Source: "Picking Wei"
Original text (selected):
Pick Wei
Author anonymous? pre-Qin period
Riding four horses, four horses are tall and strong. The generals sat in the car and the soldiers were under its protection. Four horses were trained, with bows and shark sacs decorated with Gu Xiang. If you don't quit that day, there will be pits and thorns.
Recalling the original exploration, the wind in Yang Liuyi was blowing in the wind; Now back on the road, snowflakes are flying everywhere. The road is muddy and difficult to walk, and people are thirsty and hungry. The road is muddy, hungry and thirsty. Full of sadness, full of sadness, who experienced my sadness!
Translation:
Four horses have been trained very skillfully, as well as a bow decorated with elephant bones and a shark skin quiver. How can you not be on guard every day? It's urgent and difficult.
Looking back at the original expedition, Yang Liu Yiyi blew with the wind. Now on the way back, the snow is flying all over the sky. The road is muddy and difficult to walk, and I am really tired because I am hungry and thirsty. Full of sadness, full of sadness, who knows my sadness!
Extended data:
Xiaoya Cai Wei is one of China's ancient realistic poetry anthology The Book of Songs. This is a poem about soldiers returning home, which sings the hard life and homesickness of soldiers who joined the army. This poem consists of six chapters, each with eight sentences.
In the first five sections, the author focuses on the hardships of life, strong homesickness and the reasons why he can't go home for a long time, revealing that soldiers have both the pleasure of defending the enemy and the pain of fighting, showing their desire for peace.
The last chapter ends the poem with a painful lyric, which is touching. This poem uses overlapping sentence patterns and figurative techniques, which embodies the artistic characteristics of The Book of Songs.
The first four sentences of the last chapter describe the scenery and feelings at two specific moments, that is, going out that year and surviving today. The text is simple and profound, and the scene blends, which has always been considered as one of the famous articles in the Book of Songs.