Li He offended another great poet, Yuan Zhen, who made things difficult for him in every way. Li He's father, Li Jin, made a taboo and refused to let Li He take the Jinshi exam. This was a great blow to Li He, who wrote many poems to express his anger. Ma Shi is a set of five-character quatrains written by Li He, a poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, with 23 poems in all.
Poetry expresses the heterogeneity and lofty ambition of genius, as well as the feelings and resentment of people with lofty aspirations by praising, praising or lamenting the fate of horses. Its expression belongs to comparison.
Original poem (excerpt)—
Twenty-three horse poems, the fifth
The desert sand is like snow, and the Yanshan moon is like a hook.
Don't be a golden brain, go and step on the clear autumn.
Translation-
Wan Li in Pingsha looks like a layer of white frost and snow in the moonlight. On the continuous Yanshan Mountains, a bright moon is in the sky, like a hook. When can I get the appreciation of the emperor, put a halter made of gold on this good horse, and let me gallop on the battlefield in autumn and make contributions?
The extended material Ma Shi is a set of five-character quatrains written by Li He, a poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, with 23 poems in total. Poetry expresses the genius, lofty aspirations, feelings and resentment of people with lofty ideals by praising, praising or lamenting the fate of horses, and its expression is concrete. Among them, The Fifth Poem of Ma Shi has been selected into the first volume of the fifth grade of primary school Chinese published by Beijing Normal University, the second volume of the sixth grade of primary school Chinese published by Jiangsu Education and the first volume of the sixth grade of primary school Chinese published by People's Education.
This poem seems to be about horses. In fact, it expresses feelings through horses, expressing that the poet is not talented enough and is not appreciated by the rulers, but he is eager to display his ambitions and make contributions to the country.
This article writes that a good horse is famous for its vast border, so it can go forward bravely and only know its name. The word "he dang" expresses hope. In the era when Li He lived, there were frequent wars in the buffer regions. The author uses a famous horse as an analogy, saying that although he is born with talent, he also has a place to use, but he still needs to cherish his talent. This is the basic intention of Li Hema's poems. In his short life, Li He has always cherished the heart of making contributions. To this end, he even preferred to join the army. But this ideal can never be realized, so there is always an air of sadness and indignation in his poems.
References:
Ma Shi-Baidu Encyclopedia