This poem borrows the title "Joining the Army" from the old Yuefu and describes the whole process of a scholar joining the army and fighting. There are only forty words, which not only reveal the psychological activities of the characters, but also render the environment and atmosphere, and the brushwork is extremely vigorous.
The first couplet was written at the same time when the newspaper came, which aroused the patriotic enthusiasm of people with lofty ideals. The poet did not directly explain the military emergency, but said that "the bonfire shines in Xijing" and expressed the military emergency through the visual landscape of "bonfire". A word "photo" plays up the tension. "The grievances in my heart" are caused by bonfires. Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country, and he doesn't want to spend his youth between pens and inkstones anymore.
A word "self" shows the scholar's sincere patriotic passion and writes the spiritual realm of the characters. The first two sentences explain the background of the whole event. Zhuan Xu wrote about the process that the commander-in-chief came to bid farewell to the capital and went to the front to fight, and surrounded the enemy's castle with an avalanche. A word "word" shows the seriousness of the expedition;
The word "wai" clearly shows that the soldiers are powerful and surround the enemy soldiers. Longcheng is a famous city of Xiongnu, which refers to the enemy's fortress here. The neckline is closely connected with the couplets, and the poet captures the main appearances of natural "snow" and "wind" in the dead of winter and depicts the tense scene when the two armies confront each other. Vision: flags are flying everywhere in the heavy snow;
Hearing: the roar of the wind is mixed with the sound of marching drums. Two poems, vivid and colorful, wonderful. The poet expresses himself in a unique way, symbolizing the "flag" and "drum" of the army, showing the brave and fearless spirit of the soldiers fighting the enemy in the snow and the tragic scene of bravely killing the enemy inspired by the drum.
The couplet "Better be a centurion than a scholar" expresses the common wish of intellectuals in the early Tang Dynasty to make contributions. Li Zehou said, "At that time, from the aristocratic family to a scholar, from the upper class to the common people, in the early Tang Dynasty Tiankhan (Taizong) era, which was characterized by the Western Expedition, the defeat of Turks and the defeat of peace, a sense of honor and heroism for making contributions to the country permeated the social atmosphere."
These two poems by Yang Jiong are the strongest voices of intellectuals at that time, and they have the characteristics of the times. The same spirit is also reflected in Yang Jiong's other poems. This short poem tells the whole process of the scholar's joining the army. Being able to concentrate such rich content in a limited space shows the poet's artistic skill.
First of all, the poet grasped the most representative fragment in the whole process and gave a general description of the image. As for how the scholar joined the army, how to bid farewell to his parents, wives and concubines, and how to March all the way, the poet did not care. Secondly, the poem adopts the jumping structure, jumping from one typical scene to another and developing by leaps and bounds.
For example, just after the third sentence was written, the fourth sentence surrounded the enemy and then showed the scene of fierce fighting. But this kind of leap is very natural, and there is rich imagination space between each span.
At the same time, this leaping structure makes poetry have a lively rhythm, such as turbulence on a cliff, giving people an indomitable momentum, effectively highlighting the strong patriotic passion of literati and the spiritual outlook of Tang Junbing.
Extended data:
The original "Join the Army":
Tang Dynasty: Yang Jiong
There is a raging fire in Kyoto, and gasoline is surging in Chang 'an.
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.
The warning beacon of the frontier fortress reached Chang 'an, and the heart of a strong man could not be calm. 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.
Creative background:
In 679-68 1 year (during the years of Tiaolu and Yonglong in Tang Gaozong), Tubo and Turks invaded Gansu many times, and Pei Xingjian was ordered to set out for a conquest. In the interpretation of Tang poetry, Tang Ruxun thought that the author felt wronged when he saw that the imperial court valued martial arts over literature, and only the military attache was in favor, so he pretended to be a poet to vent his grievances.