Meaning: Deer herds chirping happily in the sunshine, munching leisurely on the green slope.
Source: Cao Cao, the author of "Two Short Songs".
Full text:
Singing while drinking, what is life! Like morning dew, it will be more painful every day. Generosity should be shown as generosity, and worries will be unforgettable. How to relieve worries? Only Du Kang.
Qingqing Zijin, my heart is leisurely. But for your sake, I still ponder it. Yo yo deer roar, eat wild apples. I have a guest who plays the drum, harp, and sheng.
It’s as bright as the moon, when can you wipe it off? Worry comes from it and cannot be cut off. The more unfamiliar you are, the more you cross the border, the more useless you are. Qi Kuo Tan?, thinking about old kindness.
The moon and stars are sparse, and the black magpie flies south. Three twists and turns around the tree, where is the branch to lean on? The mountains never get too high and the sea never gets too deep. The Duke of Zhou vomits food, and the world returns to its heart.
Translation:
Singing loudly in front of the wine, life is short and the days and months fly by. Just like the morning dew, it is fleeting and there are too many lost days! The singing at the banquet was passionate and generous, and melancholy filled my heart for a long time. What can you rely on to relieve depression? Only binge drinking can provide relief. Students wearing blue collars, you make me yearn for you day and night. It's just because of you that I still recite it in pain.
Under the sunshine, the deer chirped happily and ate leisurely on the green slope. Once talented people from all over the world come to my house, I will play the harp and the sheng to entertain the guests. When will I be able to pick up the bright moon hanging in the sky? The sorrow and anger I have stored in my heart suddenly spurt out and form a river. Guests from far away came to visit me one by one along the field paths.
Reunited after a long separation, we had a banquet and talked freely, vying to tell the story of the friendship from the past. The moonlight was bright and the stars were sparse, and a group of nesting magpies flew south. They flew around the tree for three weeks without folding their wings. Where can they find shelter? The mountains are majestic only if they do not abandon the earth and rocks, and the sea is majestic only if it does not abandon the trickling water. I wish to be as courteous and virtuous as the Duke of Zhou, and wish that all the heroes in the world would sincerely submit to me.
Cao Cao (155-March 15, 220), whose courtesy name was Mengde, whose given name was Jili, and whose nickname was Amo, was born in Qiao County, Peiguo (now Bozhou, Anhui Province). He was an outstanding statesman, militarist, writer and calligrapher in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the founder of the Cao Wei regime in the Three Kingdoms.
Cao Cao served as the prime minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty and was later granted the title of King of Wei, laying the foundation for the founding of Cao Wei. After his death, his posthumous title was King Wu. After his son Cao Pi became emperor, he was honored as Emperor Wu, with the temple name Taizu. Extended information
"Two Short Songs" are two poems written by Cao Cao, a statesman and writer in the late Han Dynasty, based on ancient Yuefu inscriptions. The first poem uses the singing of a banquet to express the poet's thirst for talents and his ambition to unify the world in a calm and frustrated style; the second poem praises the historical events of King Wen of Zhou, Duke Huan of Qi, and Duke Wen of Jin for adhering to ministerial integrity. , stating that he only had the ambition to help the Han Dynasty, and had no intention of being independent on behalf of the Han Dynasty.
The two poems are a perfect combination, solemn and elegant, profound in content, and full of emotion. Their political content and significance are completely melted into the rich lyrical artistic conception, fully demonstrating Cao Cao's personality, education, ambitions and ideals, and fully demonstrating His poems are majestic, profound and elegant.
Creative background
As for the creation time of the first poem, there are roughly five theories in academic circles. First, on the basis of the "Hengshang Fu Poems" language in Su Shi's "Red Cliff Ode", "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" states that Cao Cao recited this "Song to Drinking Wine" before the Battle of Chibi, and the time was set in the 13th year of Jian'an (208 )end.
The second is the theory of seeking talents, which comes from Zhang Keli's "Three Cao Chronicles": "It expresses the passionate desire to recruit talents, which was written at the same time as the "Order of Seeking Talents"." The time was in the 15th year of Jian'an (210) .
Third, Bin sang the lead and said this. This idea came from Wan Shengnan. He believed that this poem was written in the first year of Jian'an in the Han Dynasty (196). When Cao Cao moved to the Han Dynasty and presented the emperor to Xudu, Cao Cao and his confidants such as Xun The harmonious work of Yu and others.
The fourth is the theory of carpe diem, but there is no research on the specific time. This statement was made by Shen Deqian, Volume 5 of "Old Poetry Source": ""Dan Ge Xing", it is said that it is time to be happy." The fifth is Wang Qing's statement at the banquet for Karasuma Xingshan Yu Pufulu, The time was in May of the 21st year of Jian'an (216).
As for the second poem, it is difficult for academic circles to determine its specific creation time. It can only be roughly inferred that it was between the seventeenth year of Jian'an (212) and the twenty-second year (217).
Since the spring of the 16th year of Jian'an (211), Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty appointed Cao Cao's son Cao Pi as the general of the five sense organs, appointed his subordinates as deputy prime minister, and granted Cao Zhi and other princes the title of marquis; in the 17th year of Jian'an, (212) Emperor Xian specially ordered Cao Cao to "praise and worship without name, enter the court without rushing, go to the palace with swords and shoes, just like the story of Xiao He"; Xi, Chi Fu, Yuanyou Guan; in May of the 21st year of Jian'an (216), Emperor Xian also named Cao Cao the King of Wei.
In the fourth month of the summer of the 22nd year of Jian'an (217), Emperor Xian ordered Cao Cao, the king of Wei, to "set up a banner for the emperor, and call him a policeman when he comes in and out. ...In the tenth month of winter, the emperor ordered the king (Cao Cao) to wear the crown in twelve "Qi, ride on the golden foundation, drive six horses, set up a five-hour auxiliary chariot, and take Pi as the prince of Wei." With the growth of his power and the expansion of his territory, people outside the Cao family group were suspicious of Cao Cao's desire to stand on his own behalf for the Han Dynasty.
At that time, Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty saw the right time and sent an envoy to express his destiny and declare himself a minister, with the intention of prompting Cao Cao to take over. However, Cao Cao was astutely aware that this was a conspiracy of Sun Quan and said, "My son wants to take over my throne." The fire will attract evil spirits!" Cao Cao knew the danger of overpowering his master, so he wrote this poem "Bo Chang of the Western Zhou Dynasty" to express his thoughts.
Reference material: Two short songs - Baidu Encyclopedia