Author Li Bai, Tang Dynasty,
Gou Jian, the king of Yue, broke Wu Gui, and the righteous returned home.
Maid-in-waiting is like a flower in Man Chun Hall, but only partridges are flying today.
Translation annotation
After Gou Jian, the King of Yue, destroyed the State of Wu, all the soldiers returned to their hometown in rags.
The palace is full of maids as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade, and now only a few partridges are flying in the old site of the city.
Make an appreciative comment
Songs are not historical novels, and quatrains are also different from long poems, so poets can only choose the part of this historical event that they feel most deeply to write. He chose not a fragment in the long process of this struggle, but two scenes after the defeat of Wu State and the return of the King of Yue. The first sentence pointed out the meaning of the problem and explained the specific content of the historic site. Write two or three sentences about soldiers returning home and Gou Jian returning to the palace. Destroy the enemy, avenge the shame, and all the soldiers are happy; Now that the war is over, everyone has been rewarded. They are not wearing real armor, but jinyi. Only the word "Jinyi" can make the King of Yue and his soldiers come back proudly, full of the joy and pride of the winner. After the King of Yue returned to China, he was ambitious, not only boasting, but also enjoying it. As a result, the beauty of flowers filled the palace.