If the east wind is not convenient for Zhou Yu, I'm afraid the outcome will be Cao Cao's victory and Er Qiao's detention in Tongquetai.
Du Mu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote this quatrain on Chibi, which has a long history and is well known to all women and children. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has won many readers. Many commentators, such as Fan Chuan Shi Hua, 300 Detailed Explanations of Tang Poems, and 300 New Notes of Tang Poems, have explained this in detail. To sum up, there are nothing more than two points: First, if the east wind hadn't given Zhou Yu convenience, Wu Dong would have perished long ago, and Er Qiao, large and small, naturally became the captive of Cao Cao and the middleman of Tongquetai, which means Zhou Yu succeeded by luck. Second, the poet is highly respected and good at thinking in images. This explanation that poetry is interlinked from ancient times to modern times seems a bit superficial to Han Yu. A good poem has been read hundreds of times, and the more you read it, the more you feel that it has deeper meaning and needs to be excavated.
Du Mu, a famous poet in the late Tang Dynasty, was called "Xiao Du". Politically, he advocated: eliminating troubles in external borders, pacifying rebellion in internal provinces, reviving the Tang Dynasty and restoring unity and stability. Therefore, he paid attention to the study of "the trace of the rise and fall of chaos, the matter of wealth, the danger of terrain, the damage of ancient and modern times" I like to debate and talk about soldiers best. I have learned lessons from my life, which is recorded in Thirteen Articles of the Art of War by Sun Tzu. And this "The Art of War" was compiled by Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period. Du Mu praised Cao Cao's version of "cutting its complexity and writing its essence." In the "self-written epitaph", there are 13 notes by Cao Gong (Cao Cao). Thus, Du Mu is highly respected by Cao Cao. Because there was no hope of political corruption in the late Tang Dynasty, the poet's enthusiasm for worrying about the country and the people and his ambition to help the country and the world were all wasted, so the poet naturally expressed deep sympathy for Cao Cao's generation of heroes with unfulfilled ambitions. When you feel sorry for your monarch, you also feel sorry for yourself. The poet pinned his thoughts and feelings on the poem Red Cliff. With the above background materials, we can talk about poetry from the perspective of poetry.
Du Mu was sent to Huangzhou, where this poem "Red Cliff" was written. Later, Dongpo used the pseudonym "Red Cliff" and wrote "Battle of Red Cliffs" to express his feelings. Whether it is really "iron is not sold, it will wash away the recognition of the former dynasty" is still a poet's fiction, and there is no need to do index research. The key point is that the poet just took this opportunity to start, "seeing the big from the small" and thought of the war scene from the ruins of the ancient battlefield on the beach by the river. "The iron halberd has not been sold, and the personnel have changed." "Red Cliff" is actually an epic, a poem mourning the ancients. The poet chanted Battle of Red Cliffs and remembered the past of Cao Cao. On the surface, it was written about Zhou Yu, but in fact it was written about Cao Cao, which was overlooked by many commentators. The so-called "east wind". We really can't strictly abide by it. In my humble opinion, this "east wind" is synonymous with conditions and opportunities, that is, the right time, the right place and the right people. Just a vivid expression of a poet. And this statement is indeed in line with historical facts. Zhou Yu won Battle of Red Cliffs's victory precisely because of his favorable weather (east wind), favorable geographical position (natural barrier of the Yangtze River) and human harmony (Sun Liu's allied forces), thus avoiding the danger of Er Qiao's exile and Wu's demise. Where is this "lucky success"? In fact, the poet is saying: Cao Cao, the hero of the world, failed to accomplish the great cause of reunifying China due to the constraints of conditions, the influence of opportunities and the combination of inevitability and contingency. It is obvious that the poet is mourning! I'm sorry! I cherish heroes and sadness! If this poem is written from the front, it should be "If the times are convenient for Cao Gong, the bronze sparrow terrace will lock Er Qiao." But it is precisely the poet who does not "speak directly", but uses a hypothetical sentence to interpret an affirmative sentence. This kind of musical pen has puzzled more descendants and annotators.
By going up one flight of stairs, the poet also vividly demonstrated a philosophy: No hero can create history out of thin air, but is bound by the times. The success of people and careers is inseparable from conditions and opportunities. From this perspective, how can this poem not be said to be a profound philosophical poem? In short, what the poet wants to express is: If the times, conditions and opportunities were favorable to Cao Cao at that time, then Cao Cao would not have failed in the Battle of Red Cliffs, the hegemony between Wu and Shu would not have been destroyed, and the tripartite confrontation between the three countries would not have appeared. There is no doubt that Cao Cao's great cause of unifying China was successful. This history may have to be rewritten. For "locking Er Qiao", we should not stick to words. Now that Er Qiao has been captured by Cao Cao, what else is there? Perhaps this explanation is a bit absurd, but it can be said that it really conforms to the original intention of the poet and the original intention of writing this poem.
It is such an ingenious, short and pithy poem that caused great controversy in later generations. Xu Hui, a poet in the Song Dynasty, said in zhouyan's Poems: "Du Mu's poem Red Cliff ... I don't ask about the survival of society and the loss of life. I am afraid of catching Er Qiao, so I don't know what to do. " Shen Deqian, a poet in A Qing in the Qing Dynasty, said in his Poems: "The quatrains are meaningful and far-reaching, just like the poem" Red Cliff ",'The east wind does not follow Zhou Lang, and the bronze sparrow terrace in Er Qiao is locked in spring. "The almost frivolous juvenile language is called by poets. Why?" It is understandable to misunderstand this poem; The people who denigrate this poem are really shocking. This is really "the article is eternal, and the gains and losses are known"!
Mr. Lu Xun said: "In fact, Cao Cao is a very capable person, at least a hero. Although I am not a party member of Cao Cao, I have always admired him. " Du Mu wrote poems praising Cao and regretting Cao Cao's unfulfilled ambition, which is quite reasonable and insightful.