What does Cao Cao’s "Dan Ge Xing" mean specifically?

While drinking and singing, life is short and the days and months fly by. Just like the morning dew, it is fleeting and there are too many lost days!

The singing at the banquet was passionate and generous, and melancholy filled my heart for a long time. What can you rely on to relieve depression? Only binge drinking can provide relief.

Those students wearing green collars (the attire of bachelors in the Zhou Dynasty), you make me yearn for you day and night. It’s just because of you that I still recite it in pain.

Under the sunshine, the deer chirped happily and ate leisurely on the green slope. Once talented people from all over the world come to my house, I will play the harp and the sheng to entertain the guests.

When will I be able to pick up the bright moon hanging in the sky? The sorrow and anger I have stored in my heart suddenly spurt out and form a river.

Guests from far away came to visit me one by one along the field roads. After a long absence, they reunited for a heart-to-heart talk and a banquet, vying to tell the story of their past friendship.

The moonlight was bright and the stars were sparse, and a group of nesting magpies flew south. They flew around the tree for three weeks without folding their wings. Where can they find shelter?

The mountains are majestic only if they do not abandon the earth and rocks, and the sea is majestic only if it does not abandon the trickle of water. I wish to be as courteous and virtuous as the Duke of Zhou, and wish that all the heroes in the world would sincerely submit to me.

Original text: Dangexing

Han Dynasty: Cao Cao

Singing over wine, what a life! Like morning dew, it will be more painful every day.

Generosity should be treated with generosity, and worries will be unforgettable. How to relieve worries? Only Du Kang.

Qingqing Zijin, my heart is leisurely. But for your sake, I still ponder it.

Yo yo, the deer roars, eating apples in the wild. I have guests who play the harp and sheng.

It’s as bright as the moon, when can you wipe it off? Worry comes from it and cannot be cut off.

The more unfamiliar you are, the more you cross the border, the more useless you are. Qi Kuo talks about Yan, thinking about old kindness. (Talking about Yan, one work: Talking about banquets)

The moon and stars are few and far between, and the magpies are flying south. Three twists and turns around the tree, where is the branch to lean on?

The mountains never get too high and the sea never gets too deep. The Duke of Zhou vomits food, and the world returns to its heart.

Extended information:

"Singing to wine, what's life like? It's like morning dew, it will be more bitter after passing days." He wrote this paragraph for himself. Life is as short as morning dew in the rotation of the ancient universe. What he didn't say was, so I chose the path of power struggle because I didn't want to waste this short life.

"It's as bright as the moon, when can we shake it off? The sorrow comes from it and can't be cut off." It's as bright as the moon, shining on the earth forever and ever. Although the moon is bright and great, it will always hold its position and cannot give up its position. Glory is loneliness. Once you embark on the road to fight for hegemony, there is no turning back, let alone stopping. You are destined to continue on the road of steel and fire.

"The moon and stars are sparse, and the black magpie flies south, circling the tree three times, where can I rely on?" The sky and the earth are empty, and the night is deep, just like the lonely flying black magpie, in the vast night, it can't help but Knowing what lies ahead, he circled the old tree three times, with no place to rest, so he could only keep moving forward and soar until he died.

This may be the eve of a war, or facing a critical moment. Even though Cao Cao is a hero, he is still under tremendous pressure in his heart. He doesn't know if God will help him, and he expresses his powerlessness in a moment.

"The mountains never get too high, and the sea never gets too deep. The Duke of Zhou spits out nourishment, and the world returns to its heart." Finally, he once again made his determination clear, and once again confirmed his desire to compete for the world and his desire for the pinnacle of power. The price a hero pays is something that ordinary people cannot imagine.