The source of this poem is Wang Zhihuan's two Liangzhou poems, the first part.
Original text:
The Yellow River is getting farther and farther away, because it flows in the middle of the Yellow River, and Yumenguan is located on a lonely mountain.
Why use the elegy of willow to complain about the delay of spring, old Yumenguan, a spring breeze is not blowing!
Translation:
The Yellow River flows far above the white clouds, and an isolated city stands on a high mountain.
Why use Qiangdi to play the plaintive "Yangliuqiu" to complain about the delay of spring, because the spring breeze can't blow Yumenguan.
Precautions:
Liangzhou Ci: Also known as Chusai. Lyrics for Liangzhou, a popular song at that time. There are Liangzhou songs in Guo Maoqian's Yuefu Poetry (Volume 79) and modern lyrics, and Yuan Yue is quoted as saying: "Liangzhou, Gongdiao Song, Governor of Kaiyuan Liangfu Guo Zhiyun, Chinese and Western." Liangzhou, subordinate to Longyou Road in Tang Dynasty, is located in Guzang County (now Liangzhou District, Wuwei City, Gansu Province).
Looking far: looking far to the west. Far above the Yellow River: Looking at the source of the Yellow River. "River" means "sand" and "far" means "straight".
Lonely city: refers to the lonely castle guarding the border. Qi: an ancient unit of length. Together, it is equivalent to seven or eight feet (about 265,438+03 cm or 264 cm).
Qiangdi: It belongs to cross-wind wind music. Qiangdi was introduced to Gansu, Sichuan and other places in Han Dynasty, and it was a common musical instrument on frontier fortress in Tang Dynasty. Why: Why? Liu: The song "Folding Willow". In ancient poetry, willow is often used as a metaphor for farewell.
Degree: Yes. Yumenguan: It was set by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and was named after the introduction of jade articles from the Western Regions. Therefore, Xiaofangcheng, located in the northwest of Dunhuang, Gansu Province, was the main road leading to the western regions in ancient times. During the Six Dynasties, the site moved eastward to the vicinity of Shuangta Fort in Anxi.
About the author:
Wang Zhihuan (688-742) was a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Ji Ling was originally from Jinyang (now Taiyuan, Shanxi), and his great-grandfather moved to Jiang (now Jiangxian, Shanxi). Pay attention to loyalty, unrestrained, often fencing elegy. Most of his poems were sung by musicians at that time, and he was famous for being good at describing frontier fortress scenery. The words are simple and the environment is extremely far-reaching. Only six poems have been handed down from generation to generation.
Creative background:
According to Wang Zhihuan's epitaph, in 726, the fourteenth year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Zhihuan resigned and lived a free life for fifteen years. Two Poems of Liangzhou is regarded as the fifteen years when he resigned and lived at home, that is, the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan (727) to the twenty-ninth year (74 1).
Appreciate:
This poem depicts the magnificent scene between the white clouds on the far bank of the Yellow River and the scene in the lonely mountain of Yumenguan. By describing the natural landscape, the author expressed his feelings and thoughts about frontier life. In his view, Qiangdi's voice contains yearning for his hometown and helplessness in life, but even so, there is no need to resent Liu Yang, because the spring breeze will not blow through Yumenguan, which means that people's fate is often limited by the environment.
The whole poem is concise in language and profound in artistic conception, which leaves a deep impression on people.