Dynasty: Song Dynasty
Author: Wen Tianxiang
Original text:
After a hard encounter, there are few stars around.
The mountains and rivers are broken, the wind is drifting, the life experience is ups and downs, the rain is hitting the ping.
Panic beachhead says fear, and the ocean is full of sighs.
Who hasn't died since ancient times? Keep your heart in the past.
translation
In retrospect, I went through a lot of hard work from the imperial examination to the official position in my early years, and now the war has subsided for four years.
The country in danger is just like catkins in the wind, and individuals can hardly be said to be like duckweeds in the shower.
The fiasco at Panic Beach has left me still in fear, and I feel lonely when Lingdingyang is trapped in the Yuan Dynasty.
Who can live forever since ancient times? I want to leave a history of patriotism.
appreciation
The first couplet "After a hard experience, there are only four stars left." "After a hard experience" refers to what Jinshi Tianxiang said in his twenties. The four stars are four years. Tianxiang was captured in the first year of Deyou (1275) for four years. This autobiography is a reflection of the past and the present. From the perspective of time, "joining the WTO" and "diligent king" are determined by one's personal origin, one's national crisis, two major events and one's loyalty. In the Tang and Song dynasties, if a person wanted to make a career for the country, he had to become an official. As an intellectual, he had to pass the imperial examination, and he had to read scriptures. When Wen Tianxiang died, there was a self praise in his belt saying, "Reading the books of sages and sages, what you learned, and now and later, the common people are worthy of it." This is what ties the two things together. The works of sages are called scriptures, and scriptures govern the country and secure the state. These two sentences, talking about two things, seem to be separate and independent, but they are actually linked together. A short fight means something similar. "It is difficult to get together after falling down" in The Book of the Later Han Dynasty Geng Bian's Biography notes that "falling down is still broad." Broadness means sparseness and evacuation, which is the same as sparseness. The History of the Song Dynasty said that there were few people who responded to Xie Hou's imperial edict at that time. The situation described here is just like the historical facts.
The supporting couplet went on to say, "The mountains and rivers are broken, the wind is blowing, and the life experience is ups and downs, and the rain is hitting the ping-pong.". Since the Song Dynasty abandoned Lin'an, Emperor Gong Zhao Shi was captured. In fact, he has already perished. All that remains is for the local army and civilians to organize themselves to resist. Zhao Yu, Duanzong supported by Wen Tianxiang, Zhang Shijie and others, died of fright when fleeing from the disaster. Lu Xiufu once again set up Zhao Bing, an eight year old official of China Construction Bank, at Yashan Mountain, where he was exiled everywhere. This situation is described as broken mountains and rivers. In addition, the words "wind floats" are vivid and gloomy. At this time, Wen Tianxiang's mother was captured, his wife and concubines were imprisoned, and his eldest son died. It was like a duckweed on the water, with no attachment. The scene was bleak.
The neck couplet continues to recount the different situations and moods of the past and the present. In the past, people were worried about the beach, the country and the people; Today, I am alone in Lingdingyang, and I feel lonely. Huang'error Beach is one of the eighteen beaches of Ganjiang River. The current is fast and frightening. It is also called Pan'error Beach. The original name is Huanggongtan. Because of the similar pronunciation, it is falsely called Huang'ertan. The beach is in the middle of Ganjiang River in Wan'an County, Jiangxi Province today. Wen Tianxiang once passed by here when he started to serve the king. Lingdingyang, now called Lingdingyang, is outside the cliff 15 miles away from the Pearl River in Guangdong Province. Wen Tianxiang was defeated and captured, and was escorted here. The former is reminiscence, and the latter is the current situation. Both of them have experienced it personally. One is a general and the other is a prisoner. Pretending to be a general, facing a strong enemy, I am afraid that I can not complete the mission of defending the land and restoring the country. As a prisoner, he was lonely and alone, with only one person. Here, "wind flutters with catkins", "rain beats ping-pong", "Panic Beach" and "Lingdingyang" are all the scenes in front of us. They come at random. The confrontation is neat, the language is natural, and the image is vivid, showing a sense of grief and anger and full of blood and tears.
The tail couplet suddenly moves forward from the present to the future, pushing aside the reality and revealing the ideal. The conclusion is like ringing a bell and ringing a beam. The style of the whole poem suddenly changed from gloomy to pioneering, bold and unrestrained. "Since ancient times, no one has died, so stay loyal and shine on history." Let a sincere heart like a fire shine on history, illuminate the world and warm life. With a word of light, the display is radiant and heroic. It is said that Zhang Hongfan saw Wen Tianxiang's poem, especially the two lines of the tail couplet, and said, "Good people, good poetry!" It is true that Wen Tianxiang integrated poetry and life, poetic style and personality. It is the swan song of the ages, with a high sentiment, which inspires and inspires countless people with lofty ideals to devote themselves to the cause of justice through the ages.
