Song Dynasty: Xin Qiji
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!
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In a sense, the whole poem can be divided into two parts. The first three sentences are a paragraph, which vividly depicts the image of a loyal and brave general, thus showing the poet's great ambition. The last three sentences are a paragraph, expressing the grief and indignation of "ambition is hard to pay" with a deep sigh.
The first sentence, with three continuous and distinctive movements, creates an image of a strong man, which makes readers understand the inner activities of the characters and imagine the living environment of the characters from those movements, which means endless.
The action of "lighting" once again points out the scene of the middle of the night. In the dead of night, I can't sleep, so I have to eat wine alone. After eating "drunk", I still can't calm down, so I follow "holding the lamp" and "watching the sword". After finally falling asleep, everything I just thought became a dream. A brave man woke up from a good dream and it was dawn. A military camp is connected to a military camp, and the horn rings. The sound of the trumpet is full of courage. And that strong man happens to be the general in charge of these barracks. So, he jumped up, dressed neatly, and wanted to turn everything he thought in "drunkenness" and "dreams" into reality.
Two or three sentences highlight the majestic military capacity and show the high fighting mood of generals and soldiers. "800 Li under fire, 50 strings beyond the Great Wall": The soldiers rejoiced and enjoyed the roast beef presented by the general; The army played inspiring fighting music. The general is full of energy and high spirits, and he is an "autumn soldier on the battlefield." This word "autumn" is well written. Just like "Mazhuang in crisp autumn", "point soldiers" going out indicates an invincible prospect.
After "Autumn Soldiers Go to the Battlefield", it was magnificent, and it ran straight through the later film "Lu made of horses, fast speed, bow like a thunderbolt": the general took an iron horse, galloped with his whip, and quickly rushed to the front, bowing and thundering, and ten thousand arrows were fired in unison. It seems that I have seen several pictures in succession: the enemy has fallen; Defeated soldiers, messy; The general took the lead, pursued victory, and ended the battle instantly; The victory song was played and the flag fluttered happily. However, at the end of the word, the author sighed deeply: "White hair is born!" " Fell violently from the peak of feelings. It turns out that magnificent military capacity, galloping battle array and brilliant victory are all dreams. This situation is really "sad". However, no one "pities" him. So he wrote this poem "Zhuang Ci" and sent it to Chen Tongfu in the same "poor" situation.
From the whole word, there is a strong contrast between hero and tragic, ideal and reality. The author can only look at the sword when drunk, gallop to kill the enemy in his dream, and lament when he wakes up. This is a personal tragedy as well as a national tragedy. The author's loyalty, whether awake, drunk or dreaming, can't be forgotten, which is a vivid embodiment of his lofty and deep patriotism and dedication.
The layout of this word is also noteworthy. The phrase "get drunk while watching the sword" suddenly sounded, followed by the taste of dreams, the division of company battalions, the direction of soldiers on the battlefield, and the victory of the enemy, protruding like an eagle, soaring into the sky. However, when soaring in the sky, it suddenly fell and sighed that "poverty happened", which forced readers to shed tears of pity for the author's ambition. This style of writing, which plummets and comes to an abrupt end at the same time, is often exciting because of its unexpected strong artistic effect if used well. Such a structure is rare not only in Song poetry, but also in ancient poetry. This artistic technique also embodies the bold style and original spirit of Xin Ci. However, Xin Qiji did not use this artistic technique to show off his skills and pursue novelty. This expression is closely related to his life experience and political experience. Because it is difficult to realize his ambition of recovery, his feelings broke out and naturally broke the formal convention, which is by no means something that a writer who only pays attention to literary form can do.