"Poems on Horses" is a set of twenty-three five-character quatrains composed by the poet Li He of the mid-Tang Dynasty.
By chanting horses, praising horses or lamenting the fate of horses, poetry expresses the talents and lofty ambitions of lofty ideals, as well as the emotion and resentment of untimely circumstances. The method of expression is analogous.
Horse Poems
Part One
The dragon's spine is attached to the money, and the silver hoofs are white on the smoke. No one weaves the brocade, who casts the golden whip?
Second
The roots of the twelfth lunar month grass are sweet, and the snow on the street is like salt. If you don't know whether the mouth is hard or soft, try to hold it in the mouth first.
Third
Suddenly I recalled the Emperor Zhou and drove up to Yushan. When Ming Zou bids farewell to Fengyuan, Chi Ji is the most grateful.
Fourth
This horse is an extraordinary horse, and the star of the house is originally a star. Knocking the thin bones forward still has the sound of copper.
Part 5
The sand in the desert is like snow, and the moon in Yanshan Mountain is like a hook. How can I be a golden person and walk quickly through the autumn.
The sixth one
When I lie down in hunger and check my teeth, the rough hair will pierce the flowers. The hyena (liè) is burnt and faded, and its hair is broken and lint grows.
The seventh one
The wine of Ximu is about to run out, and the rice of Dongwang has dried up. If the king goes away, who will pull the chariot shaft?
Eighth
The red rabbit has no one to use it, so it must be ridden by Lu Bu. When I heard that Guo had dismounted, I ordered him to serve as a barbarian.
Nineteen
Uncle Sian left in a hurry, and now he is no longer carrying the dragon. At night, frost is pressing down on the stack, and the horse is broken by the west wind.
Ten of them
Using the leader to cross the Wujiang River, Shen Zui cried to the wind. Now that the king is undressing his sword, where can he chase the heroes?
The eleventh one
The inner horse is given to the palace people, and the silver talon stabs the unicorn. At noon on the salt slope, the wind and dust are riding on the ground.
Twelve of them
The first batch of bamboos is gathered in the ears, but the peach blossoms are not yet on the body. He must stir up the formation and lead him to borrow the general.
The Thirteenth
Whose family is Baojue? He has always heard the fragrance of chivalrous bones. Heaping gold to buy the bones of horses will be sent to King Xiang of Chu.
The fourteenth one
The fragrant fuan and ochres are new, and the coiled dragon curls up its scales. Looking back at Nanmo, who says it’s not spring?
The fifteenth period
If you don’t follow Huan Gong in hunting, how can you defeat the tiger? As soon as I came out of the ditch, I saw the flying clouds.
The sixteenth chapter
The sword of the Tang Dynasty killed Duke Sui, and the fist hair belonged to Taizong. Don't think that the golden armor is too heavy, just go catch Piaofeng.
The seventeenth chapter
White iron files the green grass, and fine sand falls between the anvils. The world pities the small neck, but Jin Qi is afraid of the long teeth.
Eighteen of them
Bole looks forward, with spiral hair in his abdomen. I'm just picking up white grass now, but when will I see green mountains?
Nineteen
Xiao Temple was carrying Buddhist scriptures and horses, and Yuan came from the country of Zhu. I have no idea that there are good signs, and I don’t know how to walk around the stage.
Twenty of them
The siege is like a swallow's tail, and the sword is like a fish intestine. If you want to travel a thousand miles, you must first take advantage of your eyes.
The twenty-one ones
are temporarily tied to the soaring yellow horse, and the immortal goes to the colorful building. The officials must be whipped and restrained, so why should they be relegated to Gaozhou?
Twenty-two of them
The blood of the Han Dynasty came to the Wang family and followed the Luan to shake the jade. When Shaojun rides on the sea, people see him as a green mule.
Twenty-three
Emperor Wu loved immortals and burned gold to obtain purple smoke. The stables are full of meat and horses, and they can’t help but climb up to the sky.