"Wangque Terrace" by Qi Jiguang of the Ming Dynasty is a poem describing autumn leaves.
Source: "Wangque Terrace" - Ming Dynasty: Qi Jiguang
After ten years of driving across the sea, the sea was cold, and I came here alone to look at Chenluan.
The frost is full of painstaking efforts, and it is sprinkled on Qianfeng Qiuye Dan.
In the cold waves of the sea, I have been dealing with Japanese pirates for ten years; I stand here, looking at the palace of the capital in the distance. My hard work is like thick frost on thousands of mountains, spreading to the peaks and dyeing all the autumn leaves red.
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1. The creative background of "Wangque Terrace"
During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang fought against Japanese pirates and pirates, and moved to Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong In the past ten years, he has made many military exploits and basically wiped out the Japanese invaders. He was transferred to Zhejiang to join the army and then to be the governor of Fujian. This poem was written when the author was the governor of Fujian. The exact time of creation is unknown.
2. Appreciation of "Wangque Terrace"
This poem summarizes the poet's fighting life in the vast sea, and implies the hardships of the anti-Japanese struggle. Because he felt that Wang Daokun, who had fought against the Japanese together, was impeached and dismissed from office, he described himself as an isolated and helpless minister far away from the capital. Looking at the place where the emperor lived in the distance, the author still hoped that the anti-Japanese struggle would get the full support of the imperial court, which not only expressed his love for the motherland. He was sincere and passionate about resisting the Japanese and serving the country, and also contained his loyalty to the court.