Ballad Poem · Luo Fu Takes a Tumble[1]

(1935)

Luo Fu, Luo Fu, a true hero bold,
Can’t march to save his life, but tumbling he’s got hold.
All four limbs toward the sky — a clever fall indeed,
No harm to arms or brain, from injury he’s freed.

[1] This is a playful tease by Mao Zedong about a fall taken by Luo Fu (Zhang Wentian) during the Long March in 1935.