The meaning of "Guazhou Crossing with Louchuan on a snowy night": I remember beating up the Jin soldiers on Guazhou Crossing, and racing with "louchuan" warships on a snowy night.
From: "Shu Anger", a seven-character poem written by Lu You, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty. The original text is as follows:
In my early years, I knew that things were difficult, and the Central Plains looked to the north like a mountain.
The building boat crosses Guazhou in the snowy night, and the iron horse disperses in the strong autumn wind.
I walled the Great Wall and promised myself that it would be empty, but the fading hair on my temples was already stained in the mirror.
If you are a master, you can show your true name in the world. Who can be compared to others in a thousand years?
The translation is as follows:
When I was young, I determined to make the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, but I never imagined that it would be so difficult. I often look north to the land of the Central Plains, and my blood boils with passion and my resentment is like a mountain. I remember beating up the Jin soldiers at Guazhou Crossing, and flying warships on a snowy night. In the autumn wind, the horses galloped freely, and the good news of regaining Dashan Pass came frequently.
I think back then I compared myself to the Great Wall and had great ambitions to eliminate border troubles for my motherland. Nowadays, my hair is as frosty as my hair on my temples, and my hopes for the Northern Expedition and recovery are all empty talk. People can't help but remember Zhuge Kongming. His reputation as a military commander is truly worthy of his reputation. Who is like Zhuge Liang who dedicated his life and led the three armies to restore the Han Dynasty and conquer the Central Plains!
Extended information:
Creative background
It was written when Chunlu visited his hometown of Shanyin in the thirteenth year of Chunxi (1186), Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty. Lu You was sixty-one years old at that time, which was an age when time had not waited for me. However, the poet was deposed and had been dismissed from office for six years. He was living in seclusion in his hometown with an empty title. Thinking of the broken mountains and rivers, the Central Plains not being taken over and "there is no battlefield to serve the country", feeling that the world is so difficult, the villain harming the country and "the scholar has no place to serve alone", so the poet burst out with anger.
"I knew at an early age that the world was difficult, and the Central Plains looked to the north with a spirit as strong as a mountain." At that time, he was on the front line of the Anti-Jin War, looking north to the Central Plains, and his lofty ambition to regain his homeland was as firm as a mountain. When a hero is useless, he will return to the memory of fighting and fighting. I think back then, when the poet looked north to the Central Plains, his ambition and ambition to regain the lost territory was like a mountain surge, full of courage. The poet never thought that the road to killing the enemy and serving the country would be so difficult.
Explanation of words and sentences
⑴Book of anger: Write your own resentment. write.
⑵Early years: early years, when you are young. That: that is "where". Things are hard: the great cause of resisting gold has been repeatedly undermined.
⑶ "Central Plains" sentence: Looking north to the Central Plains, the heroic spirit of regaining the homeland is as firm as a mountain. The Central Plains looks north, which is the reverse text of "Looking north to the Central Plains". Qi, spirit.
⑷ "Lou Chuan" sentence: The author was thirty-seven years old at this time and served as a judge in Zhenjiang Prefecture. In the first year of Longxing of Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty (1163), Zhang Jun, as Prime Minister on the right, supervised the troops and horses on the Jianghuai roads, and personally led the sailors to travel between Jiankang and Zhenjiang by building boats. However, Fuli was soon defeated, and his desire to regain his homeland came to nothing. Louchuan refers to the vehicles and boats used by the Song army in the Quarrying War, also known as paddle boats and wheel boats.
There is a pedal-driven machine inside the vehicle and a paddle wheel connected to the outside of the boat, which relies on the pedal power of a group of people to move forward. Cars and boats were very popular in the Song Dynasty. Because this kind of warship is tall and has a building, it is called a building ship. Guazhou: Located on the Yangtze River south of Xingjiang River in today's Jiangsu Province, across the river from Zhenjiang, it was an important place for river defense at that time.
⑸ "Iron Horse" Sentence: In the eighth year of Xiaozong's reign (1172), Wang Yan served as the privy envoy to Sichuan and planned to restore the Central Plains. Lu You joined the army and went to Nanzheng (today's Hanzhong, Shaanxi) as an official and prosecutor. During this period, he personally visited the front line of Dashanguan to study anti-enemy strategies. But soon Wang Yan was transferred back to the capital. The desire to regain the homeland was once again frustrated. Iron Horse: A war horse covered in iron armor. Dashanguan Pass: in the southwest of Baoji, Shaanxi Province, it was the western boundary of the Song and Jin Dynasties at that time.
⑹ "Stop" sentence: It means that the author vainly claims to be "Stop the Great Wall". Blocking up the Great Wall is a metaphor for a general who can guard the border. "The Biography of Tan Daoji in Southern History" records that Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty wanted to kill the general Tan Daoji. Before his execution, Tan angrily shouted: "I will destroy your Great Wall!"
⑺ Fading temples: old and thinning white hair. Spots: refers to black hair mixed with white hair.
⑻ Departure of the Army: In March of the fifth year of Jianxing (227) after the Shu Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang wrote a "Departure of the Army" before sending troops to attack Wei, expressing that he "rewarded the three armies and set the Central Plains in the north." ”, the strong determination to “restore the Han Dynasty and return the old capital”. Famous: a name passed down to future generations.
⑼Kan: Yes. Bozhong: originally refers to the order among brothers. Here it is a metaphor that the characters are on par with each other and it is difficult to distinguish between superior and inferior. The fifth poem of Du Fu's "Ode to Ancient Relics" praises Zhuge Liang, saying: "When brothers meet Yi Lu, the commander will definitely lose Xiao Cao.
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