Tang Dynasty: Liu Zongyuan
The bleak autumn wind, with thick frost, the eagle spreads its wings to meet the dawn.
Iron wings break clouds, cut Changhong, and lightning sweeps Pingshan.
Suddenly swoop down, insert thorns, grab foxes and rabbits and bring them back for nine days.
Claws save lives, steel beaks are stained with blood, hundreds of birds hide, eagles look around, no one can beat them, and they can't help being impassioned.
Unexpectedly, the hot summer suddenly came, and the sick eagle's feathers fell off and its vitality was greatly hurt.
The fox and mouse in the grass dare to take risks and face human harassment, and it is difficult to sleep after a night of provocation.
The eagle is willing to rely on the high autumn of the next day to get rid of the heavy shackles.
Translation of "Cage Eagle Ci"
Frost flutters in the bleak autumn wind, and the eagle flies into the sky to meet the dawn.
Lyzjc broke through the clouds, cut off Changhong, and swept across Pingqiu like lightning.
Suddenly swooped down, crossed the thorns, caught the fox and rabbit, and returned to nine days.
Paws are hairy, steel beaks are stained with blood, birds hide in hiding, eagles look around, and no one can beat them, so they can't help being impassioned.
Unexpectedly, the hot and humid summer came suddenly, and the sick eagle lost all its feathers and was badly hurt.
The foxes and mice in the grass dare to take advantage of people's danger to harass them face to face, and constantly provoke them overnight, which makes people sleepless.
The eagle is only willing to break free from the heavy shackles and go to the clouds of Wan Li again with the crisp autumn of the next day.
Notes on Cage Eagle Ci
Hentai: Autumn wind. Seat (xī lì): Wind. Frost: Frost.
Flip: fly. Dawn: the sunshine of dawn. Tang Taizong's poem Except Night: "Let's finish the banquet and pour the pot for the dawn."
Pi: separate. Crack: Breakthrough. Rainbow (ní): Rainbow.
Thunderbolt: Thunder, thunder. Han Meicheng's Seven Hairs: "Its roots are half dead and half alive. Winter is a violent wind and snow, and summer is thunderous. " Electricity: lightning. Take: pass by.
Huā ran: onomatopoeia. This refers to the sound made by an eagle when it dives. H: Powerful wings.
Hold on. Vastness: refers to the sky.
Claw hair: there is hair on the claw. Kiss blood: the blood on your mouth. Hundreds of birds die: all kinds of birds run and hide.
Independence: independence. "The Analects of Confucius Ji's": "Taste independence, carp go to court." Enthusiasm: high spirits, high spirits.
Hot summer: A humid and hot climate in midsummer.
Destroy Tibet: damage and contusion. Wang Han Zhaojun's Poem of Complaints: "Being out of the palace is absolutely wide, and your body is destroyed."
Trouble: danger and disaster.
Ten times a night: look around many times a night.
Qing merchants: clear autumn. False: by virtue.
Unplug: to remove. Tired: all kinds of constraints. One is "Wan Li". Cloud: refers to the sky. "Cockfighting" Southern Dynasties, Liang: "I would like to give Huainan medicine to make Yunfei."
Appreciation of Cage Eagle Ci
This poem expresses the author's lofty aspirations when he participated in political innovation activities in the past, and his grief and indignation at being persecuted and destroyed after his failure. I am eager to get out of the cage one day, fly high and realize my grand ambition.
In the first half of the poem, the eagle strikes the sky and can do anything. The first two sentences, "The wind is bleak in first frost, and the eagle strikes the dawn." It is said that the goshawk is not afraid of the cold, facing the morning light and heading for the thin sky. Cold words such as "cold wind" and "severe frost" in "Clouds cover the fog, rainbows break and thunderbolts fly like lightning" make the whole picture full of air conditioning. The words "rainbow" and "thunderbolt" have added some dazzling warm colors. "Cut the thorn vigorously, catch the fox and rabbit under the sky", and write the work of the goshawk with extensive pen. "Cut" and "catch" are vigorous and neat, which can be described as invincible. "Claws kiss blood and birds die, looking back independently, passionate." It depicts the appearance of the goshawk with close-up techniques, which is majestic and different from ordinary people. The "refined creation" and "fox rabbit" here are in line with the times and both contain political implications.
Liu Zongyuan praised the goshawk. Readers who want to know the author's true meaning can find the answer from his frank letters. "Letter to Xu Jingzhao" said: "Zong Yuan was young and friendly with guilty people, and began to doubt his ability, saying that he could be benevolent and beneficial to education. Diligent without expectation, no encouragement. You will only be determined by Chiang Kai-shek's loyalty and take the road of praising Yao, Shun and Kong to serve you. You don't know how stupid you are, you can't be strong, and that's what it means. " Another cloud said, "I am young and smart. I don't know how many signs there are, and I don't know whether I should answer them. But I will go straight and get caught by the criminal law, and I will get my wish. What's strange? " Although there is remorse here, he does not deny that he has the ambition to save the world and the people when he is "innovating forever" and expects to succeed with "one heart and one mind". Liu Zongyuan's youth was successful and distinguished, and his vigorous spirit was like an eagle.
In the second half of the poem, the situation changes suddenly, and the goshawk suddenly encounters bad luck, worry and fear. "When summer suddenly comes, wings fall off and self-destruct." It means changing the political situation with the change of seasons, and implies persecution with the fall of feathers. "The cats and mice in the grass are full of troubles and are frightened and hurt every night." Suffering from raccoons is a metaphor for a dangerous situation. They can use restless sleep to express the anger accumulated in their chests. It is natural and appropriate for Liu Zongyuan to describe himself as an eagle in distress with a broken wing and feathers. At the end of the poem, the words "I hope that the business will be fake again, and the clouds will disperse" reflect the poet's urgent mood of "getting rid of it and then being quick". This sentiment poured out again and again in his letters. This poem fully shows Liu Zongyuan's deep confidence in himself and contempt for his persecutors.
Jin Yuanhao asked about Liu Shiyun's evaluation: "Xie Kefeng reflects the past and the present. Who is as deep as Liuzhou? Zhu's lingering sound is still there, but it is a lonely heart (Collected Works of Mr. Yishan, Volume 11, On Poetry), which fully illustrates the deep feeling and implication of Liu Zongyuan's poetry. This poem "Cage Eagle Ci" embodies this feature of Liu's poetry.
The Creative Background of "Cage Eagle Ci"
This is a poem based on objects, written during Liu Zongyuan's exile in Yongzhou. During Yongzhen Yuan's reign (805), Liu Zongyuan participated in Yongzhen Innovation led by Wang and others. In August of the same year, Yongzhen failed in innovation. After Yongzhen's innovation failed, Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Yongzhou Sima. During Yongzhou's relegation, Liu Zongyuan was depressed and wrote many poems. This poem "Cage Eagle" is one of them.
Brief introduction of the author of "Cage Eagle Ci"
Liu Zongyuan (773 -8 19), a native of Hedong (now Yuncheng, Shanxi) in the Tang Dynasty, was an outstanding poet, philosopher, Confucian scholar and even an outstanding politician, and was one of the eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties. There are more than 600 masterpieces, such as Eight Chapters of Yongzhou, which have been compiled into 30 volumes by later generations, named "Liuhe East Collection". Because he was from Hedong, he was called Liu Liuzhou, and because he was finally appointed as the secretariat of Liuzhou. Liu Zongyuan and Han Yu were both leaders of the ancient prose movement in the middle Tang Dynasty, also known as "Liu Han". In the cultural history of China, his achievements in poetry and literature are outstanding, which can be said to be inseparable.