Interpretation of Poems in Zhu Yuanzhang's Election

Original text:

Poems inscribed in the election

Ming Dynasty: Zhu Yuanzhang

Jiangnan killed millions of soldiers, and the sword around his waist was still bloody.

Monks don't know heroes, just ask their names.

I killed millions of soldiers in Jiangnan, and the sword on my waist was still stained with blood. You monks in the mountains don't know the hero overlord, but they ask my name noisily.

Extended data:

Creative background:

1364, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was competing for the world at that time, was fighting a decisive battle with Chen Youliang, one of the leaders of the peasant uprising army. The two sides have waged several battles of life and death in Poyang Lake waters. Although it was a foregone conclusion that Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Chen Youliang at that time, Zhu Yuanzhang remained vigilant. Before he expelled Beiyuan and won the world, his tense nerves could not be relaxed.

Then, one night, Zhu Yuanzhang led several bodyguards to worship Buddha in prajna temple near Jinling. When Zhu Yuanzhang arrived in prajna temple, the elders in prajna temple found that Zhu Yuanzhang and his party were all armed to the teeth, especially the leader Zhu Yuanzhang had a face of lost face. They mistakenly thought Zhu Yuanzhang and others were robbers and villains.

Or arrogant stragglers, they have a snub to Zhu Yuanzhang and others. However, the old monk also noticed that although Zhu Yuanzhang was dressed in cloth, his appearance looked extraordinary. He was different from ordinary people in treating people and gestures, and he was quite a king.

So, the old monk came forward to ask Zhu Yuanzhang and others' names, but Zhu Yuanzhang didn't come clean with the old monk and refused to give his name. Finally, unable to stand the harassment of the old monk, Zhu Yuanzhang wrote a domineering poem "Don't provoke buddhist nun to be a monk" on the temple wall. After writing, Zhu Yuanzhang went down the mountain with his own guards and never looked back.