It is a five-character poem written by Wen Tianxiang, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, in prison. At the beginning of the poem, it is pointed out that there is a wholeness between heaven and earth, which will inevitably be shown when it is poor. Then there are twelve allusions, all famous figures in history, whose actions show the power of integrity. ?
The whole poem (excerpt) is as follows:
Heaven and earth are upright, in many ways. Below is the Yuehe River, and above is the sun star.
People call it awe, which is overwhelming. The road to the emperor should be clear, including the Ming court.
When you are poor, you can see it, one by one. In the history of Qi Taishi Jane, in the east of Shanxi Hu Bi.
Chasing in Zhang Liang, Qin, and on Emperor Wudi's Day. As the head of General Yan, he is endowed with the blood of Ji.
The translation is as follows:
There is a kind of righteousness between heaven and earth, which endows all things with various forms. It is represented by mountains and rivers, and it is represented by the sun, the moon and the stars.
Known as the high spirit of the world, it is full of heaven and earth and the whole world. The national movement is clear and peaceful, showing a peaceful atmosphere and an enlightened court.
When times are difficult, just people will appear, and their glorious images will cover Danqing one by one. The State of Qi has bamboo slips of a great teacher who laid down his life to remember history, and the State of Jin has Dong Hu's pen which insists on justice.
In the Qin dynasty, there was Zhang Liangzhu who eliminated violence for the people, and in the Han dynasty, there was Su Wujie, a loyal minister. It is also manifested in the head of General Yan who would rather die than surrender, and in the blood of the servants who fought to the death.
Extended data:
In the first year of Xiangxing (1278), Wen Tianxiang was captured by the Yuan Army for being betrayed by a traitor. June 65438+the following year 10 was transferred to Yanjing. The rulers of the Yuan Dynasty used both hard and soft methods to coerce him and promised him a high position. Determined to serve the country with his life, Wen Tianxiang was unmoved, so he was imprisoned for three years and died generously on December 9th in the 19th year of Yuan Dynasty (1283 65438+1October 9th). This poem was written in prison a year before his death.
The whole poem can be divided into three parts. The first part is from "heaven and earth have righteousness" to "one by one". This part is a warm tribute to the lofty spirit. "Righteousness" coexists with heaven and earth and with the universe. The poet first wrote the great essence of "righteousness", which made the description of "righteousness" have a lofty beauty between heaven and earth.
Everything in the world is endowed with "righteousness" Down to the mountains and rivers, up to the sun, the moon and the stars, are all generated by the cultivation of qi. As soon as a poet turns his pen, he will transfer "righteousness" to people. Man's lofty righteousness is full of darkness, which shows the power of righteousness.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Song Zhengqi