The original text of "National Mourning":
Holding a sword, wearing leather armor, chariots crisscross, sword and blade.
Enemy, the flag is like a dark cloud and the arrow is on the string.
He violated my position and trampled on my team. My left relative died and my right relative was stabbed.
Bury two rounds, trip four horses, and beat drums with jade mallets.
Then I will be furious, kill vilen mercilessly and abandon him.
No return, no return, the plain is hazy and the road is very remote.
Wearing a long sword, holding a strong crossbow, leaving your head, Zhuang Xin will not change.
Brave and fearless, you are the most. You will stick to your post until you die.
The body is dead, God is spiritual, and the soul is a ghost!
Translation:
Soldiers holding Angkor in their hands, wearing rhinoceros armour, and fighting vehicles with swords crossed.
The flag covers the Japanese enemy like a cloud, and the arrow falls and the soldier bravely strives for the first place.
The enemy invaded our position, and the left horse was killed and the right horse was wounded by a knife.
The chariot was sandwiched between two wheels, and the coach raised the drumstick and slammed the war drum.
The gods were killed in great anger, and all the soldiers died in Yuanye.
The soldiers will never come back. It's still a long way to the misty plain.
Wearing a long sword and a strong bow to fight in the battlefield, the ambition of separation will never be unyielding.
Really brave, tenacious and heroic, always strong and firm, can not be humiliated.
Although people die, immortals will not die after all, and your soul is worthy of being a hero among ghosts and gods!
The creative background of National Mourning;
In the 28th year of Chu Huaiwang (30 1 BC), Qin, Qi, Han and Wei jointly attacked Chu, destroyed the Tang Dynasty, and took the heavy hills (now Biyang North, Henan). The following year, the Chu army was defeated by Qin again, and General Jing was killed, killing 20,000 people. The following year, Qin captured eight cities of Chu, was tricked into forming an alliance with Qin, and was jailed. His son Wang Xiang succeeded to the throne.
In 298 BC (the first year of King Xiang), Qin attacked Chu again, defeated the Chu army, beheaded 50,000 people, and captured 65,438 +05 city (now Xixia, Henan). Before Qu Yuan died, according to the above statistics, more than 6,543.8+0.5 million soldiers in Chu died suddenly in a bloody battle with Qin Jun.
Later generations pointed out that the work of "mourning the country" was because "caring for the world, greedy and abandoning morality, breaking promises and forgetting relatives, and even angry with God and blaming the country for its death, so that strong men lay dead and became hostile quickly. The original cover is deeply sad and extremely painful. " In ancient times, people who died when they were young (less than 20 years old) were called injuries, and they were also used to refer to the ghost who didn't finish the funeral.
According to the ancient funeral, people who don't have the courage to die on the battlefield can't be buried in coffins and graves as usual, and they are also called "wounds" without owners.
In Qin Chu War, Chu soldiers who died in battle were defeated and had to die in the wilderness. No one organized funerals and sacrifices for those who died for their country. It is against this background that Qu Yuan, who is in exile, created this immortal masterpiece.