Yanwu's Appreciation of Poetry

Early autumn in a military city

Yanwu

The bleak autumn wind was involved in the garrison last night; Looking around, I saw the bright moon in the west and Leng Yun rolling.

Repeatedly ordered brave soldiers to chase the enemy and not let a horse escape from the battlefield.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty was weak, and Tubo took advantage of it, once invading Chang 'an, and later invading the southwest. Yanwu played us in Ren Jiannan twice. In the autumn of the second year of Guangde (764), he led the troops to the western expedition, defeated more than 70,000 Tubo people, recovered lost ground and settled Shu. On the one hand, Early Autumn in Military City shows us the poet's talent and martial arts as a commander-in-chief, on the other hand, it also shows that the commander-in-chief's words are brilliant and talented. No wonder Du Fu called him a "gifted scholar". The first sentence of the poem, "Autumn wind entered the Han Pass last night", looks like a scene, but it is quite meaningful. The ruling armed forces of the ethnic minorities in the northwest and north of China often invade the mainland in the autumn when the horses are high and fat. "Autumn wind entering the Han Pass" means that the tense moment at the border is coming again. The word "last night" is closely related to the poem "early autumn", so a timely understanding of "autumn wind" reflects Yanwu's close attention to the current situation and his familiarity with the enemy. In the second sentence, the poet heard the reflection of autumn wind, which is very personal. He immediately looked at the western hills (that is, the snow-capped mountains in western Sichuan), which showed the alertness and sensitivity of the commander-in-chief, and also hinted that he was concerned about the specific content of the current situation. How about Xishan? Leng Yun is low, the moonlight is cold, and the word "Man" adds a gloomy and solemn atmosphere, just like the precursor of sudden changes in the situation and the silence before the war. "The situation in the eyes is in the chest" (Zong Ze's Early Hair), which is the basic law for all generals to lead troops to fight. Therefore, since the first two sentences of the poem wrote "the situation in the eyes" with the battle cloud, the strategy in the heart is self-evident. This poem omits this part, which shows that Yanwu is an expert in combat.

"More anxious to fly after arrogance, don't send horses back to the battlefield." The word "more urgent" implies that the war has been successfully launched according to the Lord's plan. In two words, the brushwork is fluent and every word is decisive, which not only shows the overwhelming momentum on the court, but also shows the resolute and decisive main spirit and victory, and the result of the whole battle naturally resides in it. This is what the ancients said, "pen and ink are full of breath, four images are infinite, and everything is everywhere" (Wang Fuzhi's Dongzhai Poetry). If you put one or two sentences and three or four sentences together, you will find that there is a big jump in the middle. Anyone who knows the war knows that a commanding general who closes his eyes and knows nothing about the enemy will never win the war. The victory or defeat of a war often depends on the sensitivity and understanding of the commanding generals to the enemy before the war. One or two sentences in the poem show that the master has accurately grasped the opportunity and the enemy's situation, which means that he has mastered the initiative, gained the initiative and obtained the prerequisite for defeating the enemy. All this indicates the smooth progress of the war, so victory became the expected result. Therefore, reading three or four sentences is not abrupt and blunt, but has a natural and sure enough satisfaction. This poem is well written, heroic and clean, showing the true nature of a commander-in-chief.

The thoughts, feelings and language style of poetry are also full of the author's own personality characteristics. This is something that ordinary poets cannot write.