Night at the watchtower
Du Fu [Tang Dynasty]
Although the daylight in winter is shorter on the elemental scale, it is cold and snowy at the end of the world.
Stark sounded the fifth watch, drums and horns rang, and stars and Tianhe danced on three mountains.
I heard women crying after the battle in the distance, and I saw savage fishermen and woodcutters at dawn. (Thousands of works: several)
Sleeping dragons and galloping horses are not generals now. They are dust. Be quiet for a while. Oh, the noise of the world ... (Volume I: Yiyi)
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At the end of the year, the days are getting shorter and shorter. In the cold winter night when the frost and snow stopped in Kuizhou, it was as clear as day under the snowy light.
At dawn, the sound of drums and horns in the barracks is even more tragic and desolate. The Milky Way is reflected on the river and swaying in the turbulent river.
When the news of the war came, thousands of families cried all over the fields; Fishermen and woodcutters hear "foreign songs" in the middle of the night from time to time.
Historical figures like Zhuge Liang and Gongsun Shu eventually became skeletons in the loess; Personnel and audiobooks can only be ignored.
To annotate ...
Yin and yang: refers to the sun and the moon. Short view: refers to the short day in winter. Scene: Through "shadow" and sunshine.
Ji: The snow has stopped.
Distinguish and appreciate
Du Fuliu lives in a secluded mountain city. Facing the magnificent night view of Xiajiang River, I was deeply touched by the tragic sound of drums and horns. He thought of the civil war from the scene in front of him, his own situation from historical figures, and tried to transcend these feelings about life in his heart. Therefore, he wrote this poem. Although there is sadness in the poem, there are also strong feelings and detachment.
Start with two periods to indicate time. The end of the year refers to winter; Yin and Yang refer to the sun and the moon; Short scenery refers to short days in winter. The word "urge" vividly shows that the night is long and the day is short, which makes people feel that time flies and the years are pressing. The second sentence, Tianya, refers to Kuizhou, and also refers to being demoted to Tianya. In the cold winter night when the frost and snow just stopped, the snow was as bright as day, and the poet could not help feeling the bleak and cold night scene.