The desert is dusty and the red flag is half rolled out of Yuanmen [7]. The former army fought in Taohe River at night [8], and it has been reported that Tuguhun was captured alive [9].
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[1] Joining the army: an old topic in Yuefu, mostly used to describe military life. Wang Changling's Join the Army consists of seven songs, the fourth and the fifth respectively. [2] Wang Changling (698-757), a famous poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, was born in Chang 'an, Jing Zhao (now Xi, Shaanxi). He was born in a poor family. In the 15th year of Kaiyuan (727), he was a scholar and served as Jiangning Cheng and Long Biaowei. There are more than 170 poems, and he is good at frontier fortress, farewell, boudoir affection and palace resentment, especially at various styles of seven-character quatrains, which are praised as "seven-character masters" by later generations. The thick clouds on Qinghai Lake make the snow-capped mountains look dull. Qinghai: Qinghai Lake, in present-day Xining City, Qinghai Province. [4] Yumenguan: In today's western Dunhuang County, Gansu Province, it is an important pass of the frontier fortress in the Han Dynasty. [5] Wear the golden armor: wear through the real armor. [6] Loulan: the name of the western regions of the Han nationality, located in the southeast of Shanshan County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent envoys to Dawan, Loulan blocked the road and attacked the envoys of the Han Dynasty. When Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, General Huo Guang sent Fu Jiezi to break it and behead its king. See Xie Zi Zhuan of Han Fu. "Loulan" here refers to the enemy. [7] Yuanmen: refers to the camp. The ancient emperors visited the hunting ground and stopped in a hidden place, surrounded by cars. The two cars stood opposite each other at the entrance and exit, which was called Yuanmen. Later, the local senior government offices were fenced on both sides, also known as Yuanmen. Taotao River: a tributary of the Yellow River, located in the southwest of Gansu Province. [9] Tuguhun (Yu Yu) Xiongnu: A minority in the northwest of ancient China, a branch of Xianbei nationality, once established Tuguhun country. This refers to the leader of the enemy.
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These are two quatrains on frontier fortress themes. The first one is about the determination and belief of border guards to make meritorious deeds by killing the enemy. The first two sentences are written from the frontier fortress scene, which outlines an extremely vast frontier fortress landscape. The last two sentences focus on an ordinary soldier, showing that he risked his life in an extremely difficult frontier fortress, but he still has no regrets and issued a heroic oath. The second is about the victory of a war, but it does not describe the scene of the war positively. But to avoid reality and write about the grand scene when the big troops set off. Then, the word "newspaper" leads to the victory of the vanguard troops, just like lifting weights easily, leaving readers with unlimited imagination.
From these two poems, we can see the high achievement of Wang Changling's seven-character quatrains and the heroic and prosperous atmosphere shown in them.
Cong Junxing Qinghai Changyun Dark Snow Mountain Wang Changling
There is a dark snow-capped mountain in Qinghai, with long white clouds and a lonely city looking at Yumenguan.
Yellow sand wears golden armor in hundreds of battles, but the loulan is not returned.
About the author:
Wang Changling (698-757) was a famous poet in Tang Dynasty. Born in poverty, he was a scholar in the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan and traveled to the northwest frontier fortress.
Precautions:
Joining the army: The old title of Yuefu, Pingdiao Qu, is mostly about frontier fortress and soldiers' life. Qinghai: It refers to the area around Qinghai Lake, which was called the West Sea in ancient times. Snow Mountain: Qilian Mountain in Gansu Province. Yumenguan: It was set in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, located in the northwest of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province, and it is the main road leading to the western regions.
Wear golden armor: wear golden armor. Ancient city: refers to Yangguan, the former site is in the southwest of Dunhuang, Gansu. Loulan: the name of the ancient western regions, now Qiang County and Lop Nur area of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, generally refers to the minority regime in the northwest border.
Brief analysis:
This is a frontier fortress poem that expresses the lofty sentiments and ambitions of frontier officers and soldiers. The first two sentences express the sadness that soldiers stationed at border crossings miss their hometown, while the last two sentences are direct lyric. "Yellow Sand Crossing Golden Armor" summarizes the frequent hardships of the border war, the tenacity of the enemy and the long March on the border.
"Don't break Loulan, never give it back" is the brave words of the soldiers who have fought many battles, showing the heroic spirit of never giving up until they have won all the victories. The whole poem has a broad artistic conception and great momentum.