Appreciation of the original meaning of Chen Ziang's ancient poem "King Yan Zhao"

"King Yan Zhao" is written by the Tang Dynasty literary scholar Chen Ziang. Its poems are as follows:

Nanden Jieshi Pavilion, overlooking the Golden Terrace.

The hills are full of trees, and the King of Zhao is in peace?

The hegemonic map is now over, and the horse is back.

【Preface】

"King Zhao of Yan" was composed by Chen Zi'ang when he accompanied Wu Youyi on his eastern expedition against the Khitans. At that time, the author was living on the edge of the land, climbing on the top of jieshi mountain, looking at the distance, touching the scenery, touching the past, hanging the ancient lyrics, expressing the painful mood of not meeting the talent and not having a way to serve the country, reflecting the author's positive and strong enterprising spirit.

【Notes】

Jieshi Hall, that is, Jieshi Palace. During the reign of King Zhao of Yan, Zou Yan of Liang entered Yan, and King Zhao of Zhao, Zhu Jieshi, personally taught him.

Golden Terrace: Located near Kiyosaka. According to legend, King Yan Zhao placed a gold on this platform to recruit talents and was named after him.

Yan Zhaowang. That is, The Yan Zhao clan (reigned 311 BC to 279 BC), was a famous sage in ancient times, who was good at nashi.

【Translation】

Ascend to the Jieshi Palace from the south and look at the Golden Terrace in the distance. The hills are full of trees, where has King Yan Zhao gone? The grand plan of hegemony is no longer there, and I have to ride back to camp on horseback.

【Appreciation】

"King Yan Zhao" is a nostalgic poem borrowed from the past and satirizing the present, with deep feelings, simple words and sentences, and strong touching power. At that time, the author was living on the edge of the land, climbing on the top of jieshi mountain, looking at the distance, touching the scenery, touching the past, hanging the ancient lyrics, expressing the painful mood of not meeting the talent and not having a way to serve the country, reflecting the author's positive and strong enterprising spirit.

"Nanden Jieshi Pavilion, Looking at the Golden Terrace from afar". Jieshi Hall, that is, Jieshi Palace. During the reign of King Zhao of Yan, Zou Yan of Liang entered Yan, and King Zhao of Zhao built the Jieshi Palace to personally teach him. The "Golden Terrace" was also built by King Yan Zhao. King Zhao placed gold on the stage and invited the world's qishi here. Soon, Le Yi and other wise men were summoned, and Prince Zhao pushed the hub, and the country suddenly flourished. Later, Le Yi's army cut down Qi, and there were more than seventy seats in The City of Liankeqi, making Qi almost perish. The poet wrote two monuments, which concentrated on the lordly demeanor of The King of Yan zhao who was thirsty for the wise and thirsty corporal. From the two actions of "climbing" and "looking", we can see how longing the poet was for the ancients! Of course, this is not simply the contemplation of the ancients, the poet so strongly admires the ancients because he deeply feels the bumps in the road of the present world, which has a deep self-feeling.

The second sentence: "The hills are full of trees, and king Zhao is safe?" Expressing the feeling of the vicissitudes of the world. The poet looked at the golden platform from afar, only to see that the undulating hills were covered with trees, and the platform where the gold was placed was gone, where did King Yan Zhao go? On the surface, this is all a real-life description, but it is pinned on the poet's dissatisfaction with reality. Why did Le Yi do wei, but did not see Qigong, but made earth-shattering achievements in the Yan Kingdom? The reason is very simple, because King Yan Zhao knows people and is good at doing things.

Therefore, these two sentences clearly do not see "King Zhao", which is actually a complaint issued by the poet with Le Yi comparing himself, and also laments that he was not born at the right time, and the hero is useless. Although the work was issued for Wu Youyi's "light and unobtrusive", the poem places it in a dismissive position, thus showing the poet's arrogance and majesty. The work ends with the hanging of the ancient wounds: "The hegemonic map is now over, and the horse is returning." The year before the poet wrote this poem, the Khitan attacked Yingzhou and threatened the counties of Tanzhou, but the generals sent by the imperial court to fight were so faint, how could this not make people worry about the fortunes of the country? Therefore, the poet could only sigh that "hegemony" was no longer difficult, and the state affairs were no longer going on. At the same time, in the face of the crisis, the poet's Anbang strategy was not used, but was suppressed by Wu Youyi, which made people feel that the road ahead was uncertain. The word "already done" is deeply emotional. This "return of the horse", on the surface, is written about the ancient return to the camp, but in fact it also hints at the meaning of retreat. In the first year of Shengong (697), The Tang ended the war against the Khitans, and shortly thereafter, the poet was dismissed and returned to Li.

This poem of the ancients, without any algae embellished words, is quite heroic and suppressed, and it is very angry to read. Du Fu said: "The country is prosperous, and the son is high. Hu Yinglin's "Shi Xue" said: "In the early Tang Dynasty, Liang Sui inherited, and Chen Ziang opened the source of ancient elegance alone." Chen Ziang's kind of poetry has the merit of "opening up the ancient elegance alone" and has the special status of "starting from the beginning".

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