The content of the poem "Reducing Talents in an Unrestricted Style" is as follows:
Reducing Talents in an Unrestricted Style comes from "Miscellaneous Poems of Ji Hai: Two Hundred and Twenty" written by Gong Zizhen in the Qing Dynasty. The full text This is: Kyushu relies on wind and thunder to get angry, and it is sad that thousands of horses are silent. I urge God to cheer up and send talents of any kind.
The translation of the whole poem is: Only the huge force like thunder can make the land of China full of vitality. However, the lifelessness of the social and political situation is ultimately a kind of sadness. I advise God to regain his spirit and not stick to certain specifications in order to send down more talents.
Poem appreciation:
The first two sentences of the poem use two metaphors to express the poet's views on the situation at that time. Thousands of Horses Silence is a metaphor for the decadent and cruel reactionary rule, where ideas are imprisoned, talents are strangled, and there is dullness, vulgarity, ignorance, and a dead silence and suffocating reality.
Wind and thunder are a metaphor for emerging social forces and sharp and violent reforms. Focus on the big picture, focus on the whole, and create a majestic, powerful and profound artistic realm. The last two sentences of the poem, "I urge God to be brave again, and send talents down in an eclectic way" is a famous line that has been recited.
The poet expressed his fervent hope with unique imagination. He looked forward to the emergence of outstanding figures, the reform trend to form new thunder and new vitality, and to sweep away the dullness and sluggishness that enveloped Kyushu. The situation not only exposes contradictions and criticizes reality, but also looks forward to the future and is full of ideals. It is a unique wonderland, unique, calling for change and the future.