This is a typical war poem. The poet reveals his departure from the mainstream consciousness and vents his resistance to the war. In its perspective on the true nature of human war, the work calls for respect for the concrete existence of individual life and the acquisition of happiness in the details of life.
This kind of true and simple singing from the depths of the soul is the most humanistic interpretation of human existence and a high standard of humanity set by the ancestors for later generations of literary works.
"Resentment" is the overall style and ideological tendency of the poem "Drumming". From a positive perspective, the poet complained about the advent of war, the absence of a return date from the military expedition, the lack of happiness that was closely related to him in the war, and even the loss of his entire life.
On the other hand, the poems are written in the constant deviation between individual psychology, behavior and collective requirements, in the constant struggle between individual life and national war, and in the constant subversion of the true happiness of the individual against the cruelty of war. In it, there is a feeling of war weariness coming from the bottom of my heart. What these fierce and war-weary words strive for is respect for the existence of individual life and practical happiness in the details of life.
Extended information:
Original text:
Drumming
The author is anonymous? Dynasty Pre-Qin Dynasty
Drumming its Boring, active use of troops. The city canal of Tuguo, I will travel south alone.
From Sun Zi Zhong, Ping Chen and Song Dynasty. If I don't return home, I will feel worried.
Love in the right place? Love and lose his horse? In order to seek it? Under the forest.
The agreement between life and death is broad, as explained by Zicheng. Hold your hand and grow old together.
I can’t live without you. Yu Xunxi, I don’t believe you.
Translation:
The sound of beating drums rang (in the ears), and the soldiers drilled bravely. (People) stayed in the country to build forts, and I was the only one to go south. Following Sun Tzu Zhong, he defeated Chen and Song (two countries). I was not allowed to go home, which made me worried. So where are the people? So where did the horse get lost? Where to find it? In the mountains and forests.
Life and death gather and disperse, I once told you. Hold your hand and grow old with you. Alas, too long. Make it impossible for me to meet (with you). Alas, it is too far away for me to fulfill my oath.
Creative background
There are several different opinions about the background of this poem. One is that in the fourth year of Duke Yin of Lu (719 BC), Duke Wei's son Zhou Xu (also known as "Wei Zhou Xu" by his predecessors) joined forces with Song, Chen and Cai to attack Zheng. The other is that Yao Jiheng of the Qing Dynasty believed that this was actually the incident in the "Spring and Autumn Period, the 12th year of Xuangong" that "the Song army attacked Chen, and the Wei people rescued Chen" and was attacked by Jin. Most people today think that Yao's theory is more reasonable.
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