Appreciation of the Original Intention of Cao Cao's Poem "Short Songs"

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Dynasty: Han dynasty

Author: Cao Cao

Original text:

Singing to wine, life geometry! For example, morning dew is much more difficult to go to Japan.

Be generous, and your troubles will be unforgettable. How to solve your worries? Only Du Kang.

Qingqing is your collar, YY is my miss. But for your sake, I've thought it over.

A herd of deer, yo, ate mugwort in Ye Yuan. I have a group of good guests, playing the piano and playing the piano.

As clear as the bright moon, when can I forget it? The troubles come from this and cannot be cut off.

The weirder, the more useless. Talk about the banquet and miss the old grace. (Talking about the banquet: Talking about the banquet)

There are few stars on the moon, and blackbirds fly south. Turn around the tree three times, what branches can you rely on?

The mountain is never too high, and the sea is never too deep. The duke of Zhou vomited, and the world returned to the heart. (sea: water)

translate

Singing while drinking is short. Just like the morning dew is fleeting, there are too many lost days!

The songs on the table are passionate and generous, and melancholy has filled my heart for a long time. By what to alleviate depression? Only binge drinking can set you free.

Those students who wear blue-collar (Zhou Dynasty bachelor's clothing), you make me miss day and night. It is because of you that I have been chanting deeply to this day.

In the sunshine, the deer are chirping on the green slope and eating leisurely. Once talented people from all over the world come to our home, I will entertain guests in blowing sheng.

When can I pick the bright moon hanging in the sky? My long-standing worries and resentment suddenly welled up and merged into a long river.

Guests from afar came to see me one after another on the field path. Meet again after a long separation, have a long talk, have a full meal, and try to tell the old feelings.

There are few stars in the moon, and a group of nesting blackbirds fly south. Fly around the tree for three weeks without breaking your wings. Where can you live?

The mountains do not hesitate to look at the towering rocks, but the sea does not abandon the trickle to see the grandeur. I would like to be as courteous as the Duke of Zhou, and I would like the heroes of the world to submit to me sincerely.

To annotate ...

1. Sing a song about wine: sing a song while drinking wine. When, it means right.

2. Geometry: How much.

Going to Japan is more painful: as painful as (morning dew) but long. There is a sigh that life is short.

4. Generosity: It means that the songs on the banquet are passionate and generous. When used, it means "should be used" here. The whole sentence means that we should sing with passion and generosity.

5. Du Kang: According to legend, he was the first person to make wine.

6. Qingqing Amethyst (Jρn), leisurely in my heart: from The Book of Songs Zheng Feng Amethyst. Originally written about a girl who misses her lover, it is used here as a metaphor for people who are eager for talent and knowledge. Son, address each other respectfully. This is an antique collar. Green fern is the dress of Zhou scholars, referring to the learned people here. Long, long-term appearance, describes continuous thinking.

7. ponder: originally refers to whispering and thinking, here refers to missing and admiring the sages.

8. Yo (not you) Yo Luming Literature, Wild Apple. I have a guest who is blowing: Xiaoya Luming Literature in The Book of Songs. Yo-yo: Deer bark. Ping: Artemisia argyi.

9. Drums: Playing.

10. When can I get it? When can I get it? Answer the phone. Answer the phone. Another solution: when reading chuo, it means common words, and when reading Chuo, it means stop. When can I stop? When does that mean I can stop?

1 1. Crossing the street: cross the criss-crossing paths. Strange things go to the path of the field. Money, a north-south path.

12. Misuse and coexistence: condescending to visit. Waste, here means "waste driving"; Use, and. Save, greet, miss.

13. Yan: Yan (formerly "Yan")

14. Three turns (zā): three weeks. Turn, week, circle.

15. The sea is never too deep: a book called Water is never too deep. Here is a quote from Guan Zi Xing Jie, the original text is: "The sea does not hesitate to water, so it can achieve great things;" The mountain does not leave the soil, so it can become high; The wise master never gets tired of others, so he can become a group of people ... "It means that he wants to accept as many talents as possible.

Creation background

There are two opinions about the writing period of this poem: one is before Battle of Red Cliffs. Chapter 48 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes Cao Cao's poems. After Cao Cao pacified the north, he led millions of heroes, drank horses from the Yangtze River and fought a decisive battle with Sun Quan. It was a bright moon night, and he put wine and played music on the river to celebrate the generals. When the wine was warm, Cao Cao stood at the bow with a spear and sang generously. Second, after Battle of Red Cliffs. The first statement is based on Zhang Hui's novel, which is not reliable. The second statement has no history or politics. Therefore, the creative background of this poem is still inconclusive.