From Du Fu's Two Memories of the Past (Ⅱ)
Back in the heyday of Kaiyuan, there were thousands of families in the small town.
Rice is fat and white, and public and private warehouses are rich.
There are no wolves and tigers on the road in Kyushu, which is a good day to travel.
Wan Qi, Lu Mao, driver class, male plow female mulberry.
The sage in the palace plays the cloud gate, and all friends in the world are sticky.
There has been no catastrophe for more than 100 years, and Uncle Sun has learned Xiao He's law.
Do you smell a piece of silk worth 10 thousand yuan? Today, a field is bleeding.
Luoyang Palace was burnt out, and the Fox and Rabbit Cave was newly demolished in the ancestral hall.
I can't bear to ask my age, but I'm afraid I'll leave at the beginning.
My junior minister, Lu Chong, was powerless, and the imperial court remembered his official title.
Zhou Xuan zhongxing looked at my emperor and shed tears. Jianghan was exhausted.
Reference translation
As early as the heyday of Kaiyuan, small cities had a population of 10,000, with abundant agricultural crops, sufficient grain reserves and full warehouses for storing rice. Social order is stable, the world is peaceful, there are no bandits and thieves running rampant, there are no tigers on the roads, and the journey is safe. You can go out for a long trip at any time, so you don't have to choose a good day. At that time, handicrafts and commerce were developed, and vendors' vehicles could be seen everywhere. Men plow women's mulberry, each doing his own thing and getting his place. The emperor in the palace played music to worship heaven and earth, which was peaceful and peaceful. The social atmosphere is good, people are friendly and harmonious. There has been no serious disaster for more than one hundred years. The country is rich and the people are strong, and politics is clear.
Who knows that after the Anshi Rebellion, the countryside was deserted and the price was expensive, and a piece of silk cloth had to be sold for millions. Luoyang's palace was burned to the ground, and Tubo also captured Chang 'an, occupied it for half a month, and Daizong quickly recovered two capitals. I dare not talk about the past with the old people, for fear that they will hurt each other from the Anshi Rebellion to two Beijing cities. I am stupid and incompetent, but the court gave me the position of foreign minister in the supervision and correction department. I hope that the contemporary emperors can restore the politics of the early Zhou Dynasty like Zhou Xuanwang, and let the Zhou Dynasty restore the country like Zhongxing. I will be very excited in Bashu area where Jianghan flows.
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Although the title is "Memories of Time Past", it is actually a satire. The second song recalls that Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty was the prosperous time of Kaiyuan, with the purpose of encouraging Daizong to restore the prosperity of the past, rather than recalling the past for the sake of recalling the past.
Twelve sentences in the upper paragraph and ten sentences in the lower paragraph. The first sentence 12 reflects the prosperity of Kaiyuan. At that time, the country was rich and the people were strong, and the people's security was stopped by theft. Politics is peaceful and clear, folk customs are simple, and etiquette is orderly, which is better than the rule of Zhenguan. There is a regret that Emperor Tang Ming neglected political affairs, so it turned from prosperity to decline. Ten sentences in the next paragraph, sad and chaotic, looking forward to rejuvenation. From the beginning of the century to the writing of this poem, there was constant war and the people were miserable. "Silk ten thousand money, no complex Wan Qi Lu Mao yi. The field is bleeding and there is no room to go back to the barn. Dongluo burns, Xijing foxes and rabbits, all roads are wolves, and there is no cloud gate in the palace. " (Qiu Du's poems are detailed) I can't bear to look straight at the scene after the chaos. Therefore, the author here laments that the cause of ZTE can only hope for the king of later generations.
Although Du Fu observed the reality from the standpoint and ideal of the landlord class, the prosperous population, peaceful environment and adequate food and clothing described in the second poem are also what the working people hope. So Du Fu's political ideal is beneficial to the broad masses of people. Poets have always had the lofty ideal of "being humble and afraid to forget the country" and the spiritual realm of "being a great refuge for all the poor in the world". "Late minister incompetent, lu court official title. Zhou Xuanzhongxing looked at my emperor and spilled blood. Jianghan is physically weak. " In troubled times, he is still worried about the country and the people. "I hope to see Fu Jiezi in the north, and the old Confucians don't need Shang Shulang." I am willing to "blood Jianghan" again.