I. Original text
It is difficult to find a hero like Sun Quan after the history of the country. The dance floor was still there, but the heroes had already gone with the passage of time. The setting sun shines on the grassland covered with grass and trees. People say that this was once the place where Emperor Wu of Song lived. Looking back, how powerful he was when he led the Northern Expedition and recovered lost ground!
However, Li Liu Yi Long, the son of Liu Wang Yilong, was a great success and made a swift northern expedition. Instead, he made the Northern Wei Emperor Wu Tuoba fly south and returned to the north bank of the Yangtze River, which was severely hit by his opponent. I have been back to the south for forty-three years, and I still remember the war scenes in Yangzhou. Looking back, there was a crow club drum under the beaver temple. Who can ask: Lian Po is too old to eat?
Second, translation.
Throughout the ages, it is difficult to find a hero like Sun Quan. In those days, the dance pavilion and singing platform were still there, but the heroes had already disappeared with the passage of time. The setting sun shone in an ordinary alley covered with grass trees. People say that this is the place where Emperor Wu of Song once lived. In the past, he commanded a powerful and sophisticated military force, swallowing pride like a tiger!
Emperor Yuanjia made an expedition to the Northern Expedition, trying to make immortal feats to seal the wolf's residence, but he ran for his life in a hurry and looked at the pursuers in the North and burst into tears. Forty-three years have passed, and now I look at the north bank of the Yangtze River and remember the war scenes in Yangzhou. Looking back is really unbearable. Tuoba Tao ancestral hall is filled with incense, crows peck and sacrifice drums. Who else will ask, can Lian Po still eat when he is old?
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The three sentences of "Yuan Jia Cao Cao" allude to reality with ancient events and sharply put forward historical lessons. Historically, Song Wendi and Liu Yilong in the Southern Dynasties "had the ambition to restore Henan since they came to power". He failed in three northern expeditions, especially the last one in the 27th year of Yuanjia (450), and the failure was even worse. Before using the troops, he was very excited when he heard the northern expedition plan of Peng Cheng's prefect Wang and Chen, and said, "Wen and Chen said that people have the intention of sealing wolves in their houses."
"There are wolves in the house" means that you have the confidence to win the Northern Expedition. At that time, the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was divided in northern China, was not without gaps; Compared with the military strength of the north and the south, the north is not dominant. If we can plan properly and think twice before acting, we can win the battle and recover some lost ground. There is no eagerness for Song Like Wendi to do things here. He goes into battle lightly. As a result, not only did it fail to achieve the expected victory, but it led to Tuoba Tao's massive invasion of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the collapse of the national situation.
This historical fact provided a thought-provoking historical lesson for the reality at that time. The author uses the past and present to insinuate the reality and sharply reminds the rulers of the Southern Song Dynasty to learn from their predecessors and their own historical lessons.