Excerpted from the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu's "Dan Qing presents general Cao Ba", the original text is as follows:
On that day, the jade flower was taken into the temple, and the red rank was erected at the palace gate to increase its prestige.
The emperor ordered you to unfold silk and prepare for painting, and you showed your intelligence and hard work in poor management.
After a while, the dragon horse appeared on silk, which was much more mediocre than all generations of horses.
If a real horse falls on the emperor's bed, the picture of the horse's bed is the same as the rank of standing in front of the real horse.
The emperor smiled and urged the left and right to give you gold, and the servant and the groom were all stunned.
Han Gan, a student of the general, can draw a horse and has many good images.
On that day, Yuhuaqi was led to the red steps in the temple and stood tall at the palace gate, adding to its prestige. The emperor ordered you to unfold the silk script and prepare for painting. You are smart and depressed, and you work hard. In a blink of an eye, the dragon horse appeared on the silk in nine days, and Wandai horse was mediocre at once.
The picture of jade flower is like a real horse lying on the emperor's couch, and the picture of a real horse standing in front of the steps on the couch is the same. The emperor smiled and urged the left and right to give you gold, and all the servants and hostess were confused and at a loss. Han Gan, the general's favorite pupil, learned painting skills very early. He can also draw horses and has many extraordinary images.
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Background of poetry creation:
Cao Ba was a famous horse painter in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. After the Anshi Rebellion, he was down and out. In the second year of Guangde, Tang Daizong (764), Du Fu and Cao Ba met in Chengdu and expressed deep sympathy for Cao Ba's experience. They wrote this song "Dan Qing presented to General Cao Ba".
The phrase "always wash an empty horse" in the poem describes that a horse makes other horses pale. Painting a horse is magical and majestic, like a dragon jumping out of the palace gate, and all horses are dwarfed by it.
The poet first used the "growth wind" to describe the majestic spirit of a real horse as a powerful foil for painting horses, and then set off the painter's "real dragon" with all the horses of the painter, deliberately depicting the wonders of Cao Ba's painting horses. This passage is full of enthusiastic praise and pen and ink.