1. Light up your lips and stay overnight in Linmingyi
Qing Dynasty: Chen Weisong
The clear bun is separated, and the Taihang Mountains are like tadpoles.
There are acres of barnyard grass and an inch of frost.
Zhao, Wei, Yan and Han, it’s hard to look back on them all.
The sad wind roars at Linming Station, and the yellow leaves are walking in the Central Plains.
Translation:
The hills and mountains on a sunny day are vivid in my mind, just like a beauty’s bun. Looking from afar, the winding Taihang Mountains look like tadpoles. Barnyard flowers are blooming all over the field, like heavy frost and snow falling more than an inch thick.
The past events of the ancient kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, Yan and Han are so vivid and unbearable to look back on. The sad wind howled miserably, and dead branches and leaves were flying everywhere in the Central Plains.
2. Songs of Stone Drums
Song Dynasty: Su Shi
In the twelfth month of winter, I am in a sad and ugly age. I first entered politics and met Lu Sou. I heard about the stone drum and now I see it, the writing is dull and the snake is running away.
When I look closely, I draw my belly with my fingers at the beginning, and when I want to read, I feel like I am holding a pair of pincers in my mouth. It’s too late for Mr. Han to be happy with his past life, and my current situation is a hundred years later!
Forcibly searching for radicals and inferring some paintings, sometimes one, two, or eighty-nine are found. My chariot attacks the horse as well, but the fish is just a willow with a tuna in it.
The ancient utensils are like a tripod, and the stars are scattered all over the place. The calluses are half hidden, and the heel and elbow can still be distinguished.
The moon is missing and the moon is hidden in the clouds and mist. Drifting through hundreds of battles, there is no chance of survival. Who can be friends with after thousands of years of independence?
Chasing Xuanjie at the top and showing promise to him, bowing to Bingsi and flying with the geese at the bottom. Reminiscent of the past Zhou Dynasty when Xuan Ge was a tadpole.
When people are tired of chaos, they think of sages and sages, and when they rejuvenate the heavens, they live for the elderly. In the eastern expedition, Xu captured Kan and the tigers, and in the northern expedition, the dogs and soldiers followed their instructions and howled.
The elephants and beasts give tribute to wolves and deer, and Fang summons couplets to give Guiyou. So I thought about the general because of the drum, why did I bother Meng Shou for the examination.
Who can compose an ode higher than Song? Even if his service is great, he will not be arrogant, and his civil and military skills will still be loyal.
If you want to find the year, there is no A or B. Is there any writing to remember someone? Since the decline of Zhou Dynasty, the seven kingdoms have been restored, and the people of Qin have nine.
Sweep the poems and books and recite the law, throw away the beans and Chen whipping. Who supported Zulong back then? Go up to Mr. Cai and lead the yellow dog.
Mounting mountains and carving stones to praise heroes and heroes, the latter cannot succeed the predecessors. Emperor Jieyun visited the four kingdoms, burned, raped and rescued the head of Guizhou.
Since the Six Classics have been left to dust, this drum should also be beaten. Rumor has it that Jiuding has fallen to Si Shang, and he wants to make thousands of people sink into the water to get it.
The tyrant indulges in lust and depletes manpower, and the righteousness of divine things does not stain the Qin. Where can Shi Gu hide at this time? Wu Nai is a work of heaven that the ghosts keep.
Everything changes in its rise and fall, and its wealth and fame are immortal. Think carefully about physics, sit down and sigh, life is as peaceful as your longevity.
Translation:
In December, the cold winter of the sixth year of Jiayou reign, I went to the Confucius Temple to worship Lu So as soon as I took office. I saw the stone drum I heard about in the old days today. The drum is majestic and powerful, like a dragon or a snake. If you look closely at Shigu, the words are blurry and look like fingertips, and it is so difficult to read them aloud. The ancient Han Tuizhi lamented that he was born too late, not to mention that I was a hundred years after Han Gong.
Qiang went to look for the radicals of Shiguwen and scrutinized the stipples, but he could only recognize one or two and eight or nine were left. Finally, he recognized that "my chariot is both attacking and horse-attacking" and "its fish are as strong as its squid's willows". It's like identifying the ancient tripod among the piles of antique utensils, and like identifying the Beidou among the scattered stars. Most of them are blurry like sores and calluses on the palms, and the heel and elbow can still be identified due to incomplete shape.
It looks like the crescent moon disappearing into the clouds, and it also looks like the naked seedlings buried in the deep grass. Shigu drifts around and survives hundreds of battles. I don't know who it has been friends with for thousands of years. At the top, it can compete with Xuanyuan and Emperor Jie's ancient Chinese characters, while at the bottom, it can cultivate the small seal scripts of Li Bingyang and Li Si. Recalling the swan geese of the past is a famous poem written by King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty.
At that time, Taishi Zhen used big seal script to change the ancient Chinese tadpoles. People's hearts hate the chaos of King Li and King Yi and think of the saints. The Zhongxing Dynasty of Zhou Dynasty was born to assist the elders of Zhou king. In their eastern expedition, Xu Lu was like a fierce and powerful tiger roaring, while in the Northern Expedition, the surrender dog Rong Duo was like an easy driver of lackeys. King Mu of Zhou conquered the army of dogs and soldiers and returned with four wolves and four deer. He gave Uncle Fang and Zhao Hu a jade to fight with wine.
Every time the army beats the dog drum and thinks about the general's merits, how can he beat the military drum and bother the blind man? Who once wrote "Song Gao" to praise the achievements of the king of Zhou? The author who wrote this article should be as famous as Hengshan Mountain. His meritorious deeds were great but he did not boast about them and took credit for them. The civil servants and generals under him were so honest and loyal.
The stone drum inscriptions left by King Zhou cannot find the year A and B. There is also a name recording someone or someone. Since the decline of King Zhou, seven kingdoms have been destroyed one after another, leaving the unified Thailand with nine divisions. The Qin Dynasty swept away poems and books and advocated tyrannical laws. Those who gave up the utensils used to worship ancestors were whipped in vain. Who assisted the tyrant Qin Shi Huangdi back then? Shang Cai Gongzi Li Si led the yellow dog that harmed the people.
I want to record my merits and deeds when I climb a mountain and carve a stone, but I have no successor and no one before me. It is said that Emperor Qin inspected the four countries he occupied, destroyed and raped them, and said that he rescued the head of Guizhou. Even the "Six Classics" turned into dust. I was really worried that the Shiguwen would also be dismembered that year. Legend has it that one of the Nine Cauldrons sank in the Sishui River, and everyone wanted to sink it into the water to get it.
Even if the tyrant uses up all his manpower, the sacred objects will not be stained with the dirt of Qin. At that time, I really didn’t know where Shigu could go to avoid bad luck, but He Tiangong ordered the gods and ghosts to guard Shigu. The rise and fall of the world are ever-changing, but Shigu remains idle. Those rich and powerful people are immortal only for one day.
Think carefully about all things and sit and sigh, how can you live as long as Shigu?
Extended information:
Writing background:
"Stone Drum Song":
The twelfth year of the sixth year of Jiayou (1061) In that month, Su Shi first entered the official career and signed a contract in Fengxiang (now Shaanxi). The author first arrived at Fengxiang Mansion, visited the Confucius Temple, and viewed the stone drum and seven other relics. In the eighth year of his reign, Jiayou composed eight poems called "Eight Views of Fengxiang". In the preface of the poem, there is a saying that "I mourn the world and mourn for the customs. I hurt myself and cannot see the ancients, but I want to see their relics." "Song of Stone Drums" is the first poem in this group of poems.
Su Shi is good at metaphors. He describes one thing and sometimes uses metaphors one after another, which makes people overwhelmed. This poem is an example. Another major feature of this poem is the use of antithesis almost throughout the poem, seeking changes in arrangement.
Many places have grand openings and closings that make people unaware. It is undeniable that some of the couplets are intertextual, and a few of them even seem to be close to each other. However, if you look carefully, the author always emphasizes the key points in the upper and lower sentences and tries to expand the meaning of their content.
"Dian Jiang Lip·Overnight at Linming Post":
"Linming Post" is Linming Pass in ancient times, located in Yongnian County, Hebei Province today, between Xingtai and Xingtai. To the south and north of Handan, it is an important transportation road and a battleground for military strategists.
It was originally an ancient battlefield. In the seventh year of Kangxi (1668), after Chen Weisong ended his "eight years in Rugao" as a shelter in the Maoxiang Water Painting Garden, he traveled north to Beijing for the first time. Passing Linming Station on the way, he felt the desolate coldness of the north, looked up at the past and present, and felt his emotions. Baiduan worked hard to write this word.
"Dian Jiang Lips·Stay Overnight at Linming Station" is a nostalgic poem about travel. Looking at the whole poem, the upper section is entirely devoted to describing the scene of reality, the first sentence of the lower section is devoted to the scene of the past, and the concluding sentence is devoted to the scene of reality, one from ancient times to the present. Using the past to reflect reality strengthens the desolation and depth of the poem and embodies the bold and unrestrained characteristics of Chen Weisong's poem. The whole poem is mainly about describing scenery.