Song of Snow White Farewell to the Field —— Translation and Annotation of Secretary Wu's Going Home

A song of snow sent Tian Shuji Wu home.

. [Tang]. Cen Can.

The north wind swept across the earth and messed up Pennisetum, and the weather in August will be covered with heavy snow.

Suddenly, like a night wind blowing, like a pear tree in blossom.

Snowflakes fell into the curtains and wet them. The fur was not warm and the gold cup was too thin.

The bow became stiff and almost impossible to pull out, and the metal of the armor condensed on people.

The desert freezes over/kloc-0.000 feet, with a crack, and the sky is full of darkness and melancholy.

In the manager's account, this wine is a farewell party, and the Huqin Pipa flute ensemble adds luster to this entertainment.

In the evening, in front of the headquarters gate, heavy snow fell, the red flag froze, and the wind could not drag.

Luntai East Gate, welcome to the capital. Go, the mountain road is covered with snow.

I haven't seen you in the winding mountain road, leaving only a row of horseshoe prints.

Notes on the title or background of a book.

This poem is one of the author's most famous frontier poems. Written in the 14th year of Tang Tianbao (755). At that time, the author worked under Feng Changqing, the governor of the Northern Court, and served as my ambassador to Iraq and the West. This poem depicts a magnificent scene of ice and snow outside the Great Wall. The whole article is full of fantastic ideas, giving people a magnificent feeling. Judge Wu, unknown.

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Cen Can, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, saw the poem Yingzhou Song in his life.

To annotate ...

(1) White grass: a special name for grass in northwest China, namely Achnatherum splendens. ② Lake days: refers to the weather in northwest China. 3 Sudden: One is "sudden". Pear flower: Yu Xue. ⑤ bead curtain: a door curtain decorated with beads. Luomu: Silk tent. 6 fox skin: fox skin clothes. Brocade: a quilt woven. ⑦ Horn bow: A hard bow decorated with animal horns. Control: pull, pull. ⑧ Duhu: The Tang Dynasty established Duhu envoys in the northwest frontier. Here, Du Hu and General are common terms. ⑨ Hanhai: The vast desert in the north of China, starting from the west foot of Xing 'an Mountains in the east and reaching the east foot of Tianshan Mountains in the west, stretches for more than 2,000 kilometers from northeast to southwest, hence the name, which also refers to the vast areas of the western regions. Dry: vertical and horizontal. Attending dark clouds: refers to dark clouds. Bleak: Bleak. Bleak. ⑾ Zhong Jun: At first, it was an army led by the commander in chief. This refers to the commander's camp. ⑿ The meaning of this sentence is to persuade people to drink with national musical instruments. [13] Yuanmen: the gate of the military camp. [14] pull: pull. Flip: tremble. ⒂ Luntai: The former site of luntai county in Tang Dynasty is in Miquan County, Xinjiang. [14] Tianshan Mountain: A mountain system in Central Asia, which runs through the central part of Xinjiang in China and extends to Central Asia at the western end, with a total length of 2,500 kilometers.

Modern translation

Strong winds swept the northern part of the desert,

Blow off the tough white grass and fall down like stepping on it.

Northern Xinjiang in August,

There will be heavy snow covering the world.

Just like the spring breeze suddenly blew a strong wind overnight,

Blowing open the petals of ten thousand pear trees.

Snowflakes are falling,

Wet curtain beads, frozen at the front edge of curtain renewal.

Fox skin will no longer feel warm,

Brocade bedding also feels thin.

Gonta, the general's horn, is cold and can't be opened.

Duhu's armor and iron clothes are hard to wear.

There are vast deserts everywhere.

Huge ice,

The gloomy clouds stagnated.

It seems to suppress the sky.

The commanders of China's army held a banquet.

Send Judge Wu to Beijing,

Huqin and pipa are accompanied by Qiang flute,

Dance and sing.

A Bo Xue.

Fell on the shaft door of the barracks,

The cold wind danced wildly with the red flag,

The red flag froze and condensed.

Become a static red cloud.

I'll never see you again.

People who travel far away,

Leave a line in the snow,

Footprints of horses when they walk.

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This poem has two themes, one is "Bai Xuege", the other is "seeing Judge Wu off to Beijing", the other is praising the snow and the other is seeing him off. These two themes complement each other. Without singing snow, this farewell poem lost its uniqueness. Without the theme of seeing off, the description of snow becomes a sketch of the snowy plain without characters and spirit. Therefore, four snow characters are used in the poem, which are embedded in four important places: "The first snow character is before parting, the second snow character is at parting, the third snow character is at parting, and the fourth snow character is after returning." (Zhang Xie's Three Hundred Notes on Tang Poetry in Qing Dynasty, Volume II) The first snow poem "The Tatar Day is separated from Eight In the snow" as the farewell background, which triggered the strange scene of "like spring breeze coming, night coming, blowing the petals of Wanli Tree"; The second song "Until dusk, when the snow overtakes our tent" triggered the cold-eyed view that "our red flag can't freeze and fly in the wind" at the farewell banquet; The third place "Walking into the Snowdrift of Tianfeng Road" holds hands to look forward to the future of Wan Li; The fourth "leaving only his hoofprint" is the disappointment that people leave clues. The theme of "snow" is always accompanied by the friendship of seeing off.

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There are many farewell poems, which are very famous in the Tang Dynasty, and this one, which combines the snow scene with other feelings, seems to be unique.

The first two sentences lead to "flying snow" with "north wind"; Eight In the snow describes the characteristics of the first snow outside the Great Wall. The next two sentences, saying "I suddenly like it", show that the snow is coming, and it is coming so quickly, and it is extremely important to talk about the great climate change and secretly write about the characteristics of the Great Wall; "Thousands of trees", with snow pressing the branches, is like spring breeze and pear blossoms, depicting the wonderful scenery beyond the Great Wall. It not only vividly depicts the scenery, but also shows the poet's amazing and appreciative mood and generous and open-minded mind. It is no accident that these two sentences have always been called Tao. The above four sentences are closely related to the characteristics of writing the word "snow" outside the Great Wall, and there are no surprises everywhere. Below, we will continue to write "snow" from the word "cold". The phrase "scattered into" suddenly wrote the flying snow into the curtain with a detailed description, which also brought the reader into the military account.

The following three sentences focus on the feelings of "generals" and "guards", and describe the severe cold caused by heavy snow in an exaggerated way: the fox fur is not warm, the brocade is too thin, the horn bow is difficult to control, and the iron clothes are difficult to wear. If this is the case in the account, what should we do outside the account? Readers are not rare in words. The above four sentences are written from the feelings. "Han Hai" two sentences, and then pull the camera out of the account, one by one, one by one, the sky is still gloomy, but the ground has been covered with solid ice. These two sentences are about natural scenery. Snow pressed the branches to the ground, and the passage of time was hidden in the scenery, which meant that another time was near. So when I wrote about a cloudy day, I said "Cloudy", which made me feel slightly different, and then I naturally turned around and sent Wu back to Beijing. Isn't it a bit unusual to say goodbye to friends at such a moment and environment? Zhong Jun wrote a farewell speech, drums and music were played together during the dinner, and the chill in the account disappeared, showing the enthusiasm of the banquet and the enthusiasm of the people. The words "one after another" are written about the snow scene outside Yuanmen, which means that Wu Shi will do it and send people a taste. At this time, the scenery is beautifully painted, with a red white background and a hot cold bottom, which skillfully shows the psychology of parting and wishing each other. Finally, Judge Wu wrote four sentences. Finally, don't walk in the endless stream. "Then he disappeared at the corner of the mountain pass, leaving only hoofprint behind him", staring at his friend, making his figure disappear, only seeing the horseshoe remains in the snow, in which we can not only see a still image, but also express our sincere parting feelings. There is snow everywhere, and a chill mixed with parting can't help but penetrate into my heart.

The whole poem begins with snow, ends with snow, and writes cold in the middle. It's actually about snow. The wonderful snow scene beyond the Great Wall runs through, full of affection, both implicit and unrestrained, with a broad realm. This is also the innovative expression of Cen Can's frontier poems.