Original text:
A bright moon rises from Qilian Mountain and crosses the vast sea of clouds. The mighty wind blew Wan Li and crossed Yumen Pass. At that time, Han soldiers pointed at the mountain road, and Tubo coveted the vast territory of Qinghai. This is a land of wars in past dynasties, and few soldiers can survive. The soldiers turned and looked at the border, thinking of home with longing eyes. The soldier's wife looked at the tower and lamented when she would see her relatives far away.
Vernacular translation:
A bright moon rises from Qilian Mountain and crosses the vast sea of clouds. The mighty long wind blew through Yumen Pass where Wan Li and the soldiers were stationed. In those days, Han soldiers pointed to Deng Bai Mountain Road, and Tubo coveted a large area of rivers and mountains in Qinghai. This is the place where wars have been fought for generations, and few soldiers who fought can survive. Garrison soldiers looked at the border town from a distance, and they couldn't help looking sad when they missed their hometown. At this time, the wives of the soldiers are in the tall building, sighing when they can see their relatives in the distance.
This article is from Guan Shanyue by Don Li Bai.
Extended data writing background:
Guan Shanyue is a five-character ancient poem written by Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, with Yuefu as the old theme. This poem is about the mutual thoughts of frontier fortress soldiers who are far away from home and their wives at home, and profoundly reflects the pain brought to the general public by the war.
When Li Bai saw the expedition, he lamented that the national strength of the Tang Dynasty was strong, but the frontier dust was not removed. This poem was written while lamenting the hardships of soldiers in the war and the worries of women in the rear.
Looking at the endless ethnic conflicts in the ancient frontier, the poet revealed the great sacrifices brought by the war and the pain brought to countless expropriated people and their families, but did not simply condemn or praise the war. The poet seems to be thinking about the heavy price paid by generations for this.
Faced with such contradictions, poets, recruiters and even readers can easily arouse a desire. This desire is not directly expressed in the poem, but the idea that "a soldier is a sharp weapon, but a saint has to use it" (The Battle of the South) is easy for readers to produce when reading this work.