As a bitter poet, we should be left with the impression that we are dressed like an old pedant, shaking our heads and studying a poem for a long time with one or two words ... after all, we are just a scholar image. But it is such a lifeless scholar who also wrote a five-character Tang poem with lofty sentiments and aspirations. We are familiar with the first five words. Look:
After ten years' hard work, I have grinded out a sword. The edge of the sword flashes in cold light, but I haven't tried its sharpness.
Now take it out and show it to you. Whoever is wronged may as well tell me the truth.
The title of this poem is swordsman, which was written by Jia Dao, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Seeing this poem, we should be most familiar with the first sentence, "Sharpen a sword in ten years". Today, when we describe the achievements of an individual or a group, we will say that we have been dormant for many years and then sharpened a sword for many years. I'm afraid this poem by Jia Dao is the source of this statement.
As can be seen from this poem, Jia Dao is not an old pedant in our imagination, but, like many other poets, he has high aspirations and great achievements. Although this poem is about "grinding a sword in ten years", isn't it that the poet devoted himself to studying for the sake of becoming famous all over the world?
The first two sentences describe the poet's eagerness to try. "After ten years of grinding a sword, the frost blade has never tried." The poet has been dormant for many years and honed a good sword, which shows the long time spent and the deep expectations of the poet for this sword. Then I wrote this sword, Frost Blade Never Tried. This sword has just been refined and has not been used. It will definitely be useful in the future!
The last two sentences continue the expression of the first two sentences and express the poet's inner pride. "If I show you the monarch today, who is unjust?" I'll show you this sword today. Tell me where the injustice is now, so that I can use this sword to do justice for heaven.
This sword is actually a metaphor of the poet's self-talent. The poet's sword is extremely sharp, which shows that the poet's talent is unparalleled in the world. There is a desire to make achievements in his heart, but he didn't study hard to describe himself directly and didn't write his ideals and ambitions. But borrowed the image of swordsman and sword to set off, which is really unique.
In particular, the opening "grinding a sword in ten years" is widely used in later generations and is also the most familiar to us.