What does the ancient poem Liangzhou mean?

Wine luminous glass, want to drink pipa right away. Don't laugh when you are drunk on the battlefield. How many people fought in ancient times?

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The wine was full of luxury cups, and when the soldiers were about to drink it, the pipa suddenly rang, urging them to play quickly. The general said, "Please don't laugh when you are drunk on the battlefield, because how many people who have been on the battlefield have returned safely since ancient times?"

Appreciation and evaluation

The poet set the first sentence of this opening with passionate brushstrokes, sonorous tones and dazzling words. "Glowing glass of wine" is like a grand banquet, with colorful, dazzling and fragrant wine. This scene gives people surprise and excitement, creates an atmosphere and sets the tone for the lyric of the whole poem.

The word "want to drink" at the beginning of the second sentence renders the extraordinary attractive charm of this feast of wine and food, and shows the generous and cheerful character of the soldiers. Just when everyone wanted to drink, the band played the pipa and the party began. The fast and cheerful melody seems to urge the soldiers to raise their glasses and drink, so that the original warm atmosphere suddenly boils up.

This poem has changed the syllables commonly used in seven-character quatrains and adopted the syntax of "upper two and lower five", further enhancing its appeal. The word "catch up" here, some people say that it is in a hurry to start, and it seems difficult to connect with the following. Some people interpret it as: push, drink or drink. This is also not in line with the unrestrained mental state of soldiers.

The word "immediately" is often associated with "beginning". In fact, among the Hu people in the Western Regions, the pipa was originally played on horseback. "Pipa Prompt" is a scene that deliberately renders a cheerful feast.

Three or four sentences in the poem are catering and drinking to persuade wine. Some people used to think that these two sentences were "be broad-minded and sad." Others said: "Pretending to be drunk is extremely sad."

Although the words are different, they are all inseparable from the word "sadness". Later, on the basis of three or four sentences, especially the last sentence, it is more useful to summarize the thoughts and feelings of this poem with words such as deep, sad, sentimental and anti-war. It is obviously an exaggeration to say that "how many people fought in ancient times".

Three or four sentences are just words to persuade wine at the banquet, not sadness. Although some "banter", but also found the most environmental and personality characteristics of the "reason" for getting drunk. "

Drunk on the battlefield shows not only heroic, cheerful and excited feelings, but also the courage to die, which is consistent with the warm atmosphere shown by the luxurious banquet. This is a joyful feast, and the scene and artistic conception are by no means one or two people drinking to drown their sorrows.

The mood reflected by its bright language and fluctuating rhythm is unrestrained and fanatical; What it shows is an exciting and yearning artistic charm, which is the characteristic of frontier poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Extended data:

Liangzhou is located in Wuwei, Gansu Province, which belongs to Longyou Road in the Tang Dynasty. The music is mostly mixed with the Hu Yin of Kuqa (now Kuqa, Xinjiang) country in the western regions. Guo Zhiyun, the commander-in-chief of Longyou in the Tang Dynasty, presented Liangzhou music scores to Xuanzong during the Kaiyuan period and immediately became popular. Many poets write Liangzhou songs and words according to the music composition to express the frontier customs.

This shows that the Tang people absorbed, digested and innovated foreign cultures with an indifferent attitude, and they were prosperous and powerful. Grapes were introduced into the Central Plains from the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty, but the wine-making atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty was still dominated by the Western Regions.