1, The Last Chrysanthemum
Waiting for the autumn of the eighth day of the ninth lunar month, the blooming chrysanthemums are in full bloom, the fragrance of Chang 'an is fragrant, the city is bathed in fragrant chrysanthemums-Italy, and the land is golden chrysanthemums. The author of this poem is Huang Chao, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Huang Chao is not an authentic poet, but the leader of the peasant uprising. But his poems do have some literature and art, and they are more domineering and arrogant, which is amazing. Just like this poem about chrysanthemums, this kind of boldness is lacking by ordinary gentle literati. The phrase "the city is full of golden flowers" not only describes chrysanthemum, but also describes Huang Chao's ambition in his own mind.
It can be said that Huang Chao was able to achieve something later, mainly because he had unusual ambitions, and he had fully seen the omen in this poem. The domineering and confident mentality in this poem has been circulated for thousands of years.
2. Join the Army, Part IV
In the first two sentences of the poem, Wang Changling explained the location and situation by describing the actual scenery. Above Qinghai Lake, there are long white clouds; To the north of the lake, there is a looming snow-capped mountain stretching for thousands of miles; And across this snowy mountain, you can see an isolated city standing on the Hexi Corridor. Opposite the lonely city, it is the most important military fortress in the Tang Dynasty-Yumenguan.
Historically, there were two strong enemies in the Tang Dynasty, one was Tubo and the other was Turkic. Our mission to Hexi is to cut off the traffic between Tubo and Turkic and protect the Hexi Corridor. The "Qinghai" mentioned by Wang Changling in this poem is the place where Sergeant Tang and Tubo fought many times. Besides the "Yumenguan", there is another force-Turks.
Therefore, in the first two sentences of this poem, the poet spared no effort to describe this long scroll stretching thousands of miles from east to west, which was actually describing the living and fighting environment of the northwest soldiers at that time. In the last two sentences of the poem, the poet turned from describing the environment with scenes to expressing emotions directly.
3. "Jiangchengzi Mizhou Hunting"
I've been talking about juvenile madness, pulling yellow on the left, holding pale on the right, wearing a gold hat and mink fur, riding a thousand troops to roll flat hills. In order to repay the people of the whole city for following my generous hunting proposal, I will shoot this tiger myself like Sun Quan. The wine is full and the box is still open. Why not put some cream on your temples? When will the emperor send someone down, like Emperor Han sent Feng Tang to the cloud to pardon Shang Wei? I will make my strength as full as the full moon, full as the full moon, heading northwest and shooting at the team in West Xia Jun.
The author of this poem is Su Dongpo, a great writer in the Song Dynasty. This word describes Su Dongpo's hunting scene. The language is optimistic and heroic, and the description is meticulous and moving, which makes people feel heroic. "Why not frost your temples slightly!" What he wrote is a kind of attitude of refusing to accept the old age. "Being able to bow like a full moon and shoot wolves in the northwest" is even more domineering. He wrote Su Dongpo's self-confidence and ambition in his heart.
It can be said that the positive and optimistic attitude and domineering attitude towards "Northwest Sirius" in this word is really full of strength and amazing after 1000 years.
Historical evolution of poetry
Our ancestors, primitive humans, could not understand many natural phenomena, such as wind, rain, thunder and electricity, so they all belonged to the gods. Primitive humans sang and danced to the gods out of awe, expressing people's expectations-good weather, abundant crops and so on. This is the origin of poetry.
It comes from religion and labor. Primitive people made simple and rhythmic calls while working, in order to forget the temporary pain and spirit brought by labor and coordinate their actions. Gradually, this simple and rhythmic cry has developed into a poem that imitates the voice of labor itself and expresses the feelings of workers themselves.
Mr. Lu Xun once said: "Poetry is verse, which occurs during labor; Fiction is prose, which happens from rest. " Therefore, we say that poetry is a universal art and the oldest literary style.