Fanfiction 28: Song Shizu Poetry Appreciation Series - Little Wolf Under the Stars
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Emperor Shizu of Song, Zhao Jiu (June 21, 1107 - November 9, 1187) was a famous politician, military strategist and writer in Chinese history. Also known as Gou, with the courtesy name Deji, he was the tenth emperor of the Song Dynasty, the ninth son of Emperor Huizong Zhao Ji, the half-brother of Emperor Qinzong Zhao Huan, and his mother was Empress Xianren Wei. Zhao Jiu was born in the first year of Daguan (1107), and was granted the title of Duke of Shu. He served as the military governor of Dingwu Army, the inspector of Taiwei, and was soon promoted to King Kang. After the Jingkang Incident (1127), when the Jin soldiers abducted Emperors Hui and Qin and took them north, Zhao Jiu, who was granted the title of Grand Marshal of the Army of the World by Emperor Qinzong, ascended the throne in Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture, changed the reign title to Jianyan, and rebuilt the Song Dynasty, which is known in history as "Shao Song".
After he succeeded to the throne, Zhao Jiu vigorously promoted reforms, swept away the various malpractices since the founding of the Song Dynasty, calmed the struggle between the old and new parties, measured land reform and tax laws, and greatly eased social contradictions. Militarily, after twenty years of war, he washed away the Jingkang shame, recovered the Han and Tang homeland, and established another great empire after the Han and Tang dynasties.
Song Ci and Tang poetry are known as the two peaks of Chinese culture, and Zhao Jiu's works are one of the most brilliant chapters. His works are mainly bold and unrestrained, but also graceful. They mostly express his political ambitions and military life, and reflect his deep sympathy for the suffering of the people. His style of writing is majestic, generous and sad, sweeping away the richness and exquisiteness of the pre-Song literary world, creating and prospering Jianyan literature, and leaving precious spiritual wealth for future generations.
The study of Zhao Jiu's poems and lyrics mostly uses the Jingkang Change as the dividing line. As a concubine of Emperor Huizong, Zhao Jiu's early works were mainly about the rich life of leisurely wandering in the forest and the love between men and women. The style was gorgeous and soft, and the literary value was not high. After the Jingkang Change, Zhao Jiu, whose country was destroyed and his family was ruined, experienced the suffering of the people during his exile. His thoughts underwent a great change, which prompted him to grow rapidly into an excellent leader. His poems and lyrics also "began to have a broad vision and deep feelings". Although the situation was difficult afterwards, his patriotic belief in restoring the Central Plains never wavered, but he put all his passion and concern and worries about the rise and fall of the country and the fate of the nation into his lyrics. Such as "Qingyu Case? Yuan Xi", "Yi Qin E? Yaoshan Pass", "Qingpingle? Helan Mountain", "Book of Anger", etc. The few years after his abdication were another peak period of his creation. During this period, Zhao Jiu traveled around the world and left behind many poems that chanted the magnificent mountains and rivers of the motherland, as well as some thoughts on life and worries about the future, such as "Yongyoule. Reminiscence of the Past at Beiguting in Jingkou" and "Linjiangxian. Chibi".
One of Zhao Jiu's major contributions to the history of Ci lies in the expansion of content and the broadening of themes. His more than 100 existing Ci poems write about politics, military affairs, philosophy, love, folk customs, daily life, and reading experience. It can be said that he wrote everything that could be written into any other literary style at that time into Ci, and the scope is much wider than Su Shi's Ci. With the changes in content, themes and emotional tone, the artistic style of Zhao Jiu's Ci has also changed in various ways. Although his Ci is mainly majestic and powerful, he is also very good at writing traditional graceful style Ci. Zhao Jiu's Ci and Su Shi's Ci are both known for their broad realm and bold and cheerful emotions, but the difference is that Su Shi often experiences life with a broad mind and a transcendent view of time and space, and often shows philosophical insights. Zhao Jiu's Ci always embraces life with passionate emotions and lofty ideals, and more often shows heroic passion and heroic grief. Therefore, the strong subjective emotions and the persistence of subjective ideas constitute a major feature of Zhao Jiu's Ci. Later generations said: "Emperor Taizu is a dragon among men and a dragon among poets."
Zhao Jiu's poems, with their patriotic thoughts in content and innovative spirit in art, have had a great influence on the history of literature. Whenever the country and the nation are in crisis, the spiritual power of Zhao Jiu's poems has inspired generations of Chinese people.
Poetry Appreciation:
Yongyule·Reminiscence of the past at Beiguting in Jingkou
[Song Dynasty] Zhao Jiu
Throughout the ages, heroes have been unable to find Sun Zhongmou. (1) The dancing pavilions and singing stages, the elegance is always washed away by the wind and rain. The setting sun, the grass and trees, the ordinary alleys, people say that Ji Nu once lived here. Thinking back to those days, the iron cavalry, the courage to swallow thousands of miles like a tiger. (2)
Yuanjia was hasty, Fenglangjuxu, and won a hasty look to the north (3). Forty-three years later, I still remember the flames of war on the road to Yangzhou (4). It is worth looking back, under the Buddhist temple, there are crows and drums. Who can ask: Lian Po is old, can he still eat (5)?
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(1) Sun Zhongmou: Sun Quan, the King of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, was styled Zhongmou and once established his capital at Jingkou. He was the founding emperor of the Wu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period. He was the second son of Sun Jian and followed his elder brother Sun Ce to pacify Jiangdong when he was young. Sun Ce died young in 200 AD. The 18-year-old Sun Quan succeeded him as the ruler of Jiangdong.
(2) Ji Nu: The nickname of Liu Yu, the Emperor Wu of the Southern Song Dynasty. Liu Yu (April 363 - June 422), courtesy name Deyu and nicknamed Ji Nu, was the founder of the Song Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, known in history as Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty. He was an outstanding politician, outstanding military strategist, and commander in Chinese history. Liu Yu led his troops to the north twice and recovered Luoyang, Chang'an and other places.
(3) Yuanjia was the reign title of Liu Yu’s son Liu Yilong. “Caocao” means rash. Liu Yilong of the Southern Song Dynasty (not the Southern Song) was ambitious and hastily launched a northern expedition. He was defeated by Tuoba Tao, the ruler of the Northern Wei Dynasty. He led a cavalry group southward and returned to the north bank of the Yangtze River. All the elite soldiers and generals left by Liu Yu were killed in one day.
(4) The Battle of Huaishang-Xiacai, which took place 43 years ago (the second year of Jianyan), was the first victory of the anti-Jin war won by the young Zhao Jiu with his remaining troops when the Song Dynasty was on the verge of extinction after the Jingkang Incident. Yangzhou Road refers to the road leading to Yangzhou. The exiled Song court was preparing to retreat to Yangzhou, but when passing through Xiacai, they finally made up their minds to fight to the end and eventually won the war.
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