Chapter 57 Miscellaneous Poems · Eight Lian Songs

Good eight company, the world spread.Why? . This poem was first published in the "Liberation Army Daily" on December 26, 1982. In May 1949, the Eighth Company of a certain unit of the People's Liberation Army stationed in Nanjing Road, the most prosperous area in Shanghai.In the following decades, batch after batch of cadres and soldiers of this company lived in the downtown area. They were spotless, thrifty, self-denying, devoted to public service, loving the people, and helping others, and were highly praised by the masses. On April 25, 1963, the Ministry of National Defense approved the honorary title of "Nanjing Road Good Eighth Company" to this company.On August 1 of the same year, that is, on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Comrade Mao Zedong wrote the "Ode to Eight" in miscellaneous words.It can be said that this is a classic document written in the form of traditional poetry and full of educational significance of the revolutionary tradition. A good teaching material for revolutionary traditional education.

At the beginning of the poem, the poet made a clear, powerful and unswerving judgment: "Good eight companies, passed on in the world." It takes the vast and vast space as the background, and it is said that the "good" of "eight companies" is unanimous.This artistically contains a question that must be answered, what is the "goodness" of "Eight Companies"? "Why? Strong will." It not only highlighted the lofty and firm ideals and beliefs of the eight companies, but also clearly answered the above questions, and reaffirmed the eight companies firmly.This is like an extraordinary theme song in a movement full of passion. It plays a resonant note with solemn and vigorous strength, which not only expresses the poet's heartfelt praise, but also accumulates momentum for the following, thus leading the poet's appreciation for The motivation of the soldiers and civilians across the country established the majestic tone of the whole poem and broadened the aesthetic conception of the poem. "For the people, for decades." It not only reaffirms the army building principle that "serving the people is the sole purpose of our army", but also praises the great achievements of the people's army including the "Hao Eighth Company" over the past few decades. "Resist corrosion, never touch" not only scientifically reveals the new characteristics and primary creed of army building in peacetime, but also specifically describes the excellent military style and military discipline of the "Good Eighth Company".

From "the People's Liberation Army, we must learn" to "the whole army and people must stand on our own feet", a series of parallel comparisons, eight "don't be afraid", like surging waves, churning waves: from the sum of evil forces, if you are not afraid of oppression; from the enemy As far as weapons are concerned, we should not be afraid of knives and halberds; as far as the various forces that oppose and destroy the revolution are concerned, we should not be afraid of any thieves and ghosts.The spirit of "eight fears" is clearly the poet's awe-inspiring righteousness manifested in the momentum and fixed momentum of the poetic emotional movement. It guides the readers to the realm of "extraordinary sons and daughters" with the strength of its movement, and makes the selfless and fearless The spirit fills time and space, transcends time and space, and at the same time points out the way for how the proletarian revolutionary people will cultivate their revolutionary will and fearless spirit, and leads to the following poems.The author speaks directly from his heart and expresses his aspirations, "Wonderful sons and daughters are like pines and cypresses. Towering to the sky, proud of the frost and snow", in just twelve words, he created a tall group of heroes for the Chinese people who are not afraid of violence, fear of difficulties, and stand upright. If the eight "not afraid" are based on "breaking", then the five "good" below are to "stand". The poem clearly puts forward the "four good" standards of discipline, military, politics, and ideology in company building.Iron discipline and a good military are a powerful guarantee for the troops to display their combat effectiveness. One of the three magic weapons for the victory of the Chinese revolution is armed struggle; however, the military must be subordinate to politics. "Political work is the lifeline of our army"; There must also be thought as the soul and guidance, which can reveal the essential characteristics of things and elevate perceptual knowledge to rational knowledge.The success of the "four good" cannot be achieved without materialist dialectics as a weapon. "A good analysis is of great benefit" refers to the strong ability to analyze and solve problems with the standpoint, viewpoint and method of Marxism. The first condition for the establishment of the communist world outlook and outlook on life of revolutionary fighters, once mastered, will benefit them for life.This series of learning guidelines, from the shallower to the deeper, from the outside to the inside, is concise and powerful, with strict logic, the melody of revolutionary emotions is getting more vigorous, and the artistic vision is getting wider.After people's thoughts were educated and united, the poet wrote a shocking conclusion:

The army and the people are united as one, let's see who can be the enemy in the world. From one continuous expansion to the national military and civilians, the breadth of aesthetic conception has been expanded, the depth of ideological connotation has been explored, and the majestic image of a combat group formed by the military and civilians of the whole of China has been fused with one heart.It is the finishing touch of the whole poem, with concise and wonderful language, profound meaning and full of educational significance.This kind of discussion is a sublimation of the main image - the spirit of the eight companies.The poet has a far-sighted vision, raising his artistic vision from a single and specific eighth company to a general image of the general army and civilians across the country, so as to show that the unity of the army and the people is not only the magic weapon for victory in the past war years, but also a powerful way to deal with the current international situation. powerful weapon.Asking questions with the leading sentence of "Try it" shows the poet's unrivaled majesty and spirit of revolutionary optimism of "sweeping away all harmful insects", with a thunderous aesthetic strength and a majestic momentum of thousands of springs.Such an argument is a poetic argument, a natural extension and sublimation of the image in the poem.

Argumentation based on images is a necessary condition for reasoning poetry to become good poetry.Comrade Mao Zedong's "Miscellaneous Word Poems Eight Lian Ode" is a typical reasoning poem with a complete argumentative structure.A certain Eighth Company on Nanjing Road in Shanghai is "a good Eighth Company on Nanjing Road". This is the central argument; Eight not to be afraid" and "five good" are separate theories; the last sentence "the army and the people are united as one, let's see who can be the enemy in the world" is the conclusion.The entire discussion was logical and well-structured.The language of the whole poem is vivid, similar in form, easy and funny, coherent and powerful, profound but simple, and integrates revolutionary propaganda and lyric poetry, which is loved by the masses.Comrade Mao Zedong, with his broad mind, heroic temperament, and deep gaze, focused on the spirit of Balian, sublimated it rationally and artistically, with both emotion and prose, concise and to the point, without any sense of boredom, readers unconsciously Be nurtured and infected, gain lessons and improve.

"Ode to Eight" is vigorous in style, majestic in momentum, profound in meaning, and distinct in love and hate.It is an ode brimming with revolutionary passion, and also a revolutionary teaching material containing lofty poetic flavor.