔4〕For Puyi's limelight, please refer to Note 〔6〕 on page 30 of this volume. 〔5〕 Ninety-nine steel knives were used. According to the "Shen Bao" dated April 12, 1933, there was a man named Wang Shu in Shanghai who donated ninety-nine steel knives with his relatives and friends, and gave them to Defen Xi. Song Zheyuan's troops at Fengkou and other places. 〔6〕The phrase "reversing one's will by one's will is one's own attainment" comes from "Mencius Wanzhang": "Those who speak "Poetry" should not harm their words with words, and do not harm their will with words; It." [7] Wang Jingwei (1883-1944), named Zhaoming, was originally from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, but was born in Panyu, Guangdong.In his early years, he participated in the Tongmenghui, and successively held important positions in the Kuomintang government and the vice president of the party.Since the September 18th Incident, he has been advocating compromise with the Japanese invaders. In December 1938, he openly surrendered to the enemy. In March 1940, he organized a puppet national government in Nanjing and served as its chairman.Died in Japan in November 1944.His "Shuangzhaolou Poetry Draft" was published by Minxin Company in December 1930.

[8] Hugo (V. Hugo, 1802-1885) interpreter of Hugo, French writer.Author of novels, etc.In 1853, he wrote a long poem "Rebuke Blind Obedience" (included in the collection of political satire "Punishment"), praising the soldiers of the Republic during the French Revolution in 1793 (that is, the second year of the Republic) for fighting against the armed intervention of the European feudal alliance countries. Heroic deeds, condemning the followers of Napoleon III when he launched a counter-revolutionary coup in 1851."Soldiers of the Second Year of the Republic" translated by Wang Jingwei is the first stanza of the poem.