Zeng Guoquan, under pressure from the Qing court, took a job and returned to his hometown to recuperate. This is Zeng Guofan's poem to his brother Zeng Guoquan to comfort him for his full of grievances and resentments.
The meaning of the poem is: You have been fighting for many years, and your body is full of wounds from swords and arrows. Your brother knows it, you know it, but does the sky know it?
Scrap your bones; use Guan Yun Chang to scrape your bones for healing. Allusions to poison.
Arrow scars; the saying comes from "Eighteen Pats of Hujia": "When I left, I was filled with soil and dry leaves, and the white bones on the battlefield were covered with knife marks and arrow scars." As the saying goes, "If you don't believe in the bitterness of the battlefield, look at the scars on the sword and arrows." . ”
Uncle: Refers to a younger man of the same generation.
子: Zi (younger generation, young people).