Ma Shi is a set of five-character quatrains written by Li He, a poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, with 23 poems in all.
One of the most representative and famous is the fifth poem, the original poem is as follows:
Twenty-three horse poems, the fifth
Tang Dynasty: Li He
The desert sand is like snow, and the Yanshan moon is like a hook.
Don't be a golden brain, go and step on the clear autumn.
Translation:
Wan Li in Pingsha looks like a layer of white frost and snow in the moonlight. On the continuous Yanshan Mountains, a bright moon is in the sky, like a hook.
When can I get the appreciation of the emperor, put a halter made of gold on this good horse, and let me gallop on the battlefield in autumn and make contributions?
Appreciate:
The vast Yuan Ye is as white as snow, and at the beginning of Yanshan, it bends like a golden hook. This frontier battlefield is a place where good horse heroes can show their talents; However, when can the horse be loaded with a golden skeleton and gallop on the land of clear autumn?
This poem has a lively language and a healthy and fresh style. The first two sentences describe the scenery, describing the scenery suitable for galloping horses in Yanshan Yuan Ye; The last two lyric sentences, I think I am a good horse. I hope I can be reused and show my great talent and ambition.
Extended data:
Li He's family is in the middle of the road, but he is ambitious and studious, and he deserves to be called "a scholar of rural sages". However, due to the slander of competitors, no Jinshi can be promoted. After that, although he should have been promoted to Beijing, he was not admitted, and he was greedy for money and sick all his life. He worked as a Li Lang for only three years, and died young at the age of 27.
Therefore, most of Li He's poems lament his untimely birth and inner anguish, and express his pursuit of ideals and ambitions. It reflects the situation that the vassal region was divided, the eunuchs were authoritarian and brutally exploited the people.
And Li He happens to belong to a horse, so the series of "Horse Poems" came into being. Li He described himself with a horse, and with his extraordinary imagination and absurd metaphor, he integrated his imagination into his poems, fully expressing his feelings and resentment.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Ma Shi