On Ancient Anti-war Poems

Military vehicle shop Tang Dufu

Vehicles roared, soldiers sang, and soldiers and arrows were tied to their waists. My parents, my parents, my wife and children all ran to see them. When they marched, the dust covered the sky and they couldn't see xian yangqiao. Holding their clothes, they stopped crying, and their sad voices went up to the clouds. When a passer-by asks a passer-by, you can only tell him that you are leaving. Some people go to the north of the Yellow River at the age of fifteen, even if they go to the western border to open up wasteland at the age of forty. Long in the middle, the hair is tied up with a headscarf, and when I come back, I am bald and guarding the border. On the border, people's blood flows like the sea, while the heart of Emperor Wu is still beating for the war. Haven't you heard that there are hundreds of villages covered with vegetation in 200 states east of Huashan Mountain? Even if a strong woman plows the field with a hoe, nothing will grow on the crops in the field. Moreover, the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty can fight hard, and there is no difference between chickens and dogs when they are rushed to fight. No matter what demands are made on them, do they dare to complain? . Just like this winter, we didn't stop the soldiers west of Hangukou from enlisting. Faced with tax challenges, how do they pay? . If you really know that boys are a bad thing, you might as well have a girl. To have a daughter is to marry a neighbor, and we bury our son underground. Didn't you see Qinghai Head, where all the old bones were abandoned? The new ghost wails there, and the old one is loudest in the stormy dark sky.

Analysis:

This is a political satire against Tang Xuanzong's belligerence, which may have been written in the tenth year of Tianbao (75 1). After Tianbao, the wars against ethnic minorities in China's border areas became more and more frequent in the Tang Dynasty, and the nature of the wars changed from stopping harassing and stabilizing the border areas before Tianbao to cruel conquest. Years of campaigns have brought profound disasters to the frontier nationalities and the people of the Central Plains.

"Purple Tongzhi Sword" Volume 2 16 contains: "In April of Tianbao's tenth year, Jiannan was fresh in Zhongtong's discussion of Nanzhao Manchu, but lost to Shanghai. When Zhong Tong sent 80,000 soldiers, ... the army was defeated and 60,000 soldiers died. Zhong Tong was spared. Yang Guozhong concealed his failure, but still told his merits. ..... Make and raise soldiers from Beijing and Henan to attack Nanzhao. People have heard that Yunnan is full of ruins, there is no war, and foot soldiers died in 189, so Moken should be recruited. Yang sent a suggestion to divide the army, and flail sent the army. " ..... So the monkey was very sad. His parents and wife gave him a present, and he cried there. "

This poem was probably written for this reason (Shen Deqian thought it was written for Ming Chengzu to fight) ("Tang Poetry"), but it was not. The whole poem is divided into two sections: the first section is a narrative, which describes the sadness of parting. "Ask the pedestrian" is the second paragraph, and the recruiter complains that this is a note. The poet profoundly exposed the profound disasters brought to the people by Li Tang's belligerent countries, and expressed sincere and deep sympathy for the people's misfortune. This is Du Fu's first poem about people's sufferings.

This is a seven-character ballad, in which the "real" technique of folk songs is used in many places. Read as many as pearls, and the tone is harmonious and pleasant. In addition, dialogue and some spoken language are used to give readers an immersive feeling. "Poetry of Tang and Song Dynasties" says: "This style was created by Lao Du, satirizing current events and being asked by her husband. The speaker is innocent, and those who hear it are enough to serve as a warning. The reverberation of "Xiaoya" is lingering. The article was written in a hurry at the beginning, and the pen was surging, like a sudden wave, which made it impossible to stare. Let's talk about the frequency of doing things first, say the wrong things first, then talk about current events, and finally end with tragic words. " The word means gloomy, and the syllable is tragic. In this business world, you can't be strong. "