Appreciation and Analysis of Liu Yuxi's Tang Poem "Old Times of Xibao Mountain"

The old days of Xibao Mountain.

Author: Liu Yuxi

Since Wang Jun brought his towering ship down from Yizhou, the ghost of the royal family has languished in Nanjing.

The long Zhang Qian chain sank to the bottom of the river, and a flag was lowered on the stone wall.

How many sad past in life, the mountains still remain cold.

It is the day when the China world is unified. The ancient fortress is full of ruins and autumn reeds.

Precautions:

1, Wang Jun sentence: Wang Jun, word, Hongnonghu County (now southwest of Lingbao, Henan Province), official to Yizhou secretariat.

2. Chihiro sentence: At that time, Wu locked an iron chain in the middle of the river, and Wang Jun burned it with fire. Chihiro: In ancient times, eight feet was called Chihiro, and here is just a description of its length.

3. Flag lowering: Flag lowering.

4. Stone: Stone City, so the mountain with the address in Nanjing today was built by Wu and abandoned by Tang Wude.

5, the four seas are home: meaning the world is unified.

6. Old base area: refers to the war relics from Cisse, including the Six Dynasties.

Rhyme translation:

During the Jin Dynasty, Wang Jun built his capital on a ship, and all the emperors in Jinling were dismayed.

Wu's chain was also burned to the bottom of the river, and the white flag of surrender was hung at the head of Jinling City.

The sad memory of the rise and fall of the world several times, the mountains are still cold and have not changed.

Since then, the four seas have lived a peaceful life, so the base is depressed, and reeds and autumn winds are everywhere.

Comments:

This is a poem that eulogizes the virtues and remembers the past, expressing the feelings of unchanging mountains and rivers and different personnel. The first four sentences of the poem describe the historical facts of the destruction of Soochow in the Western Jin Dynasty, show that national unity is a historical necessity, and explain that the rise and fall of things depends on people's thoughts. The last four sentences are about Mount Cisse, pointing out that it is famous because it used to be a military fortress. Today, the mountain shape remains the same, but the personnel are completely different, which opens the theme of the poem. Finally, I wrote that today, the four seas are at home, the mountains and rivers are unified, and the division like the Six Dynasties is gone forever.