Bai Xuege’s poem sending Judge Wu back to the capital

The poem by Bai Xuege as he sent Judge Wu back to the capital is as follows:

"Bai Xuege sends Judge Wu back to the capital" Tang Dynasty: Cen Shen

The north wind sweeps the ground white The grass breaks and the snow falls in August. Suddenly a spring breeze comes overnight, and thousands of pear trees bloom. It scatters into the bead curtain and wets the Luo curtain, and the fox fur is not warm and the brocade quilt is thin. The general's horns and bows cannot be controlled, and the guards' iron coats are cold and uncomfortable. The vast sea is covered with thousands of feet of ice, and the gloomy clouds condense thousands of miles away. The Chinese army prepares wine and drinks for the returning guests, playing fiddles, lutes, lutes and flutes.

The snow falls one after another at the camp gate, and the red flag is blown by the wind and does not turn over due to the freezing cold. I saw you off at the east gate of Luntai. When you left, the road to Tianshan Mountain was covered with snow. You can't be seen on the winding mountain road, leaving a place for horses to walk in the sky above the snow.

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1. Translation:

The north wind swept across the land and broke the white grass, and heavy snow fell from the sky in the northern part of the country in August. As if the spring breeze blew overnight, pear blossoms bloomed on the trees. Snowflakes flew into the bead curtain and moistened the silk curtain, and the brocade quilt was too thin to cover with fox fur to keep warm. The general's hands were too cold to draw his bow, and his armor was too cold to put on.

The boundless desert is covered with thick ice, and the sky is filled with bleak and gloomy clouds. Wine is placed in the coach's tent to bid farewell to returning guests, and an ensemble of fiddles, pipa, and flutes is played to entertain the guests. In the evening, heavy snow kept falling in front of the camp gate, and the red flag was frozen and the wind could not pull it. Outside the east gate of Luntai I send you off to Beijing. When you left, the road to Tianshan Mountain was covered with heavy snow. You are nowhere to be seen on the twists and turns of the mountain road, leaving only a line of horse hoof prints on the snow.

2. Author background:

Cen Shen (718?-769?) was a native of Jiangling, Jingzhou (now Jiangling County, Hubei Province) or Jiyang, Nanyang (now Nanyang City, Henan Province) , a poet of the Tang Dynasty, was called "Gao Cen" together with Gao Shi.

In the third year of Tianbao (744 years), Cen Shen passed the imperial examination. After three years of guarding, he was awarded the title of "You Nei" to lead the army of Cao to join the army. Later, he served in the army twice in the frontier fortress. He first served as the Secretary of the shogunate of Gao Xianzhi, the governor of Anxi. Later, in the last years of Tianbao, he was appointed as the governor of Anbeiting and the judge of Changqing shogunate. During the reign of Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty, Cen Shen served as the governor of Jiazhou (now Leshan City, Sichuan), and was known as "Cen Jiazhou" in his old life.

On the occasion of autumn and winter in the fourth year of the Dali calendar (769), Cen Shen died in Chengdu at the age of about fifty-two (51 years old). In terms of literary creation, Cen Shen is good at seven-character poetry. He has a close feeling for the scenery of the frontier fortress, military life, and the cultural customs of foreign lands. He has many excellent frontier fortress poems in particular.