Chapter 50 Qijue: A photo of Lushan Immortal Cave taken by Comrade Li Jin

Looking at Jinsong in the twilight, flying through chaotic clouds is still calm. . This poem was first published in the December 1963 edition of "Chairman Mao's Poems" by People's Literature Publishing House. The twilight is vast, the chaotic clouds fly across, and the strong pines stand tall.A photo confirms a kind of transcendent artistic conception, reflecting a kind of indomitable will to overcome danger and face victory. Why did Mao Zedong deliberately describe "Jin Pine", "Chaos Cloud" and "Dangerous Peak"?From the perspective of his spiritual world, it is entirely a way of using "title photos" to express his feelings and show his firm spiritual pursuit.

From August 23 to September 16, 1961, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a working meeting in Lushan to discuss issues such as industry, food, finance, trade, and education.The "Instructions Concerning Current Industrial Issues" issued by the meeting pointed out: Now we must make a decisive decision, and we must resolutely withdraw what should be withdrawn, and we must withdraw enough.In the next three years, "adjustment must be at the center." On September 5, Deng Xiaoping also made a candid speech at the meeting. He said: The Great Leap Forward went too far and violated objective laws.Those who have gone too far should retreat until the goal of this adjustment is reached.It will take effect at the beginning of three years, and it will take effect in seven years.Retreat must be sufficient, and adjustments must focus on key points.At the meeting, some people also raised questions: Should the "three red flags" still be fought, and retreat like this?There are also some people who have lingering fears about the "anti-rightist movement" and dare not back down at the meeting.Mao Zedong's mood at the moment is full of contradictions.He admits that it is necessary to retreat, but he does not want to retreat too much, let alone retreat to the original starting point.In Mao Zedong's view, the situation is grim, but it has not reached the point of complete "withdrawal" and adjustment for three years. Moreover, the situation is improving and the future is bright.He wondered, among those who strongly advocated retreat, were there any who were intimidated by difficulties?So Mao Zedong said at the meeting: The problem has been exposed, and it will go to the opposite side. Now it has retreated to the valley, and the situation has reached today, and it is rising day by day.He also said that now we have encountered setbacks and failures, and we have hit a snag, but we haven't touched enough, and we still have to touch it.Do it for another two or three years to see if you can come up with something.

During the meeting, during the break, Jiang Qing (namely Li Jin) took a lot of wonderful photos for Mao Zedong, the most famous one is the one of Mao Zedong sitting on the rattan chair, entitled "Looking at the World with Cold Eyes".The landscape photo "Fairy Cave" is also Jiang Qing's proud work.Before the shooting, she studied the concept of the photo with several photographers, and the photographers selected the location for the actual shooting. Once the scenery and lighting fit the concept of the photo, Jiang Qing rushed to the scene to take the photo.On the Double Ninth Festival on September 9, Mao Zedong wrote a poem titled "Photograph of the Immortal Cave in Lushan Mountain for Comrade Li Jin".

The photo of Xianren Cave taken by Jiang Qing is actually a view of Jinxiu Peak in the northwest from the Xianren Cave. There are toad stones, ancient pine branches, and sparse shadows on the top of the picture, and the black shadows of Bailu Shengxian Platform and Yubei Pavilion on Jinxiu Peak are on the lower left. , and the large space in the middle is the dark clouds on the sky at dusk.There is no fairy cave in the photo, and there is no sudden dangerous peak.However, what Mao Zedong valued was the tall and straight pines and the dangerous peaks.This may express the loneliness and indignation that his ideals have been frustrated, and the oppressive feeling that his grand ambitions have not been fully realized.Mao Zedong's heroic feelings found spiritual sustenance in this frame of fairy cave scenery.

In this poem, Mao Zedong left two handwritings, one of which wrote "Feidu" in the sentence "Flying through chaotic clouds and still calmly" as "Fidu".The poem was first published in "Mao Zedong's Poems" published by People's Literature Publishing House in 1963.Once it was published, it was widely read.But if the author doesn't explain it himself, it is generally difficult for people to understand the mystery, especially the couplet "Looking at Jinsong in the twilight, flying through chaotic clouds and still calmly".Of course, this must start from the fairy cave in Lushan Mountain.As one of the scenic spots in Lushan Mountain, the Immortal Cave is located at the foot of the bergamot rock on the cliff west of Guling. The cave is about two feet high, three feet deep and three feet wide, and can accommodate more than a hundred people.It is said that it was the place where Lu Dongbin sought immortality and learned Taoism in the Tang Dynasty, hence the name.Next to the fairy cave, there is a toad stone standing steeply in the sky, and the four characters "Zonglan Yunfei" are engraved on the side of the stone.Beside the stone, there are ancient pines from the Song Dynasty, which are vigorous and beautiful.The fairy cave, strange stones, strong pines and chaotic clouds constitute a beautiful scenery.

As a great man of his generation, Mao Zedong seemed not afraid of chaos by nature.In the poetic imagination, he has a calm and soothing feeling when looking at the flying clouds from near the Toad Stone in Xianren Cave. "Flying through chaotic clouds is still calm" is the description of this feeling.However, the "chaotic cloud" here is not a cloud in the sky but has a political meaning.The poet Guo Moruo later asked Mao Zedong what Luanyun was referring to, and Mao Zedong replied: "The Great Leap Forward" and the "People's Commune" movement.Calmness refers to the chaotic clouds flying across.When preparing to publish the English translation of "Mao Zedong's Poems", in January 1964, Mao Zedong said to the poet Yuan Shuipai and others based on the English translator's understanding of the sentence "flying through chaotic clouds, but still calmness" In October 1974, Yuan Shuipai wrote to Jiang Qing because he was worried that he could not hear Mao Zedong's answer clearly ten years ago, asking "Song Congrong or Yun Congrong?" Jiang Qing asked Mao Zedong about this.The next day, Mao Zedong's secretary Zhang Yufeng returned a note to Jiang Qing: "About the phrase 'flying through chaotic clouds and still calmly', the chairman said, 'means the clouds are calm, he likes chaotic clouds'." It can be seen that Mao Zedong, as a great revolutionary, was not afraid of chaos by nature. , the "Great Leap Forward" and the People's Commune movement were like chaotic clouds, and Mao Zedong was sincerely happy.It is Mao Zedong's consistent approach to rule from chaos, rectify at any time, and make it onto the road of order.

As a revolutionary with clear goals and firm will, Mao Zedong firmly believed that "infinite scenery lies on dangerous peaks."This is his clever use of Luo Yin's poems in the Tang Dynasty.Luo Yin once said in "Bee": "The infinite scenery is all occupied." However, Mao Zedong's "infinite scenery" expresses his will to realize communism without fear of danger. Create an extraordinary artistic conception, let people's thoughts gallop in a poetic and picturesque artistic conception, and give people a magnificent and vigorous beauty.It can be said that "while chanting, the sound of breathing pearls and jade; before eyebrows and eyelashes, the color of wind and cloud" ("Wen Xin Diao Long·Shen Si").The poet Mao Zedong put the chaotic era, the complicated world situation and his iron will in just 28 characters, showing his superb literary attainments.