Wu Zetian appointed Wu Yousi to lead the army to conquer, and Chen Ziang served as a staff officer in Wu Yousi's shogunate and went out with the army. Wu Youyi is reckless and has no strategy. In the second year, defeat was imminent. He asked to send 10 thousand men as pioneers to attack the enemy, but Wu refused.
Later, Chen Ziang talked to Wujin again, refused to listen, and reduced him to sergeant. The poet was frustrated one after another, and his ambition to serve the country failed. So, he boarded Jibei Tower and wrote poems such as Youzhou Tower and Qiu Ji's Seven Visits to Ancient Times for Lu Jushi's Tibetan Use.
Literary appreciation
This poem does not describe Youzhoutai in a word, but only expresses the feeling of coming to power, but it has become a masterpiece through the ages. The style of this poem is beautiful and vigorous, and it is the pioneering work of Tang poetry in the style of Han and Wei Dynasties. It has the power to expand the territory and open the way for clearing the flashy and delicate formalistic poetry style of Qi and Liang Dynasties. In art, its artistic conception is vigorous and its vision is broad, which makes the poet's self-image more vivid and touching. The language of the whole poem is unrestrained and infectious. Although it is only four short sentences, it shows a magnificent and vast artistic picture in front of people.
The first three sentences of the poem are outlined with thick lines, with the vast universe and the vicissitudes of ancient and modern personnel as the profound and magnificent background. The fourth sentence is full of emotion, which makes the self-image of the lyric hero-poet stand on the theme of the picture, and the picture suddenly flies with charm and shines.
From the perspective of structural context, the first two sentences are pitching ancient and modern, writing for a long time; The third sentence is to look at architecture and write about the vastness of space; The fourth sentence is the poet's lonely and painful mood. This set each other off, especially touching.