Joining the army (the fifth) is an ancient poem by Wang Changling.
The artistic features of this poem are embodied in its side contrast and the brushwork of the combination of reality and reality. The poem is about a fierce night battle between Tang Jun and the enemy.
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In the desert, the wind roars, the dust rises and the sky is gloomy. A team came out of the camp gate with a half-rolled red flag and marched into the enemy camp. At this time, there was a good news from the troops in front: they had captured the enemy's head in the night battle in Taohe River and won a great victory.
Original text
Joining the army (the fifth part)
Original text
The desert dusty day is faint, and the red flag is half rolled out of Yuanmen. The former army fought in Taohe River in the night, and it has been reported that they have been captured alive. ①? .
Note
① Tuguhun: the name of an ancient tribe, which invaded northwest China for a long time in the Tang Dynasty, here refers to the leader of the enemy.
Appreciation
This is the fifth poem in Wang Changling's "Joining the Army" series. This poem is not described from the front, but from the details, which shows the joy of the soldiers on the frontier after learning the news of the victory of the night battle. It highlights the strength of the military force in the Tang Dynasty, praises the aggressive momentum of the elite soldiers who will bravely kill the enemy, and at the same time gives people room for imagination. It is worthy of being a masterpiece of frontier fortress poetry.
The first two sentences are about the bad border environment and the support of the rear forces. "The desert is dusty and the sun is faint" does not mean that it is getting late, but that the rolling sand covers the sun and points out the disadvantages of military conditions. Altai Mountain, Kunlun Mountain and Tianshan Mountain in the northwest of China all run from west to east or southeast, forming a big contraction mouth in the east of Qinghai and Hexi Corridor. The wind is strong, and together with the strong wind, yellow sand blocks the sun. Therefore, the "desert dust" is followed by "the sun is faint", and the situation in the frontier can be fully revealed. "The Red Flag Half Rolled Out of Yuanmen" describes the speed of rear support and the depression of the atmosphere. Support troops half a roll of red flags, stand out of Yuanmen, and March quickly, and a close hand-to-hand combat is imminent.
Before the rear support arrived, the news of victory in the night battle ahead came. How exciting it is to capture the enemy leader alive. The plot took a turn for the worse but it was reasonable, and the word "has" made the whole army happy.
Different from other poems' descriptions of war, the whole poem has no tragic description of fighting in the battlefield. Just sketching it from the side seems to make people feel personally in the battlefield, and there is endless room for imagination, which shows the poet's writing skills.
Writing background
In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the Han people lived in harmony with the minority nationalities in the four directions, exchanged needed goods in economy and culture, and had extensive exchanges. However, there are also undeniable contradictions. At that time, nomadic peoples such as Khitan in the northeast, Turkic in the north, Uighur and Tubo in the west, relying on "more soldiers and more horses" and "being good at military affairs", sometimes plundered the border courts, while the Tang Dynasty often invaded the west to protect the border or expand its territory. Therefore, from the reign of Wu Zetian to the reign of Kaiyuan and Tianbao in Li Longji, when there was a bonfire on the border, the war continued. Frontier poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty appeared in this historical background.
in the prosperous Tang dynasty, the economy was prosperous, the national strength was strong, and the military prestige was four shocks, which cultivated the social fashion of literati actively using the world. They look down on the scholar who is poor in classics, and don't want to be a hermit who seeks fame and fortune. Instead, they hope to make achievements and leave them for posterity. They think that "fame and fortune are only taken immediately" (Cen Can's poem), "meritorious service is in Lintao" (Gao Shi's poem) and "sealing Hou for the first battle" (Wang Changling's poem), and they look forward to the frontier fortress as an ideal place to achieve great achievements. Wang Changling visited the northwest frontier fortress before and after the Jinshi, and many of his frontier fortress poems were written at that time. This song <; Military service is also one of them.
Hierarchy
The first two sentences of this four-line poem describe the dangerous scene when Tang Jun went to war, and the last two sentences describe the brilliant achievements made by the Tang army. The transition between the front and rear floors is steep and unexpected; However, it is reasonable to have Tang Jun's heroic strength as the internal hub. The idea is novel and unique.
Comment on the content
This poem describes the scene of Tang Jun marching against the wind and wearing sand in the harsh climate of Sha Fei, and praises the brilliant achievements of this attack with the style of virtual and real. Although the author only captured a small fragment of the frontier war, he wrote Tang Jun's exuberant morale and great power. Between the lines, there is inspiring self-confidence and pride.
Author's brief introduction
Wang Changling (about 698 ~ 756), with a little character, was a famous frontier poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. His native places are Jing Zhao Chang 'an (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province) and Taiyuan. Since childhood, my family was poor, and I relied on farming to be self-sufficient. In the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan (727), I was able to enter Jinshi and. At first, he served as the secretary of the provincial school, but later, because of his erudition, he was superior to others, transferred to Si Shui Wei, and was later convicted and demoted to Lingnan. In the 28th year of Kaiyuan (74), Wang Changling returned to the north, visited Meng Haoran, a famous poet, in Xiangyang, and got to know Li Bai. After that, he left Beijing and returned to Chang 'an as Jiangning Cheng. After being slandered, he was demoted to long biaowei. In the Anshi Rebellion, Qiu Xiao, the secretariat of Bozhou, killed him because of jealousy. His four-line poems are particularly outstanding, and the frontier poems written in the northwest frontier fortress are highly respected by future generations, and they are called the "seven-line holy hand" and the "poet master Wang Jiangning".