Author: Liu Bang
Song of the Great Wind by Liu Bang, a poet in the Western Han Dynasty.
The wind is flying, the weaver girl returns to her hometown in the sea, and the valiant soldier guards everywhere.
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Liu Bang's victory over Xiang Yu depended on the concerted efforts of many armies. These armies, some of which are his allies, have no affiliation; Some of them were originally his subordinates, but because of their rapid strength in the war, they have become too big to fail. After Xiang Yu's defeat, if these troops unite against him, he can't cope. So when he ascended the throne, he wanted the leaders of several major armies to be kings and let them rule a considerable area; Then we will destroy them one by one with the strategy of divide and conquer. In this process, it is inevitable to encounter stubborn resistance. In BC 196, Ying Bu, king of Huainan, rose up against Korea. Because he was brave and good at fighting, Liu Bang had to go out in person. He quickly defeated Ying Bu, and finally his ministry will kill Ying Bu. On his way home successfully, Liu Bang returned to his hometown of Pei County (now Jiangsu Province) and invited his former friends, elders and younger generations to drink together for more than ten days. One day, after drinking too much, Liu Bang crashed into the building and sang this song "Wind Song" which he improvised. Moreover, he danced generously and wept bitterly (see Hanshu Gaudi Ji).
If Xiang Yu's "Gaixia Song" shows the sorrow of losers, then "Da Feng Ge" shows the sorrow of winners. As a link between these two kinds of sadness, it is a sentimental feeling for people's smallness. In the first sentence, Li Shan explained in the Tang Dynasty: "The wind is flying, competing with the pack, and the world is in chaos." (See Shan Li's Selected Works of Jiguting, Volume 28) This is correct. "The chaos in the world, because of competing with the pack" obviously refers to the situation of competing with the pack at the end of the Qin Dynasty. Some books in Selected Works are called Meng. If so, it refers to the counter-insurgency of Ying Bu and others in the early Han Dynasty. But these counter-revolutionaries were launched one after another, not at the same time, and should not be said to be "fierce competition"; What's more, they are all counter-insurgency in some areas and have not spread to the whole country. It should not be said that "the world is in chaos". Therefore, being a "man" is right. The next sentence "Vega returned to his hometown" means that he won the throne under such circumstances, so he was able to return to China with honor. Therefore, in these two sentences, Liu Bang frankly admitted that his success in Jia Weihai first depended on the situation that "there was a strong wind in the clouds". However, just as the situation is beyond human control, this situation is not caused by Liu Bang. He's just lucky that this happened. From this point of view, it is accidental that he can ascend to the throne. Although his contemporaries are as lucky as him in this respect, his ultimate success depends on his efforts and talent; But for Liu Bang, who came from humble origins, how much use would his efforts and talents be if he had not met such an era? Therefore, in any case, he can become emperor, first of all by luck, and secondly by his own efforts and talents. He compared the objective conditions that pushed him to the throne of the emperor with the natural changes that the Romans could do nothing about, or at least unconsciously showed his psychological activities!
Let's just say it's not up to Liu Bang to decide whether he regards his luck as a heavenly arrangement or a pure coincidence. In other words, give full play to your talents; But the effect of all this depends on luck. As an emperor, to save the world, there must be brave men guarding the four sides for him, but is there such a brave man in the world? If so, can he find them and let them serve him? It doesn't depend entirely on him. Therefore, the third sentence "Andrew's warriors are eager to defend the quartet" is both hope and doubt. He wants to do this, but can he really do it? He could not answer himself. It can be said that he is not only uncertain whether he can find a warrior to defend the quartet, that is, whether he can save his own world, but also deeply worried and uneasy. So although the first two sentences of this song seem to be full of ambition, the third sentence suddenly reveals anxiety and fear about the uncertain future. If Xiang Yu, as a loser, once lamented that man can conquer nature, then this song of the winner Liu Bang echoed with similar sadness. No wonder when he was singing and dancing, he was "generous and sad" (Hanshu Gaudi Ji).