A gentleman is in service. He doesn't know its date. What is this? The chickens have entered the nest, the sun is setting, and sheep and cattle are descending the hillside. A gentleman is in service, so why not?
A gentleman is in service, in a few days or months. What are the advantages? Chickens are on the shelves, the sun is gradually setting, and cattle and sheep are going home from the mountain. If a gentleman is in service, will he be hungry?
This poem is found in The Book of Songs Feng Wang, and it was written in the Spring and Autumn Period. It reflects the pain caused by war and corvee through a woman's deep yearning for her husband who has served abroad for a long time.
The whole poem is divided into two chapters, the meaning and writing are basically the same. The first three sentences of the first chapter: "A gentleman is in service and does not know his day. What is the best? " Then write the idea that the woman can't see her husband back. Among them, "gentleman" was a kind of respect for women's husbands at that time; "On-the-job" means that the husband works outside; The word "period" of "I don't know its date" refers to the service period or the return period. In fact, the two are the same, because you can go home after the expiration of your service. What is the difference between them and "death"? There are two understandings of "to", one is where you have been and the other is to go home. Compared with the two, it is better to talk about it later. My husband has gone out to serve, and I don't know when it will expire and when he will go home. A few words expressed the hero's involuntary nostalgia for her husband. The middle three sentences: "Chickens are born in the hustle and bustle, the days are over, and sheep and cattle fall." Instead, describe the natural scenery of the mountain village fields in the evening; Among them, "Geng" (sound time) refers to a chicken nest made of mud. It was dark, chickens were in their nests, and cattle and sheep came down from the mountains. The hero looks at the scenery and thinks about people because of things. Chickens, cows and sheep can all enter the nest on time, but the husband who went out to work has not come back yet. I can't help feeling that people are inferior to animals. Then she shouted the last two sentences: "A gentleman is in service, why not think about it?" In the present words, my husband is in the army. How can I not miss him? These two words seemed to burst its banks, and her feelings burst out at once, and her repressed worries could not be resisted.
The second chapter repeatedly lamented her yearning for her husband and her desire for his early return, with a slight change in the middle. The first three sentences "A gentleman will be in service for a long time." What's wrong with it? "Among them,' in a few days and months' still means that there is no day and no month, which not only means that the time has been long, but also means that the service period is uncertain and the return date is unknown;" Good luck means "party". When can I be with him? The middle three sentences: "Chicken lives in Jiejie, sunset, cattle and sheep surround" still describe the dusk scenery. Among them, "clean" (sound clean) is a wooden nail, that is, a wooden frame for chickens to inhabit; Broad "(amplification) means the most, and" down wide "is still said. Three sentences are linked: it is dark, chickens are on the shelves, and cattle and sheep are going down the mountain. The last two sentences: "A gentleman is hungry for service! Among them, "dog" is a symbol of speculation and hope. When "maybe" and "maybe" are used, it means that my husband is serving outside. Maybe he's not hungry! This is Sifu's wish in Melancholy, which shows her deep affection for her husband's anxiety and concern.
"Serviceman" is a lyric poem, which mainly expresses the wife's nostalgia and sadness for her husband who has not returned from long-term service. Feelings are very simple and real, and artistic expression is also very successful. The most prominent feature is its description of the typical environment. The first two chapters of this poem focus on describing the night scene of the countryside, showing readers a vivid picture. In the boundless twilight, a working woman leaned against the door and looked around, waiting for her husband. At this moment, how she hopes her husband will appear in front of her eyes! However, what she saw was cattle and sheep going down the mountain and chickens entering the nest. How can this not make her sad and disappointed? Here, the author uses the technique of sketching, and gives us a clear picture of coming home late in the countryside with three strokes and two strokes, which is full of life breath. As we all know, at this particular time in the countryside at night, it is the moment when six animals enter the circle and Fu Tian goes home to reunite with his family, and it is also the warmest time to miss his loved ones. The author puts the heroine Sifu into the picture, and vividly shows her lonely and miserable situation through the rendering of lively atmosphere and the contrast of typical environment. This kind of writing style, with emotion in painting and emotion in scenery, has a strong artistic appeal, which makes readers feel the bitterness of the separation of wife and children brought by the corvee from this picture, and can be called a moving poem with a blend of scenes.