The legendary swordsman is a five-character quatrain written by Jia Dao, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. The "sword" here is a metaphor and symbolic meaning, which expresses the author's ten-year cold window, tempering his talents and lofty ideals.
The whole poem is as follows:
After ten years' hard work, I have grinded out a sword. The edge of the sword flashes in cold light, but I haven't tried its sharpness.
Now take it out and show it to you. Whoever is wronged may as well tell me the truth.
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Creation background
According to legend, Jia Dao, a poet, took part in the imperial examination under the persuasion of Han Yu. He wrote with a brush as soon as he entered the examination room. In the poem Sick Cicada, he denounced: "Any yellowbird or crow wants to harm cicadas."
As a result, it was considered as "all talents are not promoted", and together with Zeng Equality, it fell into the notoriety of "Ten evils in the examination room". Jia Dao knew that "singing sick cicada's words" offended powerful people, but he was helpless. I wrote this poem of self-metaphor.
works appreciation
This poem is a natural and ingenious combination of ideology and artistry. Because this poem relies on the sword to pin its ideals, seeking to be different, unrestrained, unskilled and unrestrained. Poets pay attention to proper metaphor, clear meaning and distinct theme.
Its outstanding artistic features are plain language, lively poetic thinking, short and pithy poems and capable and generous chivalrous style, which shows another feature of Jia Dao's poetic style. The whole poem is full of emotion and magnificent. After reading it, you can see people in the sword and achieve the artistic effect of combining man and sword.
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