【Translation】
Ever since I surrendered to the Huns, I have always been in a state of distress, always sitting alone in sorrow, and it is difficult to see a deceased person all day long, only to see exotic things. Use leather coats and felt tents to withstand the wind and rain, and use the meat and milk of sheep and horses to quench hunger and thirst. If you want to raise your eyes and talk, who can talk to you? The ground outside the plug is frozen and cracked, the ice layer is deep, and only the sound of the wind and sorrow can be heard. In the cool autumn of September, when the plug grass withers, I always can't sleep at night, listening to the sound of the beard outside the tent and the mournful groan of the horse, which comes from everywhere, one after another; or listening to the sound of these side plugs in the morning, I don't feel the tears staining my clothes. Zi Qing! Can my heart be different and not be saddened by it?
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Zi Qing! What else can I say? This parting, we are thousands of miles apart, the exchange is blocked, I live to be a person of another world, after death is also a ghost of a foreign land, indeed forever parted from you! I hope that after you go back, you will greet my deceased friend on my behalf and work hard to serve the Ming Jun. Your child is fine, don't worry too much. Be sure to take care! I also hope that you can always borrow the wind from the north to bring more good news. LiLington head.
【Small knowledge】
Li Ling was li Guangchangsun, an outstanding general from Longxi during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In the autumn of the second year of the Tianhan Dynasty (99 BC), he surrendered to the Xiongnu due to the defeat of the army at Junji Mountain (in present-day Mongolia). After Emperor Wu of Han learned of Li Ling's surrender and training troops for the Xiongnu, the clan did not have Li Ling's entire family, and the Li clan of Menlongxi fell.
Su Wu and Li Ling served in the same dynasty and had friendly relations. In the first year of the Tianhan Dynasty, Su Wu was detained by the Xiongnu as an emissary, but he insisted on integrity and never surrendered, and was finally forced to live on the shore of the North Sea (present-day Lake Baikal), fighting and herding sheep for nineteen years, "the festival was exhausted", but still "lying up and holding", which can be described as "white-haired Dan heart to Han Chen". In the sixth year of the first century (81 BC), he finally had to return to Chang'an. Before leaving, Li Ling put wine for Su Wu and cried for a long time; after returning, Su Wu still wrote a letter to persuade Li Ling to return to China, and Li Ling wrote this reply.
In the letter, Li Ling expressed his loneliness and misery in the bitter and cold land of the desert north, as well as his deep attachment to his homeland; at the same time, he was also full of complaints, and he had words about the hardships and tragic thoughts of his turn to the desperate territory, and repeatedly stated his bitterness about his surrender to the Xiongnu, especially the resentment of the Han Wudi clan without his home, and his indignation was overflowing with words and had a strong appeal. It should be said that if you are not a close friend, if you do not have no scruples, you cannot say such a thing. And Li Ling and Su Wu happen to have a deep friendship, and Li Ling is far away from the Xiongnu, so he can be so unscrupulous.
Another message is that before Su Wu had just returned to China and had not yet issued this letter, the great general Huo Guang sent Longxi Ren Lizheng and others to the Xiongnu to summon Li Ling back to China in the name of the imperial court, and Li Ling refused to recall on the grounds that "her husband could no longer be humiliated". It is certain that Su Wu played a key role in this conscription, and after he returned to Chang'an, he said good things for Li Ling, which would arouse the good feelings of Huo Guang and others. Otherwise, there were many people in the Han Dynasty who surrendered to the Xiongnu, and it would be difficult to understand that only Li Ling was recruited by the imperial court.
The experiences of Su and Li are extremely legendary. Li Ling, as a famous general of a generation, bore the hatred of the country and the family, and had the "style of the national soldier" but eventually became a betrayal general in history; Su Wu shepherded the sheep in the bitter cold land of no one for nineteen years, experienced bitterness, died nine times, and returned with "white hair"; and both of them were from the family, had a strong friendship, had earlier served in the same dynasty, and later each of them was their master, and their desert north tips and the vast wild geese in the absolute domain were all deeply touching and tear-inducing. It should be said that it is the special origin and circumstances that have created the unique personality charm of Su and Li, and also given them the literary talent of sincere love, and thus achieved the earliest and most typical confidant in history. Therefore, Li Ling and Su Wu have become the typical themes of the later generations of literati to render the sadness of parting, and the parting songs, farewell poems, and back-and-forth letters between them have always been talked about, and even many doubtful words, believing that these are all forgeries of posterity. We think that those doubts are limited to speculation, not accurate, and most of his works are written by himself, and the selection of "Selected Writings" can also be regarded as a side evidence. (Xiao Han)
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