? "Life is a hero, death is a hero" is a famous sentence of Li Qingzhao praising Xiang Yu. This poem comes from Li Qingzhao's "Summer quatrains". The tragic and heroic performance of this poem reminds us that we should pursue that indomitable heroism and show a fearless attitude towards life whenever and wherever we are.
the original poem:
? Summer day quatrains
Song? Li Qingzhao
lived as an outstanding person and died as a ghost hero.
so far, I miss Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong.
Interpretation:
Summer quatrains: For this topic, see "embroidered water poem notes". History of Poets and Women, Volume 11, Sequel of Tongguan Legacy, Volume 17, Poetry of Celebrities, Volume 18, Poems of Celebrities in Dynasties, Volume 7, Records of Zhangqiu County in Qianlong County, Volume 12, titled Wujiang River.
outstanding person: a hero among people, a person with extraordinary intelligence. Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang once praised Zhang Liang, Xiao He and Han Xin, the founding heroes, as "outstanding people".
ghost hero: the hero among ghosts. Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs of National Mourning": "When the body is dead, God takes the spirit, and the soul is a ghost."
Xiang Yu: the leader of the peasant uprising army at the end of Qin dynasty, self-reliant as the overlord of the western Chu, and defeated Qin Jun in nine wars. Later, he competed with Han and Liu Bang for the world, was trapped in the trap, broke through to Wujiang River (now northeast of Anhui County), and died because he had no face to see his elders in Jiangdong.
jiangdong: that is, Jiangnan. The Yangtze River flows northeast between Wuhu and Nanjing. Before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was the main ferry crossing between north and south. It is customary to call the southern bank of the Yangtze River Jiangdong. Xiang Yu started with his uncle Xiang Liang in Wuzhong, Huiji County, where Qin Huiji County was located in Wuxian (now Suzhou, Jiangsu).
Translation:
You should be a hero in life and a hero in ghosts when you die.
Until now, people still miss Xiang Yu, because he would rather die than go back to Jiangdong.
Creation background:
In the second year of Jingkang in the Northern Song Dynasty (1127), the corrupt Song Dynasty collapsed under the heavy blow of Jin Bing, and Emperor Hui and Qin, Zhao's relatives and a large number of subjects were exiled to the north. Zhao Gou fled south with his courtiers, first to Yangzhou, then to Lin 'an (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province) after crossing the river, and then to Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province) and Mingzhou (now Ningbo, Zhejiang Province) under the pursuit of nomads from the army. After the change of Jingkang, Zhao Mingcheng, the husband of Li Qingzhao, became the magistrate of Jiankang. One night, a rebellion broke out in the city. Instead of counterinsurgency, Zhao Mingcheng chickened out. In March, 1129, the third year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Mingcheng went to Jiankang, and together with Li Qingzhao, he "took a boat to Wuhu, entered the aunt, and settled in the water in Jiangxi" (Preface to Jinshi Record). When crossing the Wujiang River in April and May, Li Qingzhao wrote this poem because of Xiang Yu's tragic feelings. At the same time, there are also insinuations about the Southern Song Dynasty and her husband. Appreciate
This poem is correct and dignified, penetrating people's minds and pointing to people's spine.
"Life is a hero, but death is a hero." The first two sentences of the poem rise from the air, which is as powerful as a thousand shots, and show the spirit of being a hero in life and death in front of readers, which makes people awe-inspiring. These two poems are a concise essence, a bearing of boldness of vision, and a fearless attitude towards life. Because of their lofty realm and extraordinary momentum, they have become famous sentences that have been recited through the ages.
The last two sentences of the poem "I miss Xiang Yu so far and refuse to cross Jiangdong" point out the reason. Xiang Yu's most heroic act was to commit suicide because he was "ashamed to see his elders in Jiangdong" and gave up the spirit of temporarily avoiding Jiangdong's revival.
According to the author Li Qingzhao, the extraordinary heroism shown in this failure was especially valuable when Song Tingnan crossed. The poet praised the spirit of "refusing to cross the Yangtze River" because he felt deeply about current events and used historical facts to express his patriotic enthusiasm. The word "up to now" skillfully links ancient and present, history and reality from time and space, and reveals the profound intention of satirizing the present by remembering the past.
About the author
Li Qingzhao, Yi 'an Jushi, Han nationality, is from Jinan, Qizhou. Song Dynasty poetess, a representative of graceful and restrained ci school, is known as "the first talented woman in the ages".
Li Qingzhao was born in a scholarly family, and her early life was prosperous. Her father Li Gefei had a rich collection of books, and she laid a literary foundation in a good family environment when she was a child. After marriage, she devoted herself to the collection and arrangement of calligraphy and painting stones with her husband Zhao Mingcheng. Nomads from the central plains, flow in the south, the situation is lonely. In his lyrics, he wrote more about his leisurely life in the early stage, and lamented his life experience and sentimental mood in the later stage.
In form, it makes good use of line drawing, develops its own way, and uses beautiful language. On Ci, it emphasizes harmony and elegance, puts forward the theory that Ci is "different from one family", and opposes the method of writing Ci as poetry. Being able to write poems, there are not many left, and some of the chapters have a sense of time and praise history, and their words are generous, which is different from their ci style.
There are Collected Works of Yi 'an Jushi and Yi 'an Ci, which have been lost. Later generations have a collection of Shu Yu Ci. Today, there is a collation of Li Qingzhao's Collection.