It expresses the author's bold feelings of serving the country and not sparing blood and wine on the battlefield, the sadness of being unable to control his own destiny in the cruel war, and the inextricable thoughts and feelings for his distant hometown. .
The poem consists of six chapters, each chapter has eight lines. The poem is written in the tone of a garrison soldier, inspired by picking weeds. The first five stanzas focus on the hardships of life on the border, his strong homesickness, and the reason why he has not been able to go home for a long time. It reveals that the soldiers have the joy of victory in defending against the enemy. , also deeply felt the pain of the war, showing his desire for peace; the last chapter ends the poem with painful lyrics, which is deeply touching.
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Creative background:
Judging from the content of "Xiaoya Caiwei", it was written when soldiers returned from their labors. In the Western Zhou Dynasty. "Xiaoya Caiwei" is a piece in the ancient Chinese realist poetry collection "The Book of Songs". This poem uses overlapping sentence patterns and metaphorical techniques, which embodies the artistic characteristics of the Book of Songs.
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"The Book of Songs" is the beginning of ancient Chinese poetry and the earliest collection of poetry. It collects poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (11th century BC to 6 BC Century), there are a total of 311 poems, 6 of which are Sheng poems, that is, they only have titles and no content, and are called the six Sheng poems (Nanmei, Baihua, Huashui, Youkang, Chongwu, and Youyi) , reflecting the social outlook of about 500 years from the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty to the late Zhou Dynasty.
The author of "The Book of Songs" is unknown, and most of it cannot be verified. It is said that it was collected by Yin Jifu and compiled by Confucius. The Book of Songs was called "The Book of Songs" in the pre-Qin period, or the round number was called "The Three Hundred Songs". It was revered as a Confucian classic during the Western Han Dynasty and was first called the Book of Songs, which is still in use today.
The Book of Songs is divided into three parts: "Wind", "Ya" and "Song". "Wind" is a ballad from various places in the Zhou Dynasty; "Ya" is a formal song of the Zhou people, and is divided into "Xiaoya" and "Daya"; Song", "Song of Lu" and "Song of Shang".
The Book of Songs is rich in content, reflecting labor and love, war and corvee, oppression and resistance, customs and marriage, ancestor worship and banquets, and even celestial phenomena, landforms, animals, plants and other aspects. It is a masterpiece of Zhou Dynasty A mirror of social life.
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