From "Yuanyuanqu", it is a seven-character song line by Wu Weiye, a poet in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Allusion: Chen Yuanyuan once entered the palace, and was later acquired by Tian Hongyu, the father of Emperor Chongzhen's Tian Guifei, and was given to Liaodong Commander-in-Chief and Pingxi Bo Wu Sangui as his concubine. Li Zicheng's peasant uprising army captured Beijing and Chen Yuanyuan was captured. Out of personal hatred, Wu Sangui led Qing troops into the pass, counterattacked Beijing, and regained Chen Yuanyuan.
This poem reflects a series of major historical events in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties through the gathering, separation and reunion of Chen Yuanyuan and Wu Sangui, a famous prostitute in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and euphemistically condemns Wu Sangui's rebellious behavior. The whole poem cleverly links Wu Sangui and Chen Yuanyuan with Wu Wang Fucha and Xi Shi. At the same time, it also uses many historical allusions into the poem, thus giving the poem a deep sense of history.
The whole poem (excerpt) is as follows:
Dinghu abandoned the world that day, defeated the enemy, took the capital and went to Yuguan.
The six armies of the mourning army are all in plain clothes, and they are all beautiful when they are angry.
It is not my love to have a beautiful woman in exile, and a traitor will perish in a carnival.
Electronically sweep the yellow turban to determine the Black Mountain. After crying, we will meet again.
The translation is as follows:
The king left the world that year, and the general defeated the enemy and collected the capital to make way for Shanhaiguan.
The whole army cried bitterly and put on their clothes. Little did they know that the general was so angry because of his beauty.
He also said that losing beauty was not his passion, and that traitors were destined to perish because they were obsessed with feasting.
Sweeping away the Yellow Turbans like lightning to pacify Black Mountain. After crying, the king and his old father met her again.
Extended information:
"Yuanyuanqu" is a long narrative poem. The whole poem has a rigorous organizational structure, orderly order, and reference to the front and back. It uses multiple pens, and narrative, lyricism, and discussion are intertwined. At the same time, although the story of Chen Yuanyuan and Wu Sangui's separation and reunion is the main content, it also incorporates stories from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, expressing the author's extremely complex thoughts and feelings.
The first paragraph is the first eight sentences, which states that Emperor Chongzhen hanged Jingshan and Wu Sangui colluded with the Qing soldiers to capture Beijing. The sentence "A rage for beauty" hits Wu Sangui's key point and this sentence is the whole sentence. The theme of the poem. It is pointed out that Wu Sangui, under the banner of restoring Ming Dynasty, actually surrendered to the Qing Dynasty for Chen Yuanyuan.
At the beginning of the poem, "I abandoned the world that day at Dinghu" refers to the death of Chongzhen, and then writes about Wu Sangui's defeat of Li Zicheng: "Destroy the enemy, take the capital and go to Yuguan", which is very neat. The name of raising troops was to avenge Chongzhen, but deep down there was another grudge.
The beauty of the two sentences in "Weeping six armies are all plain, and rushing to the top and becoming angry is the beauty", one lies in the neatness of the confrontation, using the public form to stand alone, and the plain form to be red; the other lies in the following sentence "Establish a piece of speech Taking the key points is a warning policy." It does not rely on exaggeration to win, but hits the nail on the head and uses facts to win over eloquence. The fact that "a beauty becomes a beauty in anger" is something Wu Sangui himself dare not face squarely.
Sacrificing national honors and the lives of his whole family for an affair is comparable to Lin Xiangru, who was furious in order to protect the jade in "Historical Records", and Jing Ke, who was about to assassinate the King of Qin and "raised his finger to the crown in anger" , after all, it was too humble. Wu Sangui said, "It is not my love to have a beauty wandering around." His defense seemed weak, and his behavior of "weeping before we meet again" seemed artificial and hypocritical.
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