Joining the army is a poem by Yang Jiong, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. This poem borrows the title "Joining the Army" from the old Yuefu and describes the whole process of a scholar joining the army and fighting.
The first two sentences came from the newspaper while writing, which aroused the patriotic enthusiasm of people with lofty ideals; The third and fourth sentences describe the fighting after the army resigned from Beijing. The fifth and sixth sentences describe the fierce battle scenes through the scenery; The last two sentences directly express the great ambition of the scholar from Rong to defend his country.
Although the whole poem has only forty words, it not only reveals the psychological activities of the characters, but also renders the environmental atmosphere. The brushwork is extremely vigorous, and the antithesis is neat at the same time, which makes the poem more rhythmic and imposing.
Yang Jiong (650-693) was born in Huayin, Huazhou (now huayin city, Shaanxi). The great-grandson of a minister and writer in the Tang Dynasty, the Duke of Changshan County, was called "the four outstanding men in the early Tang Dynasty" together with Lu and Luo.
Smart and knowledgeable, outstanding literary talent. In 659, in the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Xianqing, he was awarded the Hong Wen Pavilion as a scholar. In the third year of Shangyuan (676), he took part in the system and made up the proofreader. In the first year of Yongchun (682), he was promoted to Prince (Li Xian) Zhan Shi Zhi.
After two years (686), he was demoted to Zizhou Judicial Army. In the first year of Ruyi (692), he moved to Yingchuan County. Ruyi two years (693), died in office.
Outstanding literary talent, good at writing prose, especially poetry. There are more than 30 existing poems, which have the characteristics of breaking through Qi Liang's "Palace Poetry" in content and artistic style, and play a connecting role in the history of poetry development. In the Ming Dynasty, Tong Pei compiled ten volumes of Yang Yingchuan Collection.