Lu you
I don't feel sorry for myself in a remote village.
Think about keeping the wheel platform for the country.
Lying at night listening to the wind and rain,
Iron horse glacier dream.
Artistic conception: I am lying upright in a lonely and desolate country, not feeling sad about my situation, but thinking about defending the country.
As the night drew to a close, I lay in bed and heard the sound of wind and rain. I dreamt in a daze that I rode an armored war horse across the frozen river to the northern battlefield.
Appreciation of abridged edition: With the technique of "talking in an idiot's dream", it profoundly expresses the author's ambition of recovering the country and serving the motherland and his unswerving spirit of "being old but not losing", and shows the reader the poet's complete loyalty.
Appreciate in detail:
Lu You retired in the 16th year of Xiaozong Xichun in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 189) and lived in seclusion in his hometown of Yin Shan. This poem was written in Song Guangzong on November 4th, 2003 (1 192). At that time, the poet was 68 years old. Although I am old, my patriotism is undiminished, and I miss serving my motherland day and night. The poet's strong desire to recover the motherland has been impossible to realize in reality. So, on a stormy night, he touched the scene and moved with emotion, realizing his desire to gallop in the Central Plains in his dream.
The first two sentences of the poem are closely related in meaning: "Sleeping in a lonely village without self-mourning" describes the author's realistic situation and mental state, and "thinking about defending the country and defending the country" is an explanation of the mental state of "not self-mourning", which takes care of before and after and forms a contrast. The words "stiff, lying, lonely and village" describe the author's bleak situation at this time. The word "stiff" means old age and musculoskeletal aging, and the word "lying" means sick, which is often written in the bed cup; The word "loneliness" describes the loneliness of life, not only living in a remote place, but also depressed, without a bosom friend; "Village" poets live in poor villages and lead a decadent and wild life. The four words describe the author's lonely, embarrassing and neglected life situation after he dismissed from office and returned to his hometown. There is a sad atmosphere, which makes people very sympathetic. But later, the tone of the word "no self-pity" turned sharply, showing an optimistic and bold spirit. The poet is not sad about his situation, and there is nothing to be sad about being poor, sick and bitter; The poet himself is still "not self-pitying" and certainly does not need sympathy from others. But he needs to understand, understand the unity of his life, understand his lifelong struggle for this ambition, and understand his passion and loyalty. This is the mental state of "thinking about defending the country and defending the country". These two poems are the best interpretations of the poet's soul and personality. The mountains and rivers are broken, the country is in danger, and there is a "meat eater's plan". The poet does not have to reinvent the wheel. In addition, the poet was repeatedly attacked because of his "restoration of happiness" and his enthusiasm for defending the enemy, and finally retired and lived in seclusion. As an old man who is nearly seventy years old, he has a clear conscience all his life, and has done his duty to the future and destiny of the country, but he is irresponsible for the future national luck. Secondly, although "everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world", the poet, as an old and sick man, can no longer bear the obligation to serve the country and kill the enemy. As a 70-year-old man who has neither responsibility nor obligation, he still has the ambition of "defending the country and defending the country", which makes people respect and give generously. In contrast, those dignitaries who surrender in humiliation, those dignitaries who drag out an ignoble existence, those dignitaries who have assumed responsibilities and obligations but have no intention of restoring the country, seem small and despicable.
Lying in the dead of night listening to the wind and rain is followed by two sentences. I can't sleep at night because I want to. If I can't sleep, I can feel the wind and rain of nature more truly. From the storms of nature, I thought of the stormy country. From that stormy country, I naturally think of the storm of war and my youthful military life. In this way, while listening and thinking, I turned to a special dream-"Iron Horse Glacier". "Dreaming" reflected the sadness of political reality: the poet wanted to serve the country but was rejected, so he could not kill the enemy, and his feelings of defending the enemy could only be shaped in his dream. The Dream of Tiema Glacier is the result of the poet's thinking day and night, which vividly expresses the poet's heroism. This is also the aspiration of a generation of people with lofty ideals and the national justice of the Southern Song Dynasty.