Words:
Drunk in the dream of watching the sword under the oil lamp, dreaming back to the old days of the military camp, a horn sounded. Give the roast beef to the men and the band will play northern songs. This is a military parade on the battlefield in autumn. Horses run like Ma Delu, bows and arrows fly like thunder. It is a good idea for the emperor to complete the great cause of recovering the lost land of the country and gain a good reputation from generation to generation. Poor hair has become a white-haired man!
Translation:
In the dead of night, I was drunk, and in the dim light, I lit a dim lamp, drew my sword and looked at the blue blade carefully. When I woke up from a deep sleep, I heard the shrill horn ringing from one place to another. Cut the cooked beef and eat it in pieces, mighty military camp. The 50-string guqin is playing, with tragic and desolate side notes. There is a mighty parade on the battlefield in autumn!
The steed flies like lightning, and the bowstring rings like thunder. Assisting the king-completing the great cause of reunification that has been outstanding for thousands of years-gained a good reputation after his death. Alas! Alas, white hair is born now!
Appreciation of words
This word was written by Xin Qiji for Chen Liang, a thinker and writer in the Southern Song Dynasty. Chen Liang is a generous man. He opposes gold. He is Xin Qiji's political and academic friend. He was frustrated all his life. He was the first scholar in his fifties and died the next year. They were all excluded and hit by the ruling clique in the Southern Song Dynasty. In the fifteenth year of Song Dynasty, Xin Qiji and he discussed the restoration plan in Goose Lake, Jiangxi Province, but later their plans all fell through. This word should be written around this date.
In the poem, the author describes a magnificent military camp life in fantasy by romanticism, and expresses his desire and grief to kill the enemy and serve the country and establish fame and fortune. The tone of the whole poem is majestic and high-pitched, and the tragic ending is a typical work of Xin Qiji's "depression and frustration".