Appreciation of the ancient poem "Cui Daorong Xishitan"

Cui Daorong Xi Shitan (1)

(2) Wu, slaughter history, notorious.

Huansha spring water is urgent, and there seems to be an uneven sound!

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① Xishitan: Xishi was a Vietnamese in the Spring and Autumn Period and lived in Zhuluo Mountain in the south of Zhuji County, Zhejiang Province. Zhuluo Mountain is next to the Huanjiang River, and there is a Huansha stone in the river. It is said that Xi Shi often washes gauze here, hence the name Xi Shi Beach.

② Come again (pǐ): His real name is Ai Bo, the grandson of Bozhou Plough in the Spring and Autumn Period. Chu killed Bozhou plow, and Bo came to Wu, thinking that he was a doctor, and later he was Tai Zai, so he was called Tai Zai Hao. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, was defeated by Fu Cha, the king of Wu. When he was trapped in Huiji, he sent a doctor to bribe the imperial concubine (Shi was among them) and allowed her to make peace in Yue. From then on, Gou Jian, the King of Yue, got a chance to recuperate and finally destroyed Wu.

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This is an epic, which aims to clarify the historical facts of Gou Jian's destruction of Wu and rehabilitate history. The beginning of the poem is unremarkable, telling the historical facts of "killing Wu", but in the end people blame a weak woman for Wu's demise. How absurd and unreasonable it is to give a beautiful woman a bad name. However, in such an era when women are in a humble position, who can avenge her in the face of the traditional concept and prejudice of a femme fatale? The surging spring tide, the rising tide around the river, the rocky beach and the rushing river seem to be telling the injustice of this world. Here, the poet uses the flowing water around the river to express his feelings, and organically combines discussion and lyric. The words "sleepy" and "as if there are" in the poem are well chosen, true and natural, and contain the author's deep sigh. Later, the poet Luo Yin also wrote an epic poem Xi Poetry: "Why should Wu people complain about poetry when the country rises and falls?" . If Shi overthrew the State of Wu, who would be the loser of the State of Yue? "It's also interesting to read.