The wind is blowing hard and the clouds are flying.
I unified the world, I went home dressed,
How can we get a soldier to defend our country!
This poem is from Song of the Wind by Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang. This poem has only three sentences. The first two sentences are straightforward and heroic, but the third sentence suddenly reveals anxiety about the uncertain future and expresses the author's deep sorrow for the country's instability. The whole poem is seamless, with simple and magnificent language, double thoughts and feelings and unique style.
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Creation background
In October of the 12th year of Emperor Gaozu (BC 196), Ying Bu, king of Huainan, rose up against Han. Because he was brave and good at fighting, Liu Bang had to go out in person. And then beat Ying Bu. On his way back to the army after victory, Liu Bang stopped by his hometown of Pei County, called his former friends and elders and drank wine together for more than ten days. One day, when he drank too much wine, Liu Bang sang while hammering and improvised this song "Song of the Strong Wind".
A few years before the creation of this poem, the newly established Han Empire experienced rebellions in Rebecca, Zhang Qian, Han Wangxin and Chen Yi. Now the rebellion in Ying Bu has been put down, but the Huns in the north are eyeing up, the strength of the domestic rebels is waiting for an opportunity, and the whole country is teetering.
Liu Bang has returned to his hometown at this moment, remembering that the ups and downs of the first half of his life have brought today's glory, and all forces are trying to push this empire he built himself into the abyss. Presumably, Liu Bang sang this poem with a sense of heroism under the cover of sadness.