What is the snow on our bow and the poem on our sword?

The burden of snow on our bows and swords is a poem of "Julius Caesar, Part III" by Lu Lun.

Original works:

The third song in the fortress

Tanglulun

That night, the black geese flew very high, and Khan quietly escaped during the night. I was about to lead the light cavalry to catch up when the snow fell full of bows and knives.

Vernacular translation

Under the dim mountain, a flock of geese screamed and flew high, exposing the plot of Khan's army to escape in the dark. The general led the light cavalry all the way behind, regardless of the heavy snow all over the sky, bending his bow and taking a knife.

Creation background

This poem was written when Lu Lun's life and career were extremely unfavorable. In his early years, he failed many times. Later, Yuan Zai and Wang Jin recommended him for a management position. After the Zhu Rebellion, Hun Wang of Xianning went out of Zhenhe and promoted Lu Lun as the judge of Marshal's Office. This is the beginning of life in Lulun frontier fortress. In the military camp, Lulun saw all the solemn frontier fortress scenes and all the rough and heroic soldiers, so he wrote this frontier fortress poem.

works appreciation

In the bright moonlight, wild geese are soaring. This is a poem describing soldiers chasing deserters at night, and it is the third poem in Lulun's "Xia Sai Qu" series. The leader of the enemy led the beaten army and fled in panic in a windy night. Tang Jun Qingqi lined up, ready to attack. Although the weather is cold, the soldiers are not afraid of the cold, and they are full of fighting spirit and confidence. The whole language is concise, and the author uses Leng Xue to set off the enthusiasm of the soldiers to kill the enemy.

Brief introduction of the author

Lu Lun (748? -800? ) the word Yunyan, ancestral home (now Yongji West, Shanxi). Poets in Tang Dynasty. One of the ten gifted talents in Dali. In the last years of Tianbao (742-756), he was recruited by a scholar and took refuge in Poyang, Jiangxi Province, because of the rebellion of Anshi. At the beginning of Dai Zongli (766 -779), he went to Chang 'an several times, but all failed. Later, due to the recommendation of Prime Minister Yuan Zai and Wang Jin, he was appointed as Wei Xiang, bachelor of Jixian, secretary of provincial orthography and censor. In 776 (the eleventh year of Dali), Yuan Zai was killed and demoted, and Lu Lun was also implicated. It was not until 780 AD (the first year of Dezong Jianzhong) that he was appointed as the magistrate of Zhao Ying County near Chang 'an.

Today, there is a volume of 10, which is included in the Complete Poems of Tang Poetry. There are also three volumes of Lu Lun published by Zheng De in Ming Dynasty, including 10 volume, and five lost poems in Complete Tang Poetry. The Complete Poems of Tang Dynasty arranges his poems into five volumes. For deeds, see Biography of Lu Jianci in Old Tang Dynasty and Biography of Literature and Art in New Tang Dynasty.