Original text:
"Poem of Sorrow and Anger"
Cai Wenji
When the Han Dynasty lost power, Dong Zhuo was in chaos.
If you are determined to usurp and kill others, you will harm all the virtuous people first.
Forced to move to the old country and support the leader to strengthen themselves.
There are righteous teachers in the country who want to fight for bad luck.
The Zhuo people come to the east, their golden armor shines in the sun.
The people of Pingtu are weak, and all the troops coming are Hu and Qiang.
Hunting in the wilderness and besieging the city, everything was destroyed.
No one was left alive, but the corpses supported each other.
A man's head hangs beside the horse, and a woman is carried behind the horse.
Driving westward to enter the Pass, the road is dangerous and blocked.
Looking at Miao Mingming, the liver and spleen are rotten.
All those who have thousands of plans are not allowed to gather in villages.
Perhaps the person is physically and mentally impaired and unable to speak.
After being frustrated for a few moments, he often said bad things and surrendered to prisoners.
You must use the pavilion blade, I will not kill you.
How dare you spare your life? You can't bear the abuse.
Or add a stick and poisonous pain ginseng together.
On the first day of the lunar month, we will cry and walk, and at night, we will sit in mourning.
If you want to die, you can’t get it, if you want to live, you can’t get anything.
How could anyone in the world deserve this misfortune?
The wilderness and the Chinese are different, and the people have few moral principles.
There is a lot of frost and snow in the place, and the wind blows in spring and summer.
Blow my clothes gracefully, and enter my ears solemnly.
I miss my parents deeply and lament endlessly.
When guests come from outside, they are always happy to hear about them.
When asked for news, he often returned to his hometown.
When I meet you, I hope that my flesh and blood will come to welcome you.
If you can free yourself, you should abandon your son again.
Heaven embellishes people’s hearts, and there is no time to think otherwise.
Life and death are forever separated, and I can’t bear to say goodbye.
My son hugged my neck and asked my mother what she wanted.
People say that my mother will leave, but she will never come back.
My mother has always been compassionate, why should she be even less compassionate now?
I am not an adult yet, so I don’t care.
Seeing this, Wu Nei collapsed, and he was in a trance and became crazy.
Weeping and stroking with hands, you will reply when you ask questions.
Both contemporaries, we bid farewell to each other.
I am alone in my return, and my screams are torn apart.
The horse hesitates to stand, and the chariot does not turn.
The spectators all booed and sobbed while walking.
Go and cut off the love, and the journey is as fast as the sun.
Three thousand miles away, when will we meet again?
Thinking of me out of the belly, thinking about me in the chest is destruction.
Since the family is gone, there is no more inside or outside.
The city is surrounded by mountains and forests, and the courtyards are covered with thorns and mugwort.
I don’t know who the bones are, so I don’t cover them vertically and horizontally.
There is no sound when I go out, but the jackals howl and bark.
The pair of thorns are facing the solitary scene, and they are stunned by the liver and lungs.
When you climb high and look far away, your soul suddenly flies away.
If you are dying, others will be lenient.
In order to regain the strength of sight and breath, there is no need to rely on it even if it is alive.
Entrust your life to the newcomers and work hard to encourage yourself.
Being homeless becomes a despicable person, and one is often afraid of being abandoned again.
How long does it take in life to be worried all the year round.
Appreciation:
The full text can be divided into three parts. The opening chapter begins with "Dong Zhuo's Rebellion". As a result of the war, he was taken captive and traveled westward. Among them, Dong Zhuo's "supporting the master to strengthen himself" and the events such as the crusade in Guandong were summarized in concise words. "No one was left alive, but the corpses supported each other" describes the tragic scene of his mass killing and the corpses everywhere. Wen Ji witnessed everything, but she still had to endure the insults and beatings of the escorting soldiers. She came from a well-known family and suddenly became a trampled and humiliated prisoner. You can imagine the infinite grief and anger in her heart. She really wanted to live and die.
The second part describes Hu Di’s homesickness and the separation of flesh and blood. A woman from a well-known family was abducted by the rebel army, wandering in the wilderness like a wind-rolled grass. A life of misery followed. The long days of humiliation are coming, and my longing for home is growing day by day. "I am always happy when I hear a visitor from outside..." effectively depicts the deep longing for relatives in my hometown. At the same time, what makes him most painful and angry is abandoning his underage flesh and blood under helpless circumstances. "My child hugged my neck and asked my mother what she wanted. People say that if my mother goes away, she will never come back." At this time, the mental pain is more touching than the experience of being robbed. It is heartbreaking and makes people cry. .
The third part writes about the situation of returning home and the hidden pain of marrying someone else for the third time. After Wen Ji returned home, her dream of family reunion was ruthlessly shattered. "The city is surrounded by mountains and forests, and the courtyards are covered with thorns and wormwood. I don't know who the bones are, and they are not covered in the vertical and horizontal directions." The family has failed, and all the relatives have been lost. At this moment, the main theme of the tragedy rises again. "Entrust your orders to the newcomers, and work hard on your own." I can't imagine that a little-known Dong Si could understand and comfort Wenji's heart that had gone through many vicissitudes of life and suffered. At the end of the article, he concludes with "How long does it take to live, and worry all the years", indicating that there is no way to escape from his tragic life, and his grief and anger are ever-present, and there is no end. Someone once commented this way: "Although it is the last section, it is the whole chapter, and it is the place where sorrow and indignation knot.
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