Interpretation: The wind is blowing hard and the clouds are flying. I unified the world and returned to my hometown in my clothes. How can we get a warrior to defend our country?
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.
Later, Ying Bu was defeated. On his way back to the army after the victory, Liu Bang stopped by his hometown, Pei County (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province), and called his former friends and elders to drink 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".
Extended data:
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 kind of heroism under the cover of sadness.
Every sentence in this poem contains "Xi". Although Pei County, Liu Bang's hometown, was originally the land of the Song State, it was occupied by Chu for a hundred years, and his writing style was naturally contaminated with a little Chu style. Because Chu Ci represents the suffering of Qu Yuan, it has become a style of expressing resentment, and because of the tough folk customs in Chu, it has become more magnificent. Liu Bang's choice of this style appropriately shows his concern for the rise and fall of his home country without losing his kingly demeanor.