Li Shimin's Tang poem "Over the Old House"
Xinfeng ends in Cuinian, and stays in Mingjia.
The garden is barren and new, and the moss is half a step.
The old water in the front pool disappears, and the old trees bloom today.
Once you leave here, the four seas will become home.
Appreciation of Li Shimin's Poetry
After Li Shimin acceded to the throne, "Passing My Old Residence" consisted of two songs "* *". In the sixth year of Zhenguan (632), he was chosen as the first song here when he visited his birthplace "One Martial Arts School". Li Shimin was born in the winter of the 18th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (698). /Kloc-When he was 0/8 years old, he fought in Taiyuan with his father Li Yuan, ending the separatist regime, unifying the whole country and establishing the Tang Dynasty. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he returned to the old martial arts school at the age of 35 in the sixth year of Zhenguan (632), recalling the past and vividly writing this group of poems with deep affection.
The first couplet "Xinfeng stops at Cui Qi, Qiaoyi stays at the Ming family". Not only did the title "crossing the old house" be deducted, but it also hinted at the identity of the emperor. "Cui Qi" and "Zi Ming" are the ceremonial ceremonies of horses and chariots when the emperor is on patrol. Xinfeng is a county name in Han Dynasty. After Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor, Taigong thought of returning home. Liu Bang imitated Di Feng Street in his hometown, built another city in Guanzhong, and moved to his former residence to entertain Taigong. Later, it was renamed Xinfeng, northeast of Lintong, Shaanxi. Qiaoyi, the home county of Qin, is the seat of the Wei royal family; Li Yuan was a secretariat in his early years, and the secretariat was located in Bo County, Anhui Province. "Xinfeng" and "Qiaoyi" here refer to the former residence of the martial arts school, and also mean the return of the king.
The two couplets in the middle describe the prospect of the old house. Three or four sentences "The garden is deserted all the way, and the moss is half inclined". The "garden shortage" in the previous sentence means that the old house is idle and uninhabited; "Meditation" reveals that the emperor's old residence is usually guarded and repaired. In the next sentence, "garden shortage" leads to "old moss" and "new road" leads to "step slope" The roadside steps are covered with green moss, covering half of the inclined steps. "The former pool consumes the old water, and the former tree blooms today"; The flowing water in the garden pool is constantly flowing and renewing, the old trees are constantly sprouting new flowers, and the house garden is always thriving.
At the end of the couplet, it reads: "Once you leave here, you will feel at home everywhere." The couplets are magnificent, vigorous and full of heroic feelings. It not only summarizes the whole poem, but also points out the theme. It has always been regarded as equivalent to Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu's "song of surging clouds, sharing his public hope" (Hu Zhenheng's Five Comments on Yi Hui of Tang Yingui's Money Volume).
Through the Old House is one of Li Shimin's representative works, with high tone and bold style. The whole poem consists of four sections and eight sentences, with antithesis throughout, two couplets in the middle and continuous cropping; The tail is connected with an airflow, which leads to infinite pride. Although it is not the "five laws" in the strict sense, it has already shown some characteristics of the early Tang Dynasty's rhythmic poetry.
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(1) Xinfeng: Xinfeng County in the early Tang Dynasty, which is Xi 'an Xingfeng today. Xinfeng is a county built in the Han Dynasty. After Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor, Liu Taigong thought of returning home. Liu Bang imitated his hometown to build another city in Guanzhong, and moved to his former residence to entertain the squire. Later it was renamed Xinfeng.
② Qiaocheng City: Qin Zhi County, the hometown of Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei, in Bozhou, Anhui. When Li Yuan was an official in the Sui Dynasty in his early years, he was the secretariat of Qiao Zhou (now Bozhou, Anhui).
Drought: desolate and uninhabited. New: clean.
Taigu: Another word is "Taiping", and the roadside steps are covered with moss.
⑤ elimination: replacement.
Six words: leave. This: Another version is the word "North"
⑦ Four Seas: From Xunzi's "Honor and Disgrace": "A husband is the son of heaven, rich in the world, and he must kill people. It is also the fault of the second child. "
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My car arrived at my "martial arts" old house, and there was a song in front to clear the way.
The old house of Kung Fu has long been abandoned, but a road has been cleaned up and moss has climbed the steps to cover half of it.
The water in the pool is still fresh because of the flowing water from the source, and the old trees in the garden are now in bloom.
When I left my old house that year to work hard in the world, I had the idea of making the world my home.
Creation background
Li Shimin was born in the "Martial Arts School" in the winter of the 18th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty (early 599 AD). /Kloc-When he was 0/8 years old, he fought in Taiyuan with his father Li Yuan, ending the separatist regime, unifying the whole country and establishing the Tang Dynasty. After Li Shimin acceded to the throne, he was 35 years old in the sixth year of Zhenguan (632), and returned to his old martial arts house, recalling the past and vividly writing this group of poems with deep feelings.
Brief introduction of the author
Li Shimin (65438+5991October 23rd-10, July 649), Emperor Taizong, was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He is an outstanding politician, strategist, calligrapher and poet. His name means "help the world and help the people", Han nationality, born in Ji Cheng, Longxi (now Tianshui, Gansu), and his ancestral home is Zhaojun Qin Long (now Longyao County, Xingtai City). In the early days of the Tang Dynasty, he sealed the king of Qin and made great achievements. That is, after he ascended the throne, he actively listened to the opinions of ministers, studied hard to govern the world, and successfully transformed into one of the most famous politicians and wise kings in the history of China. After actively eliminating the separatist forces in various places, he was modest in coachable, practiced economy at home, made the people recuperate, and finally made the society prosperous and stable, creating the famous "Zhenguan Rule" in history, which laid an important foundation for the later realization of "Kaiyuan Prosperity" and pushed the traditional Chinese agricultural society to the peak.
He was an emperor who allowed Wen He. The first volume of Complete Tang Poems contains 89 poems, including Ten Poems of the Imperial Capital, Drinking Horses in the Great Wall Cave, Holding Trilateral Peace, Coming to Korea on a Positive Day, Celebrating a Good Palace with Auspicious Martial Arts, Regaining Auspicious Martial Arts, Breaking the Battlefield with Xue Ju and Crossing the Old House.