Original xing:
In the 26th year of Kaiyuan, a guest returned from Rong Yuan and wrote "Ge Yanxing" to show that he was handy in defense, so he was harmonious.
The northeast border of China is shrouded in smoke and dust. In order to repel the barbaric invaders, our generals left their families. Stride forward together, looking like heroes should watch, and received the emperor's most cordial favor. They walked through the elm pass with the sound of gongs and drums. They waved a row of flags around the stone tablet. Until their captain in Shahai gave the order with feathers, the hunting fire of the Tatar chieftain flashed along the Wolf Mountain. The highlands and rivers on the outer border were cold and desolate, but soon the barbarians' horses ran wild in the wind and rain. Half of us were killed at the front, but the other half are still alive, and the beautiful girls are still singing and dancing for them at the camp. In autumn, the desert is full of grass, the sun sets, and there are only a few surviving watchmen by the lonely wall. Serve the just cause and despise life and enemies. However, despite what they have done, Elm Street is still unsafe.
Still in the front line, the real clothes are thin, and it's time for Bai Weiling to look after his departure. Still in this southern city, the young wife's heart is broken, while the soldiers on the northern border are looking forward to going home in vain. The strong wind cut off our progress, and there was nothing on the vast land. Three times a day, the dark clouds of slaughter rose over the camp. All night, the drums on the hour trembled and gave a cold rumble. Until the white sword is seen again, spattered with red blood, when death becomes a responsibility, who will stop to think about fame! However, when it comes to the hardships of desert war, today we will mention Li, a great general who lived a long time ago.
Poetry appreciation:
Ge Yanxing is Gao Shi's masterpiece. Although the old Yuefu theme was used, it was written because of current events, which is the development of Yuefu poetry. If you go further, you will reach the new Yuefu, such as Du Fu's "Two Ways, One Car Shop, Three Officials and Three Farewells". Ge Yanxing is a theme of Yuefu, which belongs to a part of the flat tune of Xianghe Pavilion. This piece of music has not been recorded before, so it is said that it was composed by Cao Pi.
Cao Pi wrote two poems about female melancholy, which was initiated by him. Therefore, future generations should learn from him to write poems that will always be in my heart with the tone of Yan Gexing. Ge Yanxing, written by Gao Shi, is about the life of frontier soldiers. He was the first person to write this theme with Yan Ge's operas. This poem mainly reveals that the master is arrogant and underestimates the enemy, and has no sympathy for the foot soldiers, which leads to the defeat of the war. Annotators have never made detailed comments on the preface and literature and history, and they all think it is a satire on Zhang Shousheng.
The object of this poem should be An Lushan, General Pinglu and General Zuo, who were sent by Zhang Shousheng to conquer and qidan.
Poetry can be roughly divided into four paragraphs: the first paragraph consists of eight sentences. The first four sentences say that the dust of war started in the northeast, the general was ordered to conquer, and the son of heaven gave him special glory. He has always been favored and arrogant, which indicates underestimation of the enemy.
The last four sentences are followed by the lineup. Flags are like clouds, drums and horns are ringing, and all the way to the battlefield with great fanfare, as a foil to the embarrassing situation when losing. The words "a captain" are written to reach the front. Feather book flying, see military emergency; Hunting for fire at night, saying that the enemy line is heavily guarded.