Wang Han’s tragic and comforting poems in the midst of great pride: Don’t laugh when you are lying drunk on the battlefield. How many people have fought in ancient times?
Source: Wang Han, author of "Liangzhou Ci", Tang Dynasty
Glow-in-the-dark cup of grape wine, urge you to drink pipa immediately.
Lord Grim, lying drunk on the battlefield, how many people have fought in ancient times?
Translation:
At the wine feast, the mellow grape wine was filled into exquisite luminous cups, and the singers played rapid and cheerful pipa sounds to encourage drinking. They are about to mount their horses and rush to the battlefield to kill the enemy and serve the country. All the soldiers are full of pride.
You must get drunk today before you can rest. So what if you fall drunk on the battlefield? This time I went on an expedition to serve my country. I originally planned to wrap my body in horse leather, but I didn't plan to come back alive.
Creative background:
Describes a rare banquet for frontier soldiers, but its specific creation time cannot be confirmed. Scenes showing passionate and excited emotions and drinking happily before resting are a portrayal of the desolate environment on the border and the tense and turbulent military life of the conquest. It has a strong flavor of borderland and military camp life.
Judging from the title, Liangzhou belongs to the northwest frontier; judging from the content, wine was a specialty of the Western Regions at that time, luminous cups were imported from the Western Regions, pipa was produced in the Western Regions, and Hujia was a popular musical instrument in the Northwest. These are all related to the northwest frontier style.