The bonfire shines in Xijing, and my heart is uneven.
Tooth Zhang resigned from Phoenix Que and rode around Longcheng.
The snow is dark with colorful flags, and the wind is noisy with drums.
Being a centurion is better than being a scholar.
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 40 words, which reveal the psychological activities of the characters and render the environmental atmosphere. The brushwork is extremely vigorous.
Writing and reporting the first two sentences aroused the patriotic enthusiasm of people with lofty ideals. The poet did not directly explain the military emergency, but said that "the bonfire shines on Xijing" and expressed the military emergency through the visual landscape of "bonfire". A word "photo" plays up the tension. "The injustice in my heart" is caused by the bonfire, and everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. He doesn't want to waste his youth. Write the spiritual realm of the characters. The first two sentences explain the background of the whole event. The third sentence, "Ya Zhang Cifeng Que", describes the scene of the army leaving Beijing. The "tooth palm" is the symbol of the emperor's transfer of troops, which is divided into two parts: concave and convex, which are in the hands of the emperor and the general respectively. "Phoenix Que" is the representative of the court. Here, the poet also shows the solemn and serious beginning scene with "tooth Zhang" and "phoenix que" In the fourth sentence, it is obvious that Tang Jun has quickly reached the front line and surrounded the enemy castle. The contrast between The Fighter and Dragon City plays up the atmosphere of war in enter the dragon. The word "wai" vividly describes Tang Jun's military posture of encircling the enemy. The poet began to write about this battle in May and June, but he did not write about the front line. The second sentence starts from human hearing: the whistling wind and the majestic marching drums are intertwined. These two poems are vivid and wonderful. The poet symbolizes the "flag" and "drum" of the army with a unique expression, which shows 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 masterpiece."
This short poem describes the whole process of a scholar joining the army and going out in a fortress. Being able to concentrate such rich content in a limited space shows the poet's artistic skill. First, the poet grasps the most representative fragments in the whole process and makes an image summary description. 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, ... Secondly, the poet omitted what to write, and the poem took the form of jumping. Jump from one typical scene to another and develop by leaps and bounds. For example, as soon as the third sentence was written, the fourth sentence surrounded the enemy, and then there was a scene of fierce fighting. However, this kind of leap is very natural, and there is a rich imagination space between each span. At the same time, this leap-forward structure gives poetry a lively rhythm, such as a torrent on a cliff, giving people a sense of straightness.
The four outstanding poets in the early Tang Dynasty were very dissatisfied with the exquisite poetic style at that time. They have made fruitful explorations and innovations in the content and form of poetry. Yang Jiong's poetic style is vigorous and passionate. In particular, such a poem describing the battle of the golden drum is written in the form of regular poems with strict rules and regulations, which is not simple. Generally speaking, metrical poems only require two couplets in the middle. Except for the first couplet, all the other triples of this poem are correct. Such as "tooth Zhang" against "phoenix que" and "iron riding" against "dragon city" The neat antithesis makes poetry more rhythmic and imposing, which is very valuable in the early Tang Dynasty.