anonymity [pre-Qin]
decline, decline, Hu Bugui? Because of Wei Jun, why is Hu Wei exposed?
decline, decline, Hu Bugui? The bow of the micro-monarch, Hu Wei is in the mud?
Translation
It's getting dark, it's getting dark, why don't you go home? If it's not to feed you, why work in the dew!
it's dark, it's dark, why don't you go home? If not to feed you, why work in the mud!
note
faint: it's getting dark.
type, modal particle; Slight and dim.
Hu: Why?
micro: (if) no.
jun: the monarch.
dew: that is, dew, in dew.
the bow of Wei jun: (if) it's not to feed you. Bow: Body.
Decline is a poem in the Qin Dynasty. It uses rhetorical devices such as rhetorical question, argot and intertextuality, and its emotional expression turns to emotion. Re-chapter and change words, rhyme harmoniously. There are long and short sentence patterns, strong sense of rhythm, harmonious and beautiful rhythm, and extremely delicate words. Decline has also become a common image in later poetry, which has a far-reaching impact on later classical poetry.
There are only two short chapters in the poem, all of which start with "Decline, Decline, Hu Bugui": It's dark, it's dark, why don't you go home? The poet then confessed the reason: "the reason for the micro-monarch is that Hu is exposed in the middle"; "the bow of the micro-monarch is in the mud." It means that for the sake of the monarch, in order to support their noble bodies, they have to work around the clock in dew and mud all year round. However, there are only two changes in the first and second chapters of the poem "Decline", but it is in this ingenious change that the author's originality in using words is reflected.