毛泽东对中国古典诗词的研究非常认真,下面这一事例足以说明这一点: 少小离家老大归, 乡音未改鬓毛衰。 儿童相见不相识, 笑问客从何处来? 这是唐代政治家、诗人贺知章写的一首七绝《回乡偶书》。 1958年,中央一位领导同志,曾以这首诗为例证,说明古代官吏是禁带家属的。毛泽东为弄清此事,不仅翻阅了《全唐诗话》,还特地查阅了《旧唐书·贺知章传》,并给这位同志写了一封长信: Mao Zedong’s study of classical Chinese poetry is very serious. The following case is sufficient to illustrate this point: Little is left home for the elderly, and the accent is not changed. Children meet each other, laugh ask where come from? This is the Tang Dynasty statesman, poet He Zhizhang wrote a “must go home”. In 1958, a leader of the Central Government, once exemplified by this poem, stated that ancient officials were forbidden to bring their families. In order to understand this matter, Mao Zedong not only read through the poems of the whole Tang Dynasty but also specially consulted the Old Tang Book He Zhizhi Biography and wrote a long letter to this comrade: