1. This sentence uses the expression technique of "Xing". First, the natural scene of "a herd of deer barking freely shuttles through the wilderness eating mugwort" leads to the courtesy to the guests. , expressing his desire for talented people.
2. The author compares himself with "the Duke of Zhou" and encourages himself with the spirit of the Duke of Zhou who treated the virtuous and the virtuous. This expresses the author's broad political mind and insatiable desire to seek talents.
"Dan Ge Xing" is an old title of Han Dynasty Yuefu and belongs to "Xianghe Ge Ci·Ping Tiao Qu". This means that it was originally the name of a piece of music. The singing method of this kind of music has been lost.
However, in Yuefu's "Xianghege·Pingdiaoqu", in addition to "Short Song", there is also "Long Song". Wu Jing's "Explanation of Ancient Yuefu Titles" of the Tang Dynasty quoted the ancient poem "Long Song is fierce" , Emperor Wen of the Wei Dynasty Cao Pi's "Yan Ge Xing" "Short songs cannot be chanted lightly" and Jin Dynasty Fu Xuan's "Yan Ge Xing" "The long song continues the short song" and other sentences, it is believed that "long song" and "short song" refer to "songs with long songs". length".
Now we can only understand the musical characteristics of "Dan Ge Xing" based on this bit of material. The music "Dan Ge Xing" originally had a corresponding lyrics, which is the "Ancient Yuefu Ci", but this ancient Ci has been lost. The earliest "Dan Ge Xing" that can be seen now is Cao Cao's "Two Dan Ge Xing" which is a pseudo-Yuefu (using old Yuefu music to make up new lyrics). Extended information
The theme of "Dan Ge Xing" is very clear, that is, the author hopes to have a large number of talents for his own use. In his political activities, in order to expand his ruling base among the common landowners and combat the reactionary hereditary powerful forces, Cao Cao strongly emphasized the "evaluation of talents only". Order", "Qiu Yicai Order", etc.
And "Dan Ge Xing" is actually a "Song of Seeking Virtue", and because it uses the form of poetry and contains rich lyrical elements, it can play a unique role in infection and powerfully Promoted the ideas he insisted on and cooperated with the decrees he issued.
"Dan Ge Xing" originally had "six interpretations" (i.e. six sections), and this song "Singing Over Wine" can be divided into four sections according to the poetic meaning.
To sum up, this poem, just like Cao Cao’s other poems such as "A Journey in the Artemisia", "A Journey to Wine", "A Journey in the Bitter Cold", etc., is a highly political poem and was mainly written by Cao Cao at the time. It serves the political line and political strategies implemented; however, its political content and meaning are completely melted in the rich lyrical artistic conception.
The whole poem gives full play to the strengths of poetry, and accurately and skillfully uses Bixing techniques to achieve the purpose of integrating reason with emotion and touching people. At that time, Cao Cao was already able to achieve the expected social effects according to the special rules of lyric poetry. This creative experience is obviously worthy of reference by future generations.
At the same time, because Cao Cao's emphasis on "approving talents only" had certain progressive significance at that time, his highly artistic expression of the theme of "seeking talents" should also be recognized by history.
Cao Cao (155-220), whose courtesy name was Mengde and nicknamed Ahao, was born in Peiguoqiao (now Bozhou City, Anhui Province). In terms of politics and military affairs, Cao Cao eliminated many separatist forces, unified most of northern China, and implemented a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, laying the foundation for the founding of Cao Wei.
In terms of literature, under the promotion of Cao Cao and his son, the Jian'an literature represented by the three Cao Cao (Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi) was formed, which is known as the "Jian'an style" in history, and left a glorious mark in the history of literature. Pen. After the establishment of the Wei Dynasty, Cao Cao was revered as "Emperor Wei Wu" and his temple name was "Taizu". His deeds can be found in Volume 1 of "Three Kingdoms". A collection of thirty volumes has been lost. The Ming Dynasty compiled the "Collection of Emperor Wu of Wei", and now there is the "Collection of Cao Cao".
Reference material: Two short songs - Baidu Encyclopedia