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Song of Sixteen Characters: Poem by Mao Zedong
Fu Baoshi Chinese
Not on view
The speed and motion of soldiers and horses, as well as the flames and smoke swirling into the sky, convey a powerful sense of the urgency of battle. Fu’s image is only loosely based on Mao’s poem:
Mountain.
The sea collapses and the river boils.
Innumerable horses race
Insanely into the peak of battle.
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