The translation of Fu Xiaoyu's whole poem can only be seen in the gale. In turbulent times, we can see who is a loyal minister.
Brave people, how to understand morality. A wise man must have kindness in his heart.
The original poem Ode to Xiao Yu is full of vigor and sincerity.
Brave people know justice in peace, but wise people are kind.
Appreciate Li Shimin's poems to Xiao Yu, explain the definition of loyal subjects, and affirm Xiao Yu.
In the later period of the rule, his son Li He launched a life-and-death court struggle for the throne. In this struggle, Xiao Yu firmly sided with Li Shimin and finally helped him win the throne.
Li Shimin highly praised and affirmed Xiao Yu's affection, and he was grateful for it. These two poems use the method of contrast. "A strong grass in a high wind" is prosperity, which is the basis of the following argument. At the same time, this sentence takes ordinary natural scenery as a metaphor, which illustrates a profound truth: in sunny days, "strong grass" is confused with ordinary grass; In a peaceful and stable environment, "loyal ministers" are easily confused with ordinary people, and their particularity is not revealed, so it is difficult to distinguish them. Only after the test of big winds and waves can we see what kind of grass is tough and what kind of people are loyal.
"Laozi" says: "There are loyal ministers in national chaos." "Once"? "Biography of Wang Ba" says: "Guangwu () said:' Yingchuan died of me, and his son stayed alone, and the wind knew that grass was strong.' "Bao Zhao, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, said in" Generation of the North Gate ":"If you are in danger, you will see the minister's day and the world will be loyal. " All these words express the same truth, which can be used for reference by Li Shimin. Wen Tianxiang's "Song Zhengqi" said: "If you are poor, you can see it one by one. "There are similar results.
It is precisely because Emperor Taizong, a great figure in the history of China, quoted "A gust of wind knows grass" in his poems, which made this sentence spread through the ages and became a famous saying.
Brief introduction of Li Shimin Li Shimin (599-649), the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, reigned for 23 years, with the title of Zhenguan. His name means "save the world and help the people". He was born in Ji Cheng (now Qin 'an County, Tianshui City, Gansu Province). Li Shimin is not only a famous politician and strategist, but also a calligrapher and poet. Emperor Taizong initiated the famous rule of Zhenguan, and was honored as Tiankhan by people of all ethnic groups, which laid an important foundation for the prosperity of Kaiyuan in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty and set an example for later generations. Temple name Taizong, Taizong Xiaoguang, posthumous title Great Sage, buried in Zhaoling.