Full-text Translation of Yang Jiong's Joining the Army

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The bonfire shines on Chang 'an, Kyoto, and the anger of injustice arises spontaneously.

After bidding farewell to the palace, the general left with a military emblem in his hand; Surrounding the enemy and attacking the city, the elite cavalry are extremely brave.

Heavy snow, the flag is eclipsed; The wind roared, mixed with drumming drums.

I would rather be a junior officer to fight for my country than a white-faced scholar who can only carve sentences and find chapters.

join the army

[Tang] Yang Jiong

The flames of bonfires in Kyoto, Chang 'an City, crude gas oil.

Leaving the palace, the general will assume the command; Surrounding the enemy and attacking the city, the elite cavalry are extremely brave.

The heavy snow darkened the color; The wind roared and the drums rang.

I'd rather be a junior officer to fight for my country than a white-faced scholar who only engraved his chapter.

Yang Jiong (about 650- 693), a native of Huayin, Huazhou (present-day Shaanxi), was a writer in the Tang Dynasty, and he was also known as four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty with Lu and Luo.

Yang Jiong grew up smart and knowledgeable. In the fourth year of Tang Xianqing (659), he was promoted by a boy and his brother. The following year, the Hong Wen Pavilion will be completed soon. In 676, Tang Gaozong was promoted to secretary and secretary of provincial studies. In the first year of Tang Yongchun (682), he was promoted to Prince Li Xian and judge. Tang Chuigong two years (686), was demoted.

Yang Jiong's literary talent is outstanding, and he is good at writing prose, especially poetry. There are more than 30 existing poems, which are characterized by five words, such as Joining the Army, Going out to the Great Wall, Fighting South of the City, Purple Horse, etc., with great momentum and bold style, showing the fighting spirit of making contributions to the country. In art, neat antithesis and harmonious phonology have both the rigorous style of metrical poetry and the distinctive features of Yuefu poetry. Other poems that sing in harmony and embark on a journey have little characteristics and have not completely escaped the colorful wind. There are more than 50 pieces of fu, preface, table, monument, inscription, ambition and shape. Yang Jiong opposed palace poetry and advocated the style of "backbone" and "charm". His poems have the characteristics of breaking through the "palace style" of Qi and Liang Dynasties in both content and artistic style, and occupy a place in the history of poetry development. In the Ming Dynasty, Tong Pei compiled ten volumes of Yang Yingchuan Collection.