Yang Jiong was one of the four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty. Rainbow Bo and Yang Jiong are also prodigies. Yang Jiong's literary talent is outstanding, and he is good at writing prose, especially poetry. There are more than 30 existing poems, which are famous for their five words. Today, we appreciate one of his most famous poems.
Tang Yangjiong, who joined the army, was unhappy with a bonfire in Xijing. Leaving the palace, the general will assume the command; Surrounding the enemy and attacking the city, the elite cavalry are extremely brave. The heavy snow darkened the color; The wind roared and the drums rang. I'd rather be a junior officer to fight for my country than a white-faced scholar who only engraved his chapter. This poem borrows the title "Joining the Army" from the old Yuefu and describes the whole process of a scholar joining the army and fighting. There are only forty words, which not only reveal the psychological activities of the characters, but also render the environment and atmosphere, and the brushwork is extremely vigorous. In the second year of Yonglong (68 1), Pei Xingjian, the minister of rites, was ordered by the Turks to go to war. Yang Jiong was a bachelor of Chongwen Pavilion at that time, which was quite touching. So he used the old topic of Yuefu to praise the patriotic spirit of joining the army to protect the country and defend the country, which showed the poet's great ambition to make contributions.
This poem is vigorous and vigorous in style, and it is the first frontier fortress poem in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. "The peak fire shines in Xijing, and my heart is uneven." The fire has reached the capital. At this moment, the enemy situation is grim and the situation is urgent. The scholar was full of emotion and anger, eager to join the army and serve the motherland. This word "self" shows the literati's sincere patriotic consciousness and the spiritual realm of patriots, and only one sentence lays the emotional tone of the whole poem.
This poem has not been widely circulated. Compared with Wang Jian's "But my husband's little sister should have the taste of Fiat", the popularity is much lower. However, this poem has such a desolate artistic conception, and it describes the suffering brought by ancient wars. It is really a tear-jerking word.
There are both realism and artistic exaggeration. Therefore, the whole poem is vivid and lifelike, which makes people feel as if they have experienced fierce fighting and the bravery of the soldiers. This poem uses accurate, vivid, concise and expressive words. For example, the word "Ling" in Yu Ling Array is different from "invasion" and "entry". It contains the meaning of crossing over and invading, which not only indicates that the enemy has invaded, but also indicates that the soldiers are resentful of this aggression. This sentence echoes the following "Be strong at last", which makes the inviolable brave and strong spirit of soldiers more distinct and the theme of the whole poem more prominent.