On Bai Juyi's Lee Dewey Gu Jian

This is a cold, dark and faint Gu Jian, which has gone through thousands of years since it was cast.

White sword light can cover the sun and the moon, and purple bullfighting spirit.

A guest wanted to borrow it, but he didn't dare to take it because he loved it.

In the jade, it is clear and bright, as if the eyes are clear and not flowing.

The most precious treasure has its own nature, pure and rigid, and there is no spouse in the world.

Although it can be broken within an inch, it can't make it bend and turn around its fingers.

I hope it can make honest people faster, and it will be used to cut off the head of a traitor.

I don't want it to be used to revenge personal vendetta, killing personal vendetta in the middle of the night.

You must be careful when you use it, and don't let the magic weapon feel ashamed and ashamed of you.

To annotate ...

Li: In the Han Dynasty, Li Ling once worshipped riding, and later he was called Li.

Bullfighting: the names of two stars. Here, firm but gentle can soar.

Naoki: An upright person.

Treacherous court official: traitor.

Comment and analysis

Gu Jian is the theme of the whole poem, and its attributes are stripped layer by layer: first, the sword shines brilliantly, and then it is spread with firm but gentle, and the color of the sword is like autumn water. Finally, Gu Jian's nature is unparalleled purity and hardness. However, the poet does not blindly chant the sword, and the whole poem does not leave the sword without saying a word, but it is not accompanied by the sword. All this contains the poet's belief in being an official: to cultivate external integrity and internal integrity. Among them, Liu Kun's moral of "how to make steel and how to turn it into a soft finger" (Gift for Lu Chen) vividly depicts a strong and honest image, which is different from Jia Dao's. Today, it has a higher realm than "those who show the monarch have the unjust" ("the legendary swordsman"). "There is no wave in the ancient well, and there is a bamboo pole in autumn" (To Yuan Zhen) and "There are no branches on all sides, so there are reasons in it" (Lonely Tung in Yunju Temple) in the white poems are all older than Xing's sustenance.