Poems by Iron Horse

2, the original poem:

1 1 April 4th is a stormy day.

Song dynasty; surname

Lu you

I don't feel sorry for myself in a remote village.

Think about keeping the wheel platform for the country.

Lying at night listening to the wind and rain,

Iron horse glacier dream.

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I lay flat in the lonely and desolate country and didn't feel sad.

Still thinking about defending the country.

Late at night, I was lying in bed and heard the sound of wind and rain.

I dreamt in a daze that I rode an armored horse across the frozen river and went to the northern battlefield.

To annotate ...

①

Jiāng: Lying upright.

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Guard the wheel platform: guard the edge (jiāng). Luntai, a place name of the Western Regions in Han Dynasty, is now located in luntai county, Xinjiang. Here generally refers to the frontier defense stronghold in the north.

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Night (lán): Late at night.

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Iron horse: A war horse in armor.

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This is a patriotic poem written by Lu You, who is nearly seventy years old, lying in a cold quilt on a stormy cold night, supporting his aging body.

The first two sentences of this poem directly express the poet's own feelings. "Sleeping stiff" tells the poet's old feelings, while "lonely village" shows a state of isolation, which is extremely "stiff" and "lonely". Why not "feel sorry for yourself"? Because the poet's passion for patriotism has reached the level of selflessness, he no longer pays attention to personal health and living environment, but has the spirit of "thinking for the country and guarding the wheel platform". However, he doesn't know that the reality is cruel and independent of human will. All he can do is "think". These two sentences focus on the word "thinking", which shows the poet's unswerving ambition to serve the country and his concern for the country and the people!

The last two sentences are the deepening of the first two sentences, which are vividly written around the word "dream" The poet's concern for national affairs led to the dream of a military campaign, which reappeared his ambition of "guarding the wheel platform" in the form of a dream. Dreaming reflects the sadness of political reality: the poet's desire to serve the country was rejected, and he could not kill the enemy. His feelings of protecting the enemy could only be reflected in his dreams. However, the poet "has no self-pity", but his heart of serving the country and killing the enemy is even stronger. I think about it every day and dream every night. Therefore, the dream of "Tiema Glacier" fully shows the poet's strong patriotic thoughts and feelings.

Brief introduction of the author

Lu You (1125-1210) was born in Yin Shan, Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). Patriotic poets in Southern Song Dynasty. Father Lu Zai is an intellectual with patriotic thoughts. Family education made Lu You set up the thought of worrying about the country and the people and the ambition of killing the enemy and serving the country from an early age. He studied tirelessly since he was a child, and he was able to write poetry at the age of twelve. He also studied sword and art of war. Around the age of twenty-five, he learned a lot from a patriotic poet, and he benefited a lot. From then on, the patriotic tone of his poetry creation was determined.