Feeling the majestic and desolate scenery in the border area, the solemn and desolate scenery exudes a sense of generosity. The severe cold in the border area reflects the sorrow of the soldiers guarding the border who cannot return to their hometown. This kind of sorrow is not depressing. , but heroic and vast.
It writes about a northern Hu leader who came to the Tang Dynasty to seek peace and marriage but failed to do so. By describing his actions and psychology, it highlights the strength of the Tang Dynasty from the side.
According to Wang Zhihuan’s epitaph, we know that in the 14th year of Emperor Xuanzong’s reign (726), Wang Zhihuan resigned from office and lived a free life for fifteen years. "Two Poems of Liangzhou" is believed to date from the fifteenth year of his resignation from office, that is, from the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan (727) to the twenty-ninth year (741).
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Reflecting the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Hu regime in the north, the poem involves some historical events of Tang Xuanzong's treatment of the Turkic issue. During the Kaiyuan period, the Turkic leader Xiaosha Zengqi married Xuanzong as his son, and Xuanzong agreed to marry him.
He also wanted to marry a princess, but Xuanzong only gave her a generous gift but did not allow a marriage. Hou Xiaosha asked the Tang envoy Yuan Zhen, and Yuan Zhen said: "Since the Khan is the son of the emperor, how can father and son get married?" Hou Xiaosha sent his minister Jie Lifa to the court to contribute. Jie Lifa went hunting with Xuanzong, and rabbits appeared from time to time. In front of the horse, Xuanzong drew his bow and shot, and caught it with one shot.
The last two sentences of the poem praise Tang Xuanzong's civil and martial arts through the subtle changes in the psychological activities of the Turkic leaders, indicating that his power is enough to frighten the surrounding ethnic minorities, and he will resolutely act in principle and never respond to their unreasonable demands. Willing to compromise in order to stay safe.