The wind blows in Shui Han, and the strong men are gone forever.
Explore the tiger's den, enter the dumpling palace, face upwards and exhale into Bai Hong.
(The last two sentences are suspected to be forgeries of later generations)
gao jianli
My name is Gao Jianli, and I was an excellent rammer in Yan State during the Warring States Period. I claim to be excellent, but I am really good enough.
I saw a swordsman in the street that day, drinking wildly, and I didn't care too much, so I began to hammer.
I didn't expect him to sing a song to the beat, and his voice was vicissitudes.
I didn't think he and I would become best friends.
Later he told me that he was going to stab Qin.
I was dazed and asked him, "Are you sure you want to go?"
He nodded, his expression unusually tough.
I didn't say anything else I know he has made up his mind to go. I know that he is not going to Taizi Dan, but to the world, and that Fan committed suicide to help him stab Qin.
Fate never refuses, and fate never leaves.
Since he is leaving, as a good brother, I have to give him a ride. Historical Records Biography of Assassins records that at the top of Yishui, the ancestors took the road, and the high-minded ceremony struck the building, and Jing Ke chimed, making all the scholars cry.
Xiao river, I was beaten by the hammer hand trembling, variation voice, his vicissitudes of life began to reverberate between heaven and earth:
The wind blows in Shui Han, and the strong men are gone forever.
Explore the tiger's den, enter the dumpling palace, face upwards and exhale into Bai Hong.
I froze when the news of his failure came back.
Later, the King of Qin was unified, and wanted Taizi Dan and Jing Ke's minions all over the country. I had to change my name and surname to become a bartender. "Historical Records Biography of Assassins" records that Qin will merge with the world next year and establish the title of emperor. So the Qin Dynasty banished the guests of Taizi Dan and Jing Ke, and they all died. Gao Jianli changed his name and surname, which became the secret of Song Zi.
Work is very tiring, but it's okay, because I can still hear the sound of hammering from time to time, but these people's hammering level is too poor.
I often say, "the tone of that building is good in some places and bad in some places." Hearing this, the master asked me to knock on the floor. I thought about it, and it was not difficult, so I went to show my skill. I don't need to say more about the result, and I am amazed. Historical Records Biography of Assassins records: For a long time, I worked hard, and I couldn't walk when I heard a guest knocking on the floor at home. Every time I say anything, I say "there are good and bad." The follower told his master, "Bi Yong is a confidant and tells right and wrong in secret." The adults called envoys, knocked on the floor and sat down, saying yes and giving wine.
When I hit the building, my hands were steady, but my heart was chaotic. The days of hiding in Tibet seem endless. I made up my mind, took out my building and clothes, changed my clothes and went back to the guests. I know what I'm facing, but I'm ready. It is recorded in Biography of the Assassin in Historical Records that Gao Jian-li stood back for a long time and put his good clothes in his box to make him look better. All the guests sat down in surprise. They resisted the ceremony and thought they were guests. Let them sing and sing, and all the guests would leave with tears.
Sure enough, my reputation as a builder spread quickly. The first emperor wanted to summon me, and someone told him my name-Gao Jianli. Historical Records Biography of Assassins records that Song Zi had a guest appearance. I heard about Qin Shihuang, and Qin Shihuang summoned me. A man of insight said, "Good advice and courtesy."
I thought he would kill me, but he didn't. He still pities my talent. If he is not a king who decisively destroyed our country, but a chivalrous man like Jing Ke, I think he and I might become best friends.
But unfortunately, he is not.
He blinded me and made me circle around him. I am getting closer and closer to him. He didn't know that I was close to his purpose, but I didn't forget it. The Biography of the Assassin in Historical Records records that the Qin emperor cherished his kindness in attacking and building, but forgave it for his eyes and made it attack and build.
I know that he is an unprecedented emperor and a brilliant monarch, and I know that the world should be governed by such a monarch, but he killed my best brother after all.
Finally, I filled the building with lead, lifted it and jumped on him. At that moment, I knew it would not succeed. After all, I am blind. Biography of the Assassin in Historical Records records that Gao Jianli built the center with lead, and he was close to it. He attacked the Emperor of Qin, but missed and killed Gao Jianli.
But I don't regret it, because at that moment, my mind still echoed with the boundless song by the Yishui River six years ago.
In fact, there are not many records about Yi Shuisong. I looked at the information at hand, and only two sentences were recorded in The Warring States Policy, Yance III and Historical Records, Biography of Assassins: "The wind is rustling in Shui Han, and the strong man is gone forever."
It is suspected that the sentence "Explore the tiger's den and enter the dumpling palace, face upwards and exhale into Bai Hong" was forged by later generations.
However, I still included these two sentences. If it's a fake from later generations, I still don't think it's a dog's tail and mink. I even think that if the person who made these two sentences told Jing Ke at that time, Jing Ke would definitely sing them out loud.
Moreover, it will be remembered by Gao Jianli.
This poem has only two sentences. At first glance, it is not difficult to understand. However, if you look at it carefully, the sound is long, awe-inspiring and quite artistic.
The whole poem imitates the technique of "xing" in the Book of Songs, "say something else first to arouse the words to be sung", and the first sentence begins with the west wind and easy water, which leads to the lofty aspirations of the warriors. No wonder "Historical Records" records that "the philosophers are close to their eyes and refer to them."
When I was writing this introduction to Song of Yi Shui, I originally wanted to write it in the first person with Jing Ke, but after thinking about it, I still used Gao Jianli.
Jing Ke is endowed by Taizi Dan, and he is chivalrous, but we often ignore the high ceremony.
He didn't appear in the plot of Taizi Dan, even, he just went to bid farewell to Zhu when Jing Ke stabbed Qin.
The characters recorded in Historical Records: Biography of Assassins, whether Cao Mo, Zhuan Xu, Yurang, Nie Zheng or even Jing Ke, all stood behind these assassins, except Gao Jianli.
So I gave the hero introduced in this poem to Gao Jianli.
Because, until today, I don't know why he took such a big risk to assassinate Qin Shihuang. Maybe he just died as a confidant, maybe ...
Nobody knows.
Who cares?
Since ancient times, there have been many heroic warriors in Zhao Yan. Do they care?
Chen Weisong, a poet in Qing Dynasty, once wrote a sentence, so let's end this article with this sentence!
Nanxiangzi Xing Zhou's works are on the road.
Chen Qing Song Wei
Autumn is crisp and a sour wind is raging.
Young people in the three rivers of Hama, generous and drunk oak forest.
Residual wine, Yan Zhao's sad song has not disappeared.
Recalling yesterday's cold and relaxed water, today, generosity has also crossed the Yu Rang Bridge.