The east wind is a commonly used image in ancient poetry. For example, the east wind in Du Mu's Red Cliff is not in harmony with Zhou Lang. The original text is as follows:
Du Mu's "Red Cliff" is broken and sinks into the sand, but the iron is not sold, and it will be washed away to recognize the former dynasty. Dongfeng doesn't want to be with Zhou Lang, and Tongquechun locks Erqiao deeply.
This is an epic poem written by the poet in memory of the ancient battlefield of Chibi. It believes that the success, failure, honor and disgrace of historical figures have some kind of contingency. Du Mu's quatrains started a trend of poetry discussion in the Song Dynasty. "Red Cliff", the name of the mountain, is located in the northwest of Puqi, Hubei Province, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, with Wulin on the other side. According to legend, it was the place where the allied forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei fought against Cao Cao's army.
The Battle of Chibi in the 13th year of Jian'an (208) established the situation in which the Three Kingdoms stood as a tripartite. Zhou Yu led the Wu army and, as the main force, defeated Cao Cao's army of millions with fire attacks. He became famous in one fell swoop and became a heroic figure in history.
In this poem, Du Mu uses the vivid verse "Bronze Bird is deep in spring" to see the big from the small. This is his unique success in artistic treatment. In addition, this poem overemphasizes the role of the east wind, and does not praise Zhou Yu's victory from the front, but imagines his failure from the negative. Du Mu was well versed in politics and military affairs, and had a very clear understanding of the struggle situation between the central government and the vassal towns, and between the Han and Tubo at that time, and had made some useful suggestions to the court.
If it can be said that Meng Ke already knew the principle of "the weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people" during the Warring States Period, but Du Mu still attributed Zhou Yu's huge victory in the Battle of Chibi to chance. The east wind is hard to imagine. The reason why he wrote like this was probably because he was conceited and knew his troops well, and used historical events to vent his depression and injustice. It also contains the sigh that Ruan Ji expressed when he ascended the Guangwu battlefield, "There are no heroes to make Zhuzi famous", but the words are very vague and difficult to see.