Tang Dynasty: Cen Can
There are few people in the Flame Mountain in May. See you ride as fast as a bird.
All Hu Junying are in the west of Venus, and a horn will shake Xiaohutian.
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There are few pedestrians in the Flame Mountain in May. See you ride as fast as a bird.
The military camp is in the west of Taibai Star, and Hu Tian was surprised by a horn.
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Wuwei: Liangzhou, now Wuwei, Gansu. Judge: Official name, subordinate to the local governor. Qiaoxi: the west of the desert, which means Anxi. March: point out the troops to be recruited.
Volcano: Flame Mountain, in today's Xinjiang, intermittently extends eastward from Turpan to the south of Shanshan County.
Duhu Camp: refers to the camp where I am the envoy of Anxi to Gao Xianzhi. Camp: a military camp when going out. Taibai: Venus. Taibai was regarded as the star and god of the west in ancient times.
Horn: Military musical instrument, also used to tell time, slightly like today's bugle.
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This poem is included in Volume 20 1 of Complete Tang Poetry, which is an impromptu and distinctive farewell poem. The first sentence seems to be impromptu, pointing out the season ("May") and direction of Judge Liu's March. "Volcano" is a flaming mountain in Turpan, Xinjiang, with an altitude of 400-500 meters. Most rocks are tertiary sandstone, red as fire and hot in climate. Especially in the midsummer of May, it is even more "the fire clouds are all over the mountain, and birds fly thousands of miles and dare not come" ("Goodbye to Yun Ge"). Birds dare not fly, no wonder there are few pedestrians. Therefore, this sentence also wrote the majestic volcano. That's where Judge Liu joined the army. When it's not written here, it's difficult to do it first.
Then he wrote about Judge Liu's extraordinary courage. Watching your horse get rid of the pain like a bird lets readers see such a scene: a flying horse flies over a wild field and pounces on a volcano in uninhabited Yuan Ye. It can be seen how vigorous and extraordinary the rider is. Calling a horse a bird not only shows that it can fly, but also reflects the grandeur of Yuan Ye through its smallness. Originally, it was a volcano that "birds fly thousands of miles and dare not come". It is awe-inspiring to fly such a brave "bird" that does not avoid the flame. This vividly praised Judge Liu's indomitable spirit. The whole sentence begins with a word "look", and the praise is endless.
"Duhuying is too white." At first glance, the third sentence only points out the destination of this trip, saying that the temporary camp is far west of Taibai Star-this is of course an exaggeration. This writing is very imposing, very imposing. Savor it carefully, mainly because the words "lone tiger" and "Taibai" can evoke a solemn and dignified feeling. Taibai, also known as Venus, which is related to the current military actions of Gao Xianzhi and Tang Jun, was considered by the ancients to foretell the enemy's defeat under certain circumstances ("Its westward journey was lost, and foreign countries were defeated", see Historical Records, Official Book). Knowing this, the meaning of the last sentence is self-evident.
The last sentence of "the sound of the horn shakes Hu" is really a warning. Literally, this is the author's longing for the morning in the military camp. It turned out that the bugle sounded at dawn when the barracks arrived. However, in the curious poet's naive eyes, it was a bugle that startled Hu Tian (just like a bugle can wake up soldiers). This can really be compared with Li He's later strange sentence that "chickens crow and the world is white", which shows the lofty aspirations of Tang Junbing. Associated with the appearance of the last sentence "Taibai", the meaning of this sentence is far more profound than the literal meaning. In fact, it is equivalent to saying: As long as Tang Jun gives the order, we can win the battle, sweep away the night air and let the western regions see the light again. This sentence is not only a fu, but also a metaphor and symbol. Because of this, this farewell poem abandoned the general category of personal friendship and sublimated to a higher ideological realm.
This poem does not belong to the usual pattern of farewell poems. It does not directly write farewell feelings and outspoken wishes for victory. However, the scenes here and there are only slightly exaggerated and imagined, and the narrative is naturally appropriate, which can strengthen the friendship, and the meaning of farewell and congratulations is also seen in the text, which is unique in farewell poems.
Creation background
In the tenth year of Tianbao (75 1) of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the princes of the northwest frontier (ancient Arab Empire) and other departments attacked the territory of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Wuwei (now Gansu) satrap and Anxi Gao Made county magistrate sent 300,000 soldiers to fight. This poem was written by the author who sent his friend Liu Dan, a judge now, to the army in Wuwei. "Qiaoxi" is the capital of Anxi.