What does Li He's poem Ma Shi mean?

A series of ancient poems in The History of Horse express the poet's genius, lofty sentiments and sometimes grief and indignation by praising, praising or lamenting the fate of the horse.

Ma Shi is a set of five-character quatrains written by Li He, a poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, with 23 poems in all. One of the most representative and famous is the fifth poem, the original poem is as follows:

Twenty-three horse poems, the fifth

Tang Dynasty: Li He

The desert sand is like snow, and the Yanshan moon is like a hook.

Don't be a golden brain, go and step on the clear autumn.

Wan Li in Pingsha looks like a layer of white frost and snow in the moonlight. On the continuous Yanshan Mountains, a bright moon is in the sky, like a hook. When can I get the appreciation of the emperor, put a halter made of gold on this good horse, and let me gallop on the battlefield in autumn and make contributions?

Appreciation: The vast Yuan Ye is as white as snow, and the Yanshan Crescent Moon is bent like a golden hook. This frontier battlefield is a place where good horse heroes can show their talents; However, when can the horse be loaded with a golden skeleton and gallop on the land of clear autumn? This poem has a lively language and a healthy and fresh style.

The first two sentences describe the scenery, describing the scenery suitable for galloping horses in Yanshan Yuan Ye; The last two lyric sentences, I think I am a good horse. I hope I can be reused and show my great talent and ambition.

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The word length of Li He (79 1-8 17). Gu Xiang, the county magistrate of Fuchang, Henan Province (now Yiyang County, Henan Province), was originally from Longxi County. Romantic poets in the mid-Tang Dynasty, together with poets Li Bai and Li Shangyin, were also called "Three Li's in Tang Dynasty" and later called Li Changgu.

Born in the room of Zheng () of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, he became an official with a movie and was given a gift. Bad career, keen on poetry creation. The works lament the untimely birth, express the pursuit of ideals and ambitions, and reflect the historical picture of separatist regime, eunuch dictatorship and social exploitation. Poetry is rich in imagination, quoting myths and legends, combining ancient and modern, and later generations call it "Shi Gui".

In the twelfth year of Yuanhe (8 17), he resigned due to illness and died young at the age of 27. Li He is another famous romantic poet in the history of China literature after Qu Yuan and Li Bai. He has a saying that "talents are too white and talents are long". .

As a representative figure in the transition period from the mid-Tang Dynasty to the late Tang Dynasty, Li He is as famous as poets Li Bai, Du Fu and Wang Wei, and has left many timeless stories, such as "Dark clouds crush the city to destroy it", "The cock crows all over the world" and "If there is love in the sky, it will grow old". He is the author of Long Valley Collection.

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