Liu Xiang didn't study until the Shandong ashes were cool. What does this poem mean?

The ashes in the book burning pit are not cold. There was a riot in Shandong, and Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, who perished in the State of Qin, did not study at all.

It is a four-line poem "Burning Books" written by Zhang Jie, a poet in the Tang Dynasty.

The whole poem is as follows:

Bamboo cigarettes are sold for nothing, and the ancestral home locks the river.

Liu Xiang didn't study before the Grey Cold Shandong Rebellion.

The translation is as follows:

Burning bamboo and silk vanished, and the imperial industry was empty. Hanguguan and the Yellow River guarded the residence of the first emperor in vain.

The ashes in the book burning pit are not cold. There was a riot in Shandong, and Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, who perished in the State of Qin, did not study at all.

Extended data:

Creation background

After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, in order to consolidate his dominant position, he accepted the suggestion of Prime Minister Lisi, burned books (except medicine, divination and agricultural books) in the 34th year of the first emperor (2 13 BC), and buried Confucian scholars alive in the 35th year of the first emperor (2 12 BC), trying to continue his imperial career. The author may have been to the place where the book was burned, heard, heard and felt.

works appreciation

This poem denies Qin Shihuang's strategy of burning books, arguing that it is useless to stabilize imperial industry. However, the poet did not put forward practical measures to help Qin Shihuang stabilize his inheritance, nor did he explore the real reason for the demise of the Qin Dynasty, but left this thinking to readers. This way can be said to be a clever use of artistic techniques, but on the other hand, it also reveals the poet's lack of knowledge, which makes it difficult to give readers ideological vigilance.

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