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Broken bamboo, continued bamboo;
Fly the earth and chase the distance.
Annotation translation annotation
① dang: the name of an ancient ballad. Zhao Hanye's Biography of Gou Jian's Rebellion in the Spring and Autumn Period of Wu Yue shows that Fan Li is good at archery, and Gou Jian explores the theory of bow and bullet. Chen Yin responded by quoting an old song: "Break bamboo, continue bamboo, fly soil, kill one by one." There is a song "Playing Songs" in the first volume of "The Source of Ancient Poetry", which says: "Break bamboo, continue bamboo, fly soil and drive it away." "Wen Xin Diao Zhang Long Sentence" is a "bamboo bomb" ballad.
2 rice (meat): the ancient name of "meat".
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Cut down wild bamboos and connect them to make bows;
Playing with mud bullets and chasing prey.
The songs played are selected from Wu Yue Chun Qiu. "Wu Yue Chun Qiu" records that during the Spring and Autumn Period, Gou Jian, the monarch of the State of Yue, asked Chen Yin, an archer of Chu, for advice on how to play the bow, and Chen Yin quoted this song "Playing Songs" in his reply. Wu Yue Chun Qiu was written by Zhao Ye in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was written late. However, judging from Ge Tan's language and content, this short song is probably passed down orally from primitive society and written by later generations. This is a two-character poem reflecting hunting life in primitive society. The sentences are short and quick, and the rhythm is lively, which is very interesting to read.
The whole poem is only eight words, but it writes the whole process from making tools to hunting.