In "Broken Array: A Poetry for Chen Tongfu", Xin Qiji expresses his heart directly and expresses his ambitions in the poem "To solve the affairs of the king and the world, and to win fame before and after his death."
"Broken Array·Composing a Poem to Chen Tongfu"
Author: Xin Qiji
Full text: I read the sword while drunk, and dreamed of blowing the trumpet company. Eight hundred miles away, the people under his command are burning, and the sound of fifty strings turning over the Great Wall. Autumn brings troops to the battlefield. The horse is as fast as Lu, and the bow is as frightening as a thunderbolt. He has settled the affairs of the king and won fame both in life and in life. Misfortune happens in vain!
Translation: When I was drunk, I turned on the oil lamp and looked at the sword. In my dream, I heard the sound of the horns of the military camp. Share the beef with your subordinates and let the musical instruments play majestic military music to boost their morale. This is autumn military parade on the battlefield.
The war horses ran as fast as Luma, and the bows and arrows shook the ears like thunder. He wants to complete the great mission of regaining the country's lost land for you and gain a reputation that will be passed down from generation to generation. It's a pity that great ambitions are hard to achieve, and gray hair has already appeared!
Creative background: This poem was written when the author was frustrated and idle in Xinzhou (now Shangrao, Jiangxi). When Xin Qiji was 21 years old, he participated in the anti-golden uprising in his hometown of Licheng (now Jinan, Shandong). After the uprising failed, he returned to the Southern Song Dynasty and served as a governor in many places. He stabilized people's livelihood, trained the army, and strongly advocated the recovery of the Central Plains, but he was rejected and attacked. Later, he was not allowed to be appointed for a long time and lived idle for nearly twenty years.