"Out of the Fortress"
Author: Wang Changling
The bright moon of the Qin Dynasty was at the Pass of the Han Dynasty, and the people of the long march of thousands of miles have not yet returned.
But the flying generals of Dragon City are here, and Hu Ma is not taught to cross the Yin Mountain.
Notes:
1. But: as long as.
2. Dragon City: Dragon City is the place where the Huns gathered to worship heaven.
3. Flying General: Refers to the famous general Li Guang of the Han Dynasty. The Huns were afraid of his bravery and called him "Flying General".
4. Yinshan Mountain: The northern branch of the Kunlun Mountains, starting from the northwest of Hetao, traversing Suiyuan, Chahar and the northern part of Rehe, is the barrier of northern my country.
Rhyme translation:
It is still the bright moon of Qin Dynasty and the border gate of Han Dynasty.
The battle lasts for a long time, and the soldiers who conquer thousands of miles will never return.
If Li Guang, the flying general of Dragon City, was alive today,
The Huns would never be allowed to go south to herd horses across the Yin Mountains.
Commentary:
This is a frontier poem lamenting the constant wars on the frontier and the lack of good generals in the country. The first line of the poem is the most intriguing. It’s about this place
Hanguan, during the Mingyue Qin Dynasty, there have been great changes in history, and the sigh of the war has not stopped. The second sentence writes about how many men died in battle before returning the conscripts
How many tragedies were left behind on the battlefield. Three or four sentences express the common will of the people for thousands of years, hoping that "Dragon City Flying Generals" will appear to quell chaos and stabilize border defenses. The whole poem uses ordinary language to sing a powerful and open-minded theme, with smooth momentum.
It is completed in one go, and everyone who sings it is amazed. Li Panlong, a man of the Ming Dynasty, once praised it as the masterpiece among the seven masterpieces of the Tang Dynasty, which is not an exaggeration.