Writing background-
Li He offended another great poet, Yuan Zhen, who made things difficult in every way, and refused to let Li He take the Jinshi exam on the pretext that his father, Li Jin, had made a taboo. It dealt a heavy blow to Li He, who wrote many poems to express his anger. Ma Shi is a set of five-character quatrains written by Li He, a poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, with 23 poems.
Poetry expresses people's extraordinary talents, lofty aspirations, and feelings and resentment at times by praising, praising or lamenting the fate of horses. Its expression method belongs to comparison.
Original Poems (Excerpt)-
Twenty-three Ma Poems. Fifth
The desert is as sand as snow, and the Yanshan moon is like a hook.
don't be a gold-winding brain, just walk in the clear autumn.
Translation-
Wan Li in Pingsha looks like a layer of white frost and snow in the moonlight. On the continuous Yanshan mountains, a bright moon is in the sky, like a hook. When can I be appreciated by the emperor and put a bridle made of gold on this fine horse, so that I can gallop on the battlefield in autumn and make contributions? Extended information
Ma Shi is a set of five-character quatrains written by Li He, a poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, with 23 poems. Poetry, by praising, praising or lamenting the fate of horses, expresses the genius, great ambition, feelings and resentment of people with lofty ideals, and its expression method belongs to figurative style. Among them, the fifth poem of Ma Shi has been selected into the first volume of the fifth grade of primary school Chinese published by Beijing Normal University, the second volume of the sixth grade of primary school Chinese published by Soviet Education and the first volume of the sixth grade of primary school Chinese published by People's Education.
It seems that this poem is about horses, but in fact, it expresses the poet's lack of talent and is not appreciated by the rulers, but he is eager to display his ambition and make great achievements for the country.
this article writes that a good horse comes from a famous place, and the border is vast, so you can gallop bravely, only to know when you meet a famous master. The word "He Dang" indicates hope. In the era when Li He lived, there was a separatist regime in the buffer region, and wars were frequent. The author used a famous horse as a metaphor, saying that although he was born with talents, he also had a useful place, but he still needed to cherish talents. This is the basic intention of Li Hema's poems. In his short life, Li He has always cherished the heart of making contributions. For this reason, he even preferred to join the army. However, this ideal will never be realized, so there is always an air of sadness and indignation in his poems.
Reference: Ma Shi-Baidu Encyclopedia