Eight Horses Pictures
Author: Bai Juyi
Dynasty: Tang Dynasty
King Mu’s Eight Horses and Horses in the Sky were written by posterity as the favorite picture.
The back is like a dragon, the neck is like an elephant, the bones, tendons, and fat are strong.
Traveling thousands of miles a day as fast as flying, where could King Mu ride alone?
The four wildernesses and eight extremes are trampled, and the thirty-two hooves have no rest.
The axle of the axle was broken before it was too late, and the grass in the yellow house was abandoned as if left behind.
I went to the Queen Mother’s banquet in the west of Yao Chi, but the seven temples have not personally recommended it for many years.
Bi Tainan and Sheng Ji traveled, and Mingtang no longer visited the princes.
The songs of "White Clouds" and "Yellow Bamboo" are moving, making one person happy and ten thousand people sad.
From Houji to civil and military officials in Zhou Dynasty, they accumulated virtues and made contributions through hard work.
How could one imagine that one’s talents are as high as the fourth generation, and one’s heart is as light as ashes.
The reason is that beautiful things are not big, but they can be harmful if they can sway the king's heart.
Emperor Wen refused to take advantage of it, so he went to Han Daoxing with a thousand-mile horse.
King Mu got it and did not take it as a warning. Eight horses came to Zhou's house to destroy him.
To this day, this thing is treasured in the world, but I don’t know that the spirit of Fang Xing is a strange thing.
The Eight Horses Picture, you will not love it. "White Clouds" and "Yellow Bamboo": both are song titles. Legend has it that they were sung by King Mu of Zhou and the Queen Mother of the West. The essence of Fang Xing: Fang Su among the twenty-eight constellations, also called Tiansi, is the main chariot driver. The ancients believed that it was in charge of the human emperor's chariots and horses.
Appreciation:
This poem is a satirical work that supports things.
According to ancient records, King Mu of Zhou drove eight horses to the west and had a long banquet at the Queen Mother of the West. When Dezong of Tang Dynasty fled west, he also rode eight horses, which was similar to the deeds of King Mu of Zhou Dynasty. People at the time often thought that the author's poem was alluding to Dezong. But according to the subtitle, its main purpose is actually to satirize Tang Xianzong based on ancient events.
"I went to the Queen Mother's banquet in the west of Yaochi, but the seven temples have not been recommended personally for many years. I traveled to the south of Bi Tainan with Sheng Ji, and the Mingtang no longer visited the princes." It pointed out that King Mu of Zhou lost his ambition by playing with things, and stabbed the emperor at that time. The article is sharp. .
"Emperor Wen refused to ride it, so he went to the Han Dynasty with a thousand-mile horse to make a fortune. King Mu did not take warning when he got it, and eight horses came to Zhou Dynasty to destroy it. To this day, this thing is treasured in the world, but I don’t know that Fang Xing’s spirit is a strange thing. "." The sentence, while criticizing King Mu of Zhou for losing his ambition by playing with things, placed his hope in a wise king to rejuvenate the country, which reflects the limitations of the author's thinking.
The Eight Horses of King Mu: Chi Ji, Fei Huang, Bai Yi, Hualiu, Luo Er, Juan Juan, Qu Huang and Pirate Li.