Fan (989── 1052) was born in Wuxian (now Suzhou, Jiangsu). Without loneliness and poverty, you can study hard. Song Zhenzong Dazhong was a scholar in the eighth year of Xiangfu (10 15). In the third year of Renzong Baoyuan (1040), together with Han Qi, he served as Shaanxi economic deputy envoy (deputy general envoy in charge of border defense), making great contributions to the consolidation of border defense. In the first year of Kangding (1043), he participated in politics (equivalent to deputy prime minister) and promoted political innovation. He failed because of the resistance of conservative forces and was demoted to a local official. He died on the way to Yingzhou. Zheng Wen.
Fan Zhongyan has made great achievements in poetry, prose and ci, with concise language and heroic style. Poetry creation inherited Bai Juyi's realistic tradition, and set a precedent for later poetry innovation movement including Fan Wenzheng Gong Ji.
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The scenery in Qiu Lai is different, and Hengyang Goose is unknown. Around, the sound of the horn sounded, thousands of miles away, and the long smoke closed.
A glass of turbid wine is Wan Li's home, but Ran Yan hasn't come home yet. Qiang tube covered with frost, people do not sleep. The general was white-haired and in tears.
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As soon as autumn comes, the frontier fortress is beautiful, and the geese fly south to Hengyang, refusing to stop.
With the sound of bugles from all directions, between mountains, the setting sun will make the kitchen smoke float, and the isolated city will be tight.
A glass of turbid wine temporarily soothes my homesickness. A person who has not made achievements has no face to return to his hometown.
The long flute echoed in the frosty night sky. Who can sleep well? The general's hair turned white and the soldiers shed endless tears.
Brief analysis
Fan Zhongyan has little ambition and long-term achievements. As an outstanding politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, his works often have the unique foresight of politicians and give readers profound enlightenment. For example, his famous prose "The Story of Yueyang Tower" borrows the different feelings caused by the change of Dongting Lake scenery to promote a feeling of not being happy with things and not being sad for oneself. "If you live in the temple, you will worry about its people; The so-called "ancient benevolent heart" far away in rivers and lakes puts forward the lofty life ideal of "worrying about the world first, and enjoying the world later", which is inspiring. The Fisherman's Pride (Qiu Lai Scenery), like other works with similar themes, also describes the desolation of the frontier fortress and the life and mental pain of the soldiers guarding the frontier, but at the same time highlights the idea that "Ran Yan failed to find a solution". Soldiers are in a dangerous environment, not only life-threatening, but also suffering from homesickness and homesickness. These are worthy of sympathy, but we can't sympathize with "women's benevolence." Compared with the mission of soldiers, personal suffering is much more important to consolidate border defense and defend the peace of the country. "Ran Yan didn't stop" and "return" are out of the question ── this is the reason to boost morale and morale. In the first year of Baoyuan (1038), Yuan Hao of Xixia proclaimed himself emperor, and Song Ting sent troops and raised his voice to crusade. But things started in a hurry, and the soldiers didn't know how to fight, so that they lost every battle. After Fan Zhongyan moved to Yanzhou, on the one hand, he strengthened military training, on the other hand, he built fortifications around Yanzhou, taking the defensive and not attacking easily, so that the situation was wrapped up in the image of a white-haired general, and the composition structure was quite ingenious.