If we want to say the most tragic of the 300 Tang poems written by Du Fu, we have to mention this poem "Who can marry a neighbor and who can bury his own child". Under the guidance of China's ancient traditional patriarchal ideology, it is incredible that there are two such ancient poems.
In fact, these two ancient poems are a realistic phenomenon of imperial militarism at that time. Because many people died on the battlefield in the cold weapon era, men were forced to join the army in the war-torn era. What Du Fu wants to express is that if he has a daughter, he can marry his neighbor and live. But if you have a son, you will be buried in the battlefield when you grow up, and there is no hope.
These two ancient poems are from one of Du Fu's famous seven-character poems, entitled "Chedian".
Vehicles roared, soldiers sang, and soldiers and arrows were tied to their waists. My parents, my parents, my wife and children all ran to see them. When they marched, the dust covered the sky and they couldn't see xian yangqiao. Holding their clothes, they stopped crying, and their sad voices went up to the clouds. When a passer-by asks a passer-by, you can only tell him that you are leaving. Some people go to the north of the Yellow River at the age of fifteen, even if they go to the western border to open up wasteland at the age of forty. Long in the middle, the hair is tied up with a headscarf, and when I come back, I am bald and guarding the border. On the border, people's blood flows like the sea, while the heart of Emperor Wu is still beating for the war. Haven't you heard that there are hundreds of villages covered with vegetation in 200 states east of Huashan Mountain? Even if a strong woman plows the field with a hoe, nothing will grow on the crops in the field. Moreover, the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty can fight hard, and there is no difference between chickens and dogs when they are rushed to fight. No matter what demands are made on them, do they dare to complain? . Just like this winter, we didn't stop the soldiers west of Hangukou from enlisting. Faced with tax challenges, how do they pay? . If you really know that boys are a bad thing, you might as well have a girl. To have a daughter is to marry a neighbor, and we bury our son underground. Didn't you see Qinghai Head, where all the old bones were abandoned? The new ghost wails there, and the old one is loudest in the stormy dark sky.
The content described in this ancient poem is the real phenomenon of "grasping young men" as seen by the author. Vehicles roared, soldiers sang, and soldiers and arrows were tied to their waists. Each of these soldiers went out with a bow and arrow. The car rumbled and Ma Si hissed.
Next, write the separation scenes of these soldiers and their families. Parents, wives and children came to see me off, but the dust raised during the March covered the sky and nothing could be seen. My wife and children cried on the road with men's clothes in their arms, crying loudly and reaching the sky.
In a few simple words, this heartbreaking scene has already been shown to everyone. Because men go to the battlefield, it is almost the difference between life and death, so both elderly parents and children who have not yet grown up understand the significance of this parting. This is the pillar of a family, but now it is far away from home. Where are you going? How not to make people feel pain!
Behind it is the dialogue between passers-by and the first couplet. The first couplet said that some people went to the north of the Yellow River at the age of 65, 438+05, and some people went to the frontier to open up wasteland at the age of 40. When you go, you have to tie up your hair with a headscarf. When you come back, you are already white-haired, but you have to go to another place to guard the border.
The soldiers in the frontier shed blood and died on the battlefield, and all of them gathered into sea water, but the emperor's idea of expanding his territory never stopped. This is belligerence, regardless of the living conditions of ordinary people, only for their eternal fame!