Li Bai's "Chivalrous Journey" | kill one person in ten steps, and do not stay for thousands of miles

Chivalrous

Tang Dynasty Li Bai

Zhao Keman Hu Miao, Wu Hook Frost Xueming.

The silver saddle shines on the white horse, fluttering like a shooting star.

Ten steps to kill a person, a thousand miles do not stay.

The thing whisked away, hiding deep with the name.

Idle through the xinling drink, take off the sword and knees forward.

Zhu Hai will be scorched and Hou Wei will be persuaded.

Three cups of Turanno, five yue poured as light.

After the eyes are glazed over, the spirit is fresh.

Saving Zhao wielded the golden mallet, Handan was shocked first.

Qianqiu Two Heroes, Xuanhe Da Liang City.

Let the bones of the heroes die, and do not be ashamed of the world's heroes.

Who can write your excellency, the white head is too Xuanjing.

Translations

Yan Zhao's chivalrous warrior wears the warrior's martial fiend on his head and Wu Yue's shining machete at his waist.

Riding a silver saddle and a white horse, galloping down the street like a meteor in the sky.

Their martial arts are world-class, ten steps can kill a person, a thousand miles, no one can stop.

After they have accomplished great things, they will go away to hide their merits and reputations.

I think that back then, Hou Wei and Zhu Hai befriended Xin Lingjun, took off their swords and knees, and drank happily.

Eat large pieces of meat with Zhu Hai and drink wine with Hou Wei in a large bowl.

After a few glasses of hot wine, he made a generous promise that he would insert a knife into the two ribs of his confidant, and one promise was heavier than Tarzan.

After drinking, the eyes are hot, the spirit is vigorous, touching the sky, and can run through the long rainbow.

Zhu Hai rescued Zhao for Xin Lingjun and waved the golden vertebrae, which shocked all the people up and down the Zhao capital Handan.

The heroic deeds of the two heroes were still passed down as beautiful talk in Da Liang City after a thousand autumns.

Even though they died, they were still heroic, worthy of a heroic life.

Who can study the Tai Xuan Jing in the library like Yang Xiong until he is old, and do nothing for a lifetime?

exegesis

This is an ancient five-character poem that describes and praises chivalrous guests, and is one of the three poems of Li Bailefu. Okay, here is not the walking line, but the song line, which is equivalent to saying "the song of the chivalrous".

Zhao Ke: A chivalrous guest in the land of Yan Zhao. Since the ancient Yan Zhao duo generous and sad people. "Zhuangzi Says Sword": "King Wen of Former Zhao was good at swords, and the swordsman clamped the door and visited more than 3,000 people." ”

Man, no pattern. Hu Miao, in ancient times, the northern ethnic minorities were commonly known as Hu; Tassels, straps for wearing crown hats.

Manhu miao, that is, the rough workmanship of ethnic minorities without patterned belts. This sentence writes the crown belt of chivalry.

Wu Hook: The name of the sword. Frost and snow, the blade of the sword is as bright as frost and snow.

Sassy: The look of swiftness.

Xin Ling: Xin Ling Jun, one of the four princes of the Warring States, was a courtesy corporal and had more than 3,000 diners under his door.

Zhu Hai and Hou Wei: They were both disciples of Xin Lingjun. Zhu Ben was a butcher, and Hou Yuan was a gatekeeper at the east gate of the Wei capital, Daliang, and both were treated with courtesy by Xin Lingjun and used by Xin Lingjun.

Scorched, grilled meat.

Eat, eat.

Zhu Hai: Let Zhu Hai eat.

"Three cups" two sentences: After saying a few glasses of wine, the promise was made, and the promise was regarded as heavier than that of the Five Mountains.

Su Ni: White Rainbow. The ancients believed that whenever something unusual happened, there would be an unusual celestial phenomenon, such as "white rainbow through the sun.".

Xuan He: Describe the fame as grand.

Da liang city: the capital of the State of Wei, present-day Kaifeng, Henan.

The Taixuan Jing: A philosophical work by Yang Xiong of the Western Han Dynasty. Yang Xiong worked as a school magazine in the Tianlu Pavilion where the emperor collected books.

Li Bai (701-762), also known as "Who Immortals", was a great romantic poet of the Tang Dynasty, known as "Shi Xian" and du Fu, in order to distinguish him from the other two poets, Li Shangyin and Du Mu, that is, "Little Li Du", Du Fu and Li Bai were also known as "Great Li Du". According to the New Book of Tang, Li Bai was the ninth grandson of Emperor Xingsheng (Li Kuan, king of Liangwu Zhao), and was the same as the kings of Li Tang. His people are cheerful and generous, love to drink and write poetry, and like to make friends. Li Bai was deeply influenced by Huang Lao Liezhuang's thought, and there are "Li Taibai Collection" handed down, most of the poems were written when he was drunk, and his representative works include "Wanglushan Waterfall", "Difficulty in Walking", "Difficulty in Shu Dao", "Will Enter the Wine", "Ming Tang Fu", "Early White Emperor City" and many other poems.

The poem was written around 744 AD (Tang Xuanzong Tianbao Iiizai) during the tour of Qi Prefecture. The style of the Tang Dynasty rangers was quite prevalent, and it was precisely the popular social consciousness of Renxia at that time, driven by professionalism and ambition, the teenagers of Shang Renxia all wanted to do something bold and happy, which was universally praised by society. Li Bai's "Chivalrous Journey" was created under the background of this chivalrous consciousness.

"Chivalrous Travel" is a tribute to Gu Lefu, and most of it is a depiction of Ren Xia's behavior. And all of Li Bai's poems are written in a dashing and free way, Li Bai's poem, through the sketch outline of the incident of Qin Wei Handan and Wei Jun's chi aid, expresses and praises the excellent qualities of Zhao Ke, Zhu Hai, and Hou Wei Ren's chivalrous righteousness, expresses his admiration for chivalry, and his yearning for saving dangers and difficulties and making meritorious contributions to life, inherits the ancient Lefu in content, but is artistically higher than his predecessors.

The first four sentences describe the appearance of the chivalrous guest from the costume, blade, and mount. The second four sentences write about the superb martial arts of chivalry and the practice of indifferent fame and fortune. The third four sentences introduce the stories of Xin Lingjun and Hou Wei and Zhu Hai to further praise the chivalrous guests, and also euphemistically express their ambitions. The chivalrous guest can get to know the Ming Lord, and the Ming Lord uses the heroic strategy of the Chivalrous guest to achieve a career, and the Chivalrous Guest will become famous. The last four sentences indicate that even if the actions of the chivalrous guests do not achieve the goal, the backbone of the chivalrous guests is still passed on to future generations, not inferior to those heroes who have achieved fame, and those who write history should write a stroke for them.

Some people think that this song "Chivalrous Travel" is only about Zhu Hai and Hou Wei, which is not right. The image of the chivalrous character written in the first eight sentences does not match Zhu and Hou. Zhu did not know swordplay, but was strong and brave. Hou is mainly to outwit and win. The phrase "idle through the Xin Ling Jun" is just a connection between the chivalrous guest and the "Ming Jun" like Xin Ling Jun, because Zhu and Hou did not get to know the Xin Ling Jun in this way. Li Bai precisely wanted to get to know a ming lord like Xin Lingjun in order to fulfill his political ambitions of "Shen Guan Yan's talk, the art of seeking the emperor, striving for his wisdom, and willing to be a supplementary bow, so that Huanqu Da Ding and HaiXian Jingyi" were fulfilled.

This poem shows us an important aspect of Li Bai's ideal of life, Ren Xia, and such an ideal is inseparable from the vigorous national power of the Sheng Tang Dynasty and the prevalence of Ren Xia's style, and understanding these situations helps us to understand Li Bai's thought, personality and poetic style, and at the same time, through reading his kind of poems, it can also help us better understand the era in which he lived.