join the army
Don Wang Changling
The bonfire is in the west of the city 100 feet, and you sit alone in the sea breeze and autumn at dusk.
Guan Shanyue, who plays the Qiang flute, is not worried about the golden boy Wan Li.
This song depicts the deep homesickness and homesickness of border guards.
This poem is concise and has a distinctive style of writing. The poet skillfully handled the relationship between narration and lyricism. The first three sentences describe and describe the environment, creating an atmosphere by deepening and repeatedly rendering, paving the way for the fourth lyric sentence, highlighting the position of lyric sentences and making lyric sentences particularly powerful. "Firefighting in the West" suddenly pointed out that this was a lookout in the west of the bonfire city in Qinghai. Yuan Ye, which is desolate and lonely, has only this 100-foot tall building. This kind of environment can easily cause people's loneliness. The season is in autumn, and the chill invades people. This is the season when wanderers miss their loved ones and wives. Time meets dusk again. "Chickens live in the hustle and bustle, and it is dusk, and cattle and sheep come down." The gentleman is in service, don't think too much! "At this time, people often miss their loved ones who are serving. At this moment, the recruiter who has been absent for a long time is just sitting alone in the lonely garrison building. Heaven and earth are long, and there are no couples in prison. Homesickness rolls with the autumn wind blowing in the direction of Qinghai Lake. What is described above is the environment seen through vision. There is no sound and there is no three-dimensional sense. Then the poet wrote: "Play Guan Shanyue's Qiangdi more". In the lonely environment, there are waves of flutes, just like the call of relatives and the sigh of vagrants. This continuous flute sound, like a fuse, made the homesickness of frontier fortress people suppressed in their hearts uncontrollable, and finally broke out, which led to the last sentence of the poem. This wisp of flute sound is a scene for the piper who "sits alone" on the lonely building, but this scene is full of feelings expressed by the piper, which makes the environment more specific and richer in content. How ingenious and natural it is for the poet to use this sentence, which is equally affectionate and scenic, to complete the transition from scenery to emotion without revealing traces!
The poet's brushwork is very euphemistic and tortuous in expressing the ideological activities of recruiting talents and talents. The environmental atmosphere was created, paving the way for lyricism, and then it came naturally, directly describing the feelings of the border people who were "worried about Wan Li's wife without gold". What the author wants to show is the feeling of inviting people to miss their loved ones and homesickness, but it is not written directly, but reflected in Wan Li's The Sorrow of a Boudoir Wife. It is the same as the actual situation; The yearning that a wife can't get rid of is the result of asking people to go home but not going home. This song and pen completely combine the feelings of recruiting people and thinking about women. As far as the whole article is concerned, this sentence is the finishing touch, which immediately makes the whole poem full of charm and more touching power.
Join the army and do the second thing.
Wang Changling
The new sound of pipa dance is always the old love.
I can't listen to endless worries, and the high autumn moon shines on the Great Wall.
This poem intercepts a fragment of the frontier fortress's military life, and expresses the profound and complicated feelings of the defenders through the writing of the military feast.
"Pipa dances to make new sounds". With the change of dance, the pipa played a new tune, and poetry and painting unfolded in a piece of music. Pipa is a musical instrument full of frontier flavor, and "playing the barbarian pipa, guitar and harp with him" is often essential for drinking and having fun in the army. These instrumental music, for the garrison, are exotic and easy to arouse strong feelings. Since it is a "new sound", it can always give people some new interests and new feelings, right?
No, "forever is the past." The main content of side music can be summarized as "old love". Because art reflects real life, who is the defender who has not left his hometown or even abandoned his young wife? "Bieqing" is really the most common and profound emotion and creative material. Therefore, the pipa can be changed to a new tune, but it cannot change the emotional content contained in the lyrics. An Interpretation of Yuefu Ancient Poems says: "Guan Shanyue" grieves for his death. In the sentence, "Guanshan" is not only a literal meaning, but also a pun on the tune of "Guan Shanyue", which has a deeper meaning.
The "old" in this sentence corresponds to the "new" in the previous sentence, which has become a poetic turning point and produced a sound trend of resisting falling and rising, especially when "forever" is a powerful transfer, the effect is particularly obvious. Since the second sentence emphasizes the "old" of other feelings, is this music too boring? No, "I can't hear enough sadness", that tune can always disturb people's hearts at any time. Therefore, the endless "endless" tunes really make people afraid to listen, and they are always emotional. This is another turning point in the poem, another cadence of voice and emotion. Is the word "endless" a complaint? Is it a sigh? Is it awesome? Meaningful. As an "endless" solution, it is naturally biased towards resentment. However, if you don't listen enough, it will include praise. Therefore, the "worry about the frontier" mentioned in this sentence is not only a long-lost defense and homesickness, but also has more meanings. At that time, the northern border was not removed, and it was still impossible to stop the soldiers. When you think about this, the defender will feel uneasy. Most of the predecessors only saw its "meaning and bitterness" side, which may not be very comprehensive.
The first three sentences of this poem are all lyrical in music. When it comes to "border worries", the word "endless" is used, so how to finish the sentence with a limited number of seven words is the most obvious skill. The poet made a gentle gesture here in order to have sex with the scenery. It seems that after the scene of buying wine and drinking music in the army, a vast and desolate scene of the Great Wall reflecting the moon suddenly appeared: the ancient and majestic Great Wall was undulating, the autumn moon was shining high, and the scene was magnificent and sad. How do you feel about this? Is it infinite homesickness? Is it an ambition to make meritorious deeds or a sorrow for reality? Perhaps, you should also add a deep love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland, and so on.
Readers may feel that the emotional trickle of the first three sentences has developed in twists and turns (new sounds-old feelings-inaudible) and has merged into a deep lake. "The bright moon shines on the Great Wall in the crisp autumn", where feelings leave the scene and poetry sublimates. It is precisely because of this inexhaustible feeling that the poet "thinks endlessly" and "seems to be detached from reality" that people feel such rich and profound thoughts and feelings, and the inner world of defenders can be vividly expressed. In addition to the twists and turns of voice and emotion, this poem is also a stroke that cannot be ignored.
[Edit this paragraph] Join the army for the third time
Wang Changling
The leaves of elm trees in Guancheng turned yellow early,
Shayun ancient battlefield at sunset.
Please go back to the army to cover up the dust,
Don't teach soldiers to cry about the dragon shortage.
Precautions:
1. Guancheng: refers to the guarding city of the border customs.
2. Sand cloud: a sandstorm like a cloud.
3. Table: On the table, write a book.
4. Dust-covered bone: cover is buried, and dust-covered bone refers to buried bone.
5. Dragon shortage: wasteland.
This poem is the third of the seven poems in the army.
In late autumn, the leaves on the elm trees in the border town have begun to fall, and the red sun in the evening is about to fall, and the wind is blowing.
In a blink of an eye, the ancient battlefield outside the city was filled with wind and sand. After the sandstorm, countless bones were exposed on the battlefield.
Over the years, how many soldiers died in this desolate border town to defend their homes? They should write to the court and bury their bones properly.
Don't let these soldiers who died defending their country wander around like ghosts.
This poem intercepts a fragment of the life of the frontier fortress army, and exposes the bones by describing a strong wind blowing through the ancient battlefield. It shows how tragic the war was at that time, and countless soldiers died at the border and could not be properly buried. It shows the poet's deep sympathy for the soldiers.
In the early Tang Dynasty, China was powerful, but the war in the border areas never stopped. Countless soldiers who left their homes to fight in the border areas died in strange places tens of thousands of miles away from their hometown, but their enthusiasm for serving the country infected the poet. All the way through, race around, attack bravely, and sign the robe with blood. ...
[Edit this paragraph] Join the army for the fourth time
Wang Changling
Qinghai Changyun Dark Snow Mountain,
Seeing yumenguan from the lonely city.
Huang Sha wears golden armor in many battles.
If you don't break Loulan, you won't return it.
Measure:
○ Pingsheng ● Pingsheng ⊙ Pingkecuo △ Yunping ▲ Yun Yun
There is a dark snow-capped mountain in Qinghai, with long white clouds and a lonely city looking at Yumenguan.
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Yellow sand wears golden armor in hundreds of battles, but the loulan is not returned.
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Precautions:
1. Joining the army: an old topic in Yuefu, mostly about military war.
2. Qinghai: Qinghai Lake.
3. Snow Mountain: This refers to Qilian Mountain in Gansu Province.
4. Wear: Wear.
5. Golden armor: battle suit, metal armor.
5. Loulan: The name of the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty generally refers to the pirates who harassed the northwest frontier at that time.
Reference translation:
Clouds over Qinghai darkened the snow-capped mountains and stood in the lonely city overlooking Yumen Pass in the distance. The Great Wall has worn out its helmet and armor in many battles, and it will never come back until it defeats the enemies in the west.
Appreciation of works:
"Qinghai Yunchang Snow Mountain is dark, and the lonely city looks at Yumenguan." There are long white clouds over Qinghai Lake. To the north of the lake, there is a faint snow-capped mountain stretching for thousands of miles; Crossing the snow-capped mountains, it is an isolated city, standing in the desert of Hexi Corridor. Further west, it is Yumenguan, a military fortress far away from the lonely city. This long scroll, which condensed things thousands of miles away, was a typical environment for soldiers living and fighting in the northwest frontier at that time. It is a bird's eye view and a summary of the entire northwest border.
Why do you mention Qinghai and Yumenguan in particular? This is related to the situation of the war between ethnic groups at that time. The strong enemies of the west and the north in the Tang Dynasty were Tubo and Turkic. Our special envoy's task in Hexi is to cut off the traffic between Tubo and Turkic, and take care of the two powerful enemies in the west and north within one town, mainly to defend Tubo and protect the Hexi Corridor. "Qinghai" area is the place where Tubo and Tang Jun fought many times; Outside Yumenguan, it is the sphere of influence of Turks.
Therefore, these two sentences not only describe the scene of the whole northwest border, but also point out the extremely important geographical situation that the "isolated city" rejects Tubo in the south and defends Turks in the west. The strong enemies in these two directions are the heart of the soldiers guarding the "lonely city", so Qinghai and Guan Yu should appear on the screen. This is not so much what the soldiers see in their eyes as what comes to mind. These two sentences are permeated with rich and complex feelings while writing the scenery: the frontier soldiers' concern for the frontier situation, their pride and sense of responsibility for their tasks, and the loneliness and hardship of frontier life are all integrated in the tragic, open and misty scenery.
The third and fourth sentences changed from the description of the environment with scenes to direct lyricism. "Yellow sand wears golden armor in hundreds of battles" is a poem with strong generalization. The length of the border defense, the frequency of wars, the hardship of fighting, the toughness of the enemy and the desolation of the border are all summed up in these seven words. Hundreds of battles is more abstract, and the word "yellow sand" highlights the characteristics of the northwest battlefield, making people see the scene of "the ancient battlefield with sunset and sand like clouds"; From "winning every battle" to "wearing golden armor", we can imagine the arduousness and fierceness of the battle, and we can also imagine a series of heroic sacrifices in this long time. However, although the shining golden armor has worn out, the soldiers' ambition to serve the country has not been tempered, but has become more determined in the tempering of desert sand.
"Never break the Loulan, never return it" is the heroic oath of the battle-hardened soldiers. The more the last sentence highlights the difficulty of the battle and the frequency of the war, the more forceful it becomes, hitting the floor. In a word or two, the realm is broad and the feelings are tragic and rich; There is an obvious turning point between three or four sentences, and the two sentences are in sharp contrast. Although the phrase "yellow sand" describes the hardships of war, the actual feeling of the whole image is majestic and powerful, not deep and sad.
Therefore, the last sentence is not a lament for returning home without a day, but a firmer and deeper oath based on a deep understanding of the hardships and length of the war. An important ideological feature of the excellent frontier poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty is that while expressing the lofty sentiments and ambitions of the frontier guards, they do not shy away from the hardships of war. This article is an obvious example. It can be said that three or four sentences are not empty and superficial lyricism, but only one or two sentences of rich environmental description are needed. The high unity of typical environment and characters' feelings is a prominent advantage of Wang Changling's quatrains, which is also clearly reflected in this paper.
Related materials:
Readers of frontier poems in Tang Dynasty are often confused by the confusion and spatial separation of ancient and modern place names in poems. Some people doubt that the author is not familiar with geography, so they don't seek a good solution, and others write for it. This is the case with this poem. The first two sentences mentioned three place names. Snow Mountain is the Qilian Mountain which spans the south of Hexi Corridor. Qinghai and Guan Yu are thousands of miles apart, but they appear on the same picture, so these two sentences have various interpretations.
Some people say that the first sentence is looking forward, and the next sentence is looking back at home. This is very strange. Qinghai and Snow Mountain are in front, and Yumenguan is behind. Then the hometown of the lyric hero should be the Western Regions west of Yumenguan, not the Han soldiers, but Hu Bing. On the other hand, the second sentence is an inverted sentence of "Looking at Yumenguan, an isolated city", and the object of looking at it is "the dark snow mountain in Qinghai". There are two misunderstandings here: one is to interpret "looking from afar" as "looking from afar", and the other is to misunderstand the general description of the northwest border region as what the lyric hero sees. The former misunderstanding is due to the latter misunderstanding.
[Edit this paragraph] Join the army for the fifth time
Wang Changling
The dust in the desert is dim,
The red flag rolled out of Yuanmen.
The former army fought the Taohe River at night,
It is reported that he was captured alive.
People who have seen the Romance of the Three Kingdoms may be deeply impressed by the fifth book, Guan Yunchang's Warm Wine Chops Hua Xiong. This is a wonderful part of shaping Guan Yu's heroic image. But the book doesn't describe how Guan Yu, who was alone, confronted Hua Xiong, who led 50,000 troops. Instead, he used this passage: (Guan Yu) paid the bill, raised his knife and got on the horse. The vassals heard the drums outside the Commissioner deafening, shouting deafening, such as the sky were to fall, and all the people were surprised. He was about to listen when the Luan bell rang and the horse arrived in Zhong Jun. Yun Chang lifted Hua Xiong's head and threw it on the ground. The wine was still warm.
This document is very concise, and it shows the great power of Guan Yu from the atmosphere at that time and the reaction of governors. On its objective artistic effect, it is more fascinating than writing dozens of rounds of sword fights. Of course, this passage by Luo Guanzhong has his uniqueness, but if we avoid the positive narrative and let people imagine the scene of the war through the rendering of the atmosphere and the description of the side, it is not his initiative. This song "Joining the Army" by Rainbow Changling should be said to be an early and successful poetic form.
"The dust in the desert is dim", because the Altai Mountain, Tianshan Mountain and Kunlun Mountain in the northwest all run from west to east or southeast, forming a big horn in Hexi Corridor and eastern Qinghai. The wind is extremely strong, and when the wind is crazy, sand and stones fly. So "weak sun" followed by "desert dust" does not mean that it is getting late, but that the wind and sand cover the sky. But this not only shows the violent climate, but also appears as a background, which naturally plays a role in setting off and hinting at the military situation. In this case, what action will Tang Jun take? Not behind closed doors, passive defense, but active expedition. In order to reduce the strong resistance of the wind and speed up the March, the soldiers marched with half a roll of red flags. In Dust in the Desert, these two sentences have rendered a powerful force under the guidance of a red flag. It seems natural not to show off, but this army is like a sword, pointing directly at the enemy camp. This makes the reader's heartstrings tense and makes people feel that a fierce battle is coming. What kind of thrilling scene will this athlete running in the desert perform? In this suspense, read the last two sentences again: "The former army fought the Taohe River at night, but they were captured alive." This can be said to have fallen together. The reader's suspense was just followed by the army, and it was not their turn to show their talents on the battlefield. Just in the middle, the good news came that the vanguard troops won a great victory in the night battle and even the enemy chief was captured alive. The plot develops rapidly, which is a bit unexpected, but it is completely understandable, because the momentum of the army's expedition in the first two sentences has fully hinted at Tang Jun's morale and strength. This powerful reinforcements, not only set off the striker's victory is not accidental, but also can see that Tang Jun's strength is more than enough, and the victory is assured.
From the description, the poet chose the follow-up troops that did not directly fight with the enemy, but only brought out the brilliant "night battle of the former army" from the side. This is an unconventional idea. If we change the narrative of the midnight oil from the front, it will inevitably appear dull and cannot be completed with short quatrains. Now, by avoiding describing the war process in a positive way and comparing it from the side, the shortcomings of quatrains become advantages. It allows readers to imagine how hard and excellent the striker's battle is from "Dusty Desert" and "Taohe Night Battle". Appreciate how dramatic this expedition is from "It is reported that it was captured alive". A fierce battle is not written at the top of one's lungs, but with a light jumping pen, through side contrast and dyeing, let readers appreciate and daydream. All this, manifested in just four poems, is more difficult in conceiving and expelling language, which should be said to be even more difficult than the novel story of "warm wine to kill Hua Xiong".
[Edit this paragraph] Join the army for the sixth time
Hu bottle flows purple and thin sweat, and the autumn moon in the west of the city is broken.
Ming Xing Chi sealed the sword and told you to take Loulan overnight.
[Edit this paragraph] Join the army for the seventh time
Yumen Mountain is a thousand miles long, and the mountain is always in the north and south.
People should look at the fire from a distance, but they can't see the horses in the mountains.
[Edit this paragraph] Join the army and do eight.
Lipper
The battle was broken, the city was surrounded by the enemy, surrounded by the enemy.
Rushed into the camp, shot General Huyan, and led the rest of the soldiers back alone.
This poem depicts the image of a very brave general in only four sentences. The first sentence is about the general's past military career. The armor that accompanied him to the war has been damaged, leaving many scars and arrows. Look at the long time he went to war and the fierce battle he experienced. Although this sentence is dressed in iron, it is equivalent to a brief description of the protagonist in the poem from a general point of view. With this sentence as a foreshadowing, he immediately wrote that he was facing a new severe test-"the south of the city has been besieged." There is a constant war beyond the Great Wall, and the south of the city is a retreat. However, Liancheng South has also been besieged by the enemy, and the whole army is in a desperate situation that may be wiped out by the whole army. Although there is only one sentence to write about the siege, it is like a close call, which makes people nervous.
"The sudden camp shot the general Hu Yan and led the wounded soldiers to ride home alone." Huyan, one of the four big noble of Xiongnu, refers to a brave enemy. Our battle-hardened hero chose him as the target, and killed him first when he suddenly attacked, making the enemy panic, taking the opportunity to fight out of the encirclement, leading the wounded soldiers alone and fighting our way out.
This poem is about a brave hero, and the war is generally a failure. But although failure is not frustrating, it shows heroism in failure. The words "lead the beaten army alone, ride home a thousand times" and "independence" are almost like a rainbow, overwhelming the enemy's hordes and giving people a sense of indomitable spirit. There is no portrait of the general in the poem, but through the tense battle scenes, the hero's spirit and spirit are extremely vivid and outstanding, leaving an unforgettable impression on people. Comparing this soul-stirring breakthrough with the first sentence, people think that this is only the first battle in his "hundred battles". In this way, the breakthrough battle just now, as well as the whole battle course of the protagonist, have been rendered extraordinarily magnificent and completely legendary. Poetry makes people feel that what they see now is a group of defeated soldiers, and that the heroes who fought in these pools of blood are awe-inspiring and respectable. A poem like this, you dare to write a hard struggle, even failure, and show heroism and encouragement from failure. Without the spirit of the poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, it is impossible to write.
[Edit this paragraph] Source:
Joining the army is selected from all Tang poems.
[Edit this paragraph] Writing background:
During the period of Tang Gaozong transferring Lu to Yonglong (679──68 1), Tubo and Turkic invaded Gansu many times, and Pei Xingjian, the minister of Tang Rites, was ordered to arise and crusade. Wang Changling's poem Join the Army describes the frontier soldiers inside. Poems are frontier poems written with old Yuefu poems, and there are seven poems. The whole poem describes the process and mood of scholars joining the army to fight in the frontier court, thus expressing the sense of mission and heroic feelings for making contributions to the country.
[Edit this paragraph] Introduction to Yuefu:
Yuefu began in Qin Dynasty and ended in Han Dynasty. According to Records of Rites and Music in the History of Han Dynasty, when Emperor Wu was in power, the institution that collected local songs, arranged and compiled music scores was called Yuefu. Later, people called the poems collected and created by this institution Yuefu Poetry, or simply Yuefu Poetry. By the Tang Dynasty, although the scores of these poems had long been lost, this form followed, becoming a poetic genre with no strict meter and close to five or seven words.
Poets in Tang Dynasty wrote Yuefu poems, some followed the old Yuefu poems to express their feelings about current events, such as Song of the Sage and Guan Shanyue, and some wrote new poems reflecting real life in the name of current events, such as A Car Shop and Mourning for the Head of a General by Du Fu.
Style names of Yuefu poems
Yuefu was originally an official position in charge of music in ancient times, in charge of music used in banquets and parades, and was also responsible for collecting folk poems and songs. As the name of poetic style, "Yuefu" first refers to the latter, and later it is also used to refer to poems that can be accompanied by music in Wei, Jin and Tang Dynasties and works with the theme of ancient Yuefu imitated by later generations.
[Edit this paragraph] Join the army (Yang Jiong)
The flames of bonfires in Kyoto, Chang 'an City, crude gas oil.
Leaving the palace, the general will assume the command; Surrounding the enemy and attacking the city, the elite cavalry are extremely brave.
The heavy snow darkened the color; The wind roared and the drums rang.
I'd rather be a junior officer to fight for my country than a white-faced scholar who only engraved his chapter.
To annotate ...
1. Join the army: write more about military life as an old topic in Yuefu's Hehe Qu.
2. Xijing: Chang 'an.
3. Tooth piece: the military symbol used in ancient times to send troops is divided into two pieces, and the joint is toothed. The court and the commander-in-chief hold each other half.
4. Phoenix Que: Imperial Palace. There was a golden phoenix on the round que of Zhangjian Palace in Han Dynasty, so the phoenix que refers to the palace.
5. Longcheng: the place where the Huns gathered to worship the heavens in the Han Dynasty, which refers to the place where the Huns gathered.
6. Fading: dim and fuzzy.
7. Centurion: The leader of a hundred soldiers, usually a junior officer.
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The alarm signal reached Chang 'an,
Strong people can't be calm inside.
Fu Linggang, who transferred soldiers, just left the palace gate.
The general's knight went straight to Longcheng.
Snow stirred the sky and the flag faded.
The wind is beating wildly and the wind is wrapped in drums.
I envy the centurion's charge,
Who can learn by keeping pen and ink inkstone?
Appreciate:
Yang Jiong, one of the four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty, was good at five laws, and his frontier poems were vigorous and powerful, including English Ji Chuan. Tang Ruxun said: "This young man is angry about joining the army because he doesn't meet his talents. Those who feel wronged are respected by the court, which deepens poverty. Although it was not a storm, it was caught by Mao's printed envelope, making a hundred people worse than us. "
Yang Jiong's poetic style: Bo and Lu. He opposed palace poetry and advocated the poetic style of "backbone" and "charm". His poems, like other poems of the "Four Masters", have the characteristics of breaking through the "palace style" of Qi and Liang Dynasties in content and artistic style, and occupy a place in the history of poetry development. His poems are few, and several frontier poems, such as Joining the Army, all show heroic style.
This poem borrows the title "Joining the Army" from the old Yuefu and describes the whole process of a scholar joining the army and fighting. There are only forty words, which not only reveal the psychological activities of the characters, but also render the environment and atmosphere, and the brushwork is extremely vigorous.
The first two sentences were written and reported, which aroused the patriotic enthusiasm of people with lofty ideals. The poet did not directly explain the military emergency, but said that "bonfires are shining in Xijing" and expressed the military emergency through the visual scenery of "bonfires". A word "photo" plays up the tension. "The grievances in my heart" are caused by bonfires. Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country, and he doesn't want to spend his youth between pens and inkstones anymore. A word "self" shows the scholar's sincere patriotic passion and writes the spiritual realm of the characters. The first two sentences explain the background of the whole event. The third sentence, "Zhang Ya resigned from Phoenix Que", describes the scene of the army resigning from Beijing. "Tooth Zhang" is a symbol of the emperor's transfer of troops. Divided into concave and convex parts, respectively in the hands of the emperor and the general. "Phoenix Que" is synonymous with the palace. The poet used the words "tooth Zhang" and "phoenix bird" here, which are elegant and steady, showing not only the lofty mission of going to war, but also the solemnity of the scene. In the fourth sentence, "The fighters rode around the Dragon City", it was obvious that Tang Jun had quickly reached the front line and surrounded the enemy's castle. The Fighter and Dragon City are relative, which shows the war atmosphere of enter the dragon. The word "circuitous" vividly depicts Tang Jun's military posture of encirclement and suppression of the enemy. Five or six sentences began to write about fighting, but the poet did not write from the front, but set it off through the description of the scenery. "The snow darkened the flag painting and the wind rang the drum." The first sentence starts from people's vision: heavy snow covers the sky, which makes the colorful paintings on the military flag look eclipsed; The last sentence begins with people's hearing: the wind whistling, intertwined with the majestic marching drums. Two poems, vivid and colorful, wonderful. The poet expresses himself in a unique way, symbolizing the "flag" and "drum" of the army, showing the brave and fearless spirit of the soldiers fighting the enemy in the snow and the tragic scene of bravely killing the enemy inspired by the drum. The last two sentences of the poem: "Better be a centurion than a scholar." Express the lofty aspirations and lofty sentiments of the scholars who joined the army to protect the border and defend the country. The hard and fierce fighting increased his love for this extraordinary life. He would rather be a junior officer galloping on the battlefield and fighting to defend the frontier than a scholar in his study.
This short poem tells the whole process of the scholar's joining the army. Being able to concentrate such rich content in a limited space shows the poet's artistic skill. First of all, the poet grasped the most representative fragment in the whole process and gave a general description of the image. As for how the scholar joined the army, how to bid farewell to his parents, wives and concubines, and how to March all the way, the poet omitted everything and did not write. Secondly, the poem adopts a jumping structure, jumping from one typical scene to another and developing by leaps and bounds. For example, just after the third sentence was written, the fourth sentence surrounded the enemy and then showed the scene of fierce fighting. But this kind of leap is very natural, and there is rich imagination space between each span. At the same time, this leaping structure makes poetry have a lively rhythm, such as turbulence on a cliff, giving people an indomitable momentum, effectively highlighting the strong patriotic passion of literati and the spiritual outlook of Tang Junbing.
The four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty were very dissatisfied with the beautiful poetic style at that time. They have made fruitful explorations and innovations in the content and form of poetry, and Yang Jiong's poetic style is vigorous and passionate. Especially, it is not simple to write such a poem describing the battle of the golden drum in the form of strict rules. Generally speaking, only the two couplets in the middle are required to be couplets. Except for the first couplet, all the other triples of this poem are correct. Not only the sentence is correct, but also the same sentence, such as "Tooth Zhang" versus "Phoenix Que" and "Iron Ride" versus "Dragon City". The neat antithesis makes poetry more rhythmic and imposing, which is very valuable in the early Tang Dynasty. It is the highlight of Tang poetry.