Gao Pian's poems include "Summer in the Mountain Pavilion" and "To the Snow".
1. "Summer in the Mountain Pavilion"
The green trees are dense and the summer is long, and the balcony is reflected in the pond.
The crystal curtain moves and the breeze rises, filling the courtyard with roses and incense.
Translation:
The green trees are lush and the summer is long, and the reflection of the balcony is reflected in the pond.
The crystal curtains swayed gently in the breeze, and the shelves full of roses filled the courtyard with fragrance.
Appreciation:
The poem describes the summer scenery, using a technique similar to painting: the dense green trees, the reflection of the balcony, the ripples of the pond, and the full frame of roses form a brightly colored, A picture with a peaceful mood. All this is described by the poet standing on the mountain pavilion. Although the mountain pavilion and the poet do not appear in the poem, when people appreciate this poem, they seem to see the mountain pavilion and the leisurely poet.
2. "To the Snow"
When the six flying flowers come into the house, sit and watch the green bamboos turn into green branches.
Now I can go up to a tall building and look out, covering all the evil roads in the world.
Translation:
When the snowflakes flew into the window, I was sitting in front of the window, looking at the green bamboo branches covered with snow that looked like white jade.
At this time, I happened to go up to the high building and look into the distance. All the dangerous forks in the world were covered with heavy snow.
Appreciation:
This is a unique piece of work that expresses feelings through scenery.
The poet sat in front of the window, admiring the snowflakes floating into the courtyard. The snowflakes turned the green bamboo poles outside the window into white twigs, and the whole world became brighter. Then the poet thought that if he climbed up to a high building to enjoy the wild scenery at this time, all the rugged and difficult roads in the wild would be covered with heavy snow, and what would appear in front of him would be a boundless white world.
Looking around the high-rise buildings, they are all pure white. The poet hopes that the white snow can cover up all the ugliness in the world and make the world as white and beautiful as snow. The last sentence expresses the emotion and injustice in the author's heart.
The poet's life:
1. Starting out as a forbidden traveler
Gao Pian is the grandson of Gao Chongwen, a famous general in the Xianzong period of the Tang Dynasty. His ancestral home is Bohai County (now Jingxian County, Hebei Province), and he was born into the famous Bohai Gao family. His family has been generals of the Forbidden Army for generations, and his father, Gao Chengming, also served as Yuhou of the Shence Army.
Gao Pian joined the Youshence Army in his early years and was very close to his colleague Zhou Baoguo, so he treated him as an elder brother. When he was young, he was rigorous and studied military books. He also liked literature. He often interacted with scholars and discussed the principles of governance. He was highly regarded by the eunuchs of the Shence Army. Later, he became the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the You Shence Army.
2. The Huangchao was destroyed
In the fifth year of Qianfu (878), Gao Pian moved to serve as the Inspector of Schools, Youpuse, Jiangling Yin, and Jingnan (today's Jiangling, Hubei) Jiedu Observation and other envoys (Jingnan Jiedushi). When Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao's uprising troops moved to the south of the Yangtze River, the Tang court believed that Gao Pian was "fearful to the soldiers and civilians" when he was guarding the Tianping Army.
Most of Wang Xianzhi’s subordinates were Tianping soldiers, so he appointed Gao Pian as the Inspector of Schools, the Governor of Runzhou, and the Military Envoy of Zhenhai (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) and the Observer of Zhejiang West Road (Jiedu of Zhenhai). Envoy), granted the title of Duke of Yan. Immediately, the military commanders of various Taoist forces and Jianghuai salt and iron transport envoys were added.
Huang Chao's army advanced westward along the south bank of the Yangtze River. Gao Pian sent generals Zhang Lin and Liang Zuan to stop the attack, and defeated Huang Chao. He surrendered dozens of his generals, including Qin Yan, Bi Shiduo, Li Hanzhi, and Xu Qing, and forced Huang Chao to surrender. The army moved south from Zhejiang to Guangzhou.
Gao Pian suggested sending troops to Zhang Lin and lead 5,000 troops to Chenzhou to intercept him. Wang Chongren led 8,000 troops to Xun and Chaozhou to intercept him. He himself led 10,000 people to cross the Dayuling Mountains and pursue the pursuit in Guangzhou. When Huang Chao escaped, he asked Wang Duo, the envoy of Jingnan Jiedu, to lead 30,000 troops to intercept Huang Chao in Wu, Zhao, Gui, and Yong, but the court did not allow it.
In the winter of the sixth year of Qianfu (879), Emperor Xizong advanced to the post of Situ of the school inspector, the governor of Yangzhou, the governor of Yangzhou, and the deputy ambassador of Huainan Jiedu to know the affairs of the festival. He still served as the governor and salt officer. Iron envoy to suppress the rebel army and take charge of Jianghuai's wealth.
After Gao Pian arrived in Yangzhou, he repaired the city fortress and recruited soldiers. There were "70,000 native guest troops". He "passed the word to conquer the world's troops" and his reputation suddenly rose. Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty and Prime Minister Lu Xie trusted Gao Pian deeply and successively worshiped him as the Inspector and Tongping Zhangshi.