The sentence in Yan Ge Xing describing the warriors' expedition is: The desert is poor and the grass is declining in autumn, and the lonely city is fighting at sunset with few soldiers.
"Yan Ge Xing" is a poem by Gao Shi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. This poem summarizes the general frontier war, mainly exposing the general's arrogance and underestimation of the enemy, and his lack of respect for the soldiers, which led to the defeat of the war. The content can be roughly divided into four paragraphs. The first eight sentences of the first paragraph are written as a teacher. Among them, the first four sentences say that the dust of war started in the northeast, the general was ordered to conquer, and the emperor bestowed glory on him. He was already favored and arrogant, which foreshadowed the subsequent chapters of underestimating the enemy.
The last four sentences continue to describe the expedition lineup, with flags like clouds and drums and horns blaring. They marched to the battlefield in a majestic manner, which contrasted with the embarrassing scene when they lost. The second paragraph contains eight sentences about the battle. Among them, the first four sentences state that the enemy came fiercely at the beginning of the war, and the Tang army suffered heavy casualties; the last four sentences said that by the end of the day, the troops were outnumbered and exhausted, and they could not relieve the siege. The eight sentences in the third paragraph are about recruiting people, missing their wives and looking at each other in two places, and there is no hope of meeting again.
There are four sentences in the last paragraph. The first two sentences describe the soldier's determination to die for his country in a situation where there is no hope of survival; the last two sentences of the poet are emotional and express his deep sympathy for the tragic fate of the soldier. The whole poem provides a high-level artistic summary of the life in the frontier fortress army, reflecting the national contradictions, contradictions in the military, the shortcomings of border policies and the suffering of the people. The theme is profound and implicit, the style is tragic and majestic, the momentum is majestic, and the writing is vigorous.
"Yan Ge Xing" is Gao Shi's masterpiece. It is not only Gao Shi's "first major chapter" (commented by a recent scholar, Zhao Xi), but also a masterpiece among the frontier poems of the entire Tang Dynasty, which has been passed down through the ages. , good things are not accidental. The poem laments the suffering of the war and condemns the generals for being arrogant and underestimating the enemy, being dissolute and derelict in their duties, resulting in the defeat of the war and causing the soldiers to suffer great pain and sacrifice.
Creative background
"Yan Ge Xing" was written in the 26th year of Kaiyuan (738) after Gao Shi returned from Qi to the Liang and Song Dynasties. Although this poem uses the old title of Yuefu, it was composed due to current events. This is the development of Yuefu poetry. If we go further, we will reach Du Fu's "Beauty's Journey", "Military Chariots", "Three Officials" and "Three Farewells" Just wait for the new Yuefu in Shi Ming Chapter.
"Yan Ge Xing" is a Yuefu title and belongs to the "Ping Tune Song" in "Xiang He Ge". This tune has not been recorded before, so it is said that it was created by Cao Pi. There are two poems in Cao Pi's "Yan Ge Xing", which are about women's autumn thoughts. They were first created by him, so later generations often imitate his use of Yan Ge Xing tunes to write poems about women's resentment.