"Southern Kingdom"
Why don't men take Wu Gou and collect the fifty states in Guanshan?
Please come to Lingyan Pavilion for a while, as if you are a scholar of ten thousand households.
The first two sentences are in a rhetorical tone, and "why not" runs directly through the next sentence. From the grammatical structure, the two poems are connected to form a complete sentence: Why don't men wear Wu hooks to collect the fifty states of Guanshan? Ask but don't answer, leaving you in suspense. The last two sentences are rhetorical. "Please" goes straight to the next sentence and must be read to the end in one breath: "Please go to Lingyan Pavilion and see which of the meritorious officials who have been awarded the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households is a scholar?" Ask but don't answer, leaving you in suspense.
Combining the two questions, it seems that this "scholar" no longer wants to be a scholar, but joins the army, seeking to become a marquis of ten thousand households with the military merit of "collecting the fifty states in Guanshan". In this, of course, there is a sense of responsibility to eliminate the vassal towns and achieve unification. But his anger at being a "scholar" with no way out was also very strong. In those years when the mountains and rivers were broken and wars were frequent, generally speaking, it was better to "bring a Wu hook" with a pen. What's more, Li He, a scholar, was deprived of his qualifications to take the Jinshi examination just because his father had the word "Jin" in his name? However, it is not easy to achieve military exploits. He asked back: "Why not bring Wu Gou?" So, "Why not bring Wu Gou"? Two questions are used to form a poem, and the voice is passionate, which adds a new dimension to Qijue's creation.