What does Huang Sha mean in Wang Changling's military career?

These are the basic images of "yellow sand" in ancient poetry;

1) sandy soil. The wind blows the yellow sand and the dust goes from the west.

Song Sushi's Send Confucius to the Suburbs of Shaanxi Province

Poetry and wind blow yellow sand, and flowers are not seen in Chang' an in March.

The Second Song of Gui Youguang's The First White River in Ming Dynasty

② refers to desert areas.

There is yellow sand in the Ministry, which goes back hundreds of miles a week, and there is no vegetation, because it is called sandbar.

Northern History: Biography of Tugu Hun

, Cao, to Huangsha.

Liu Tang Changqing's poem "Send Nantes Home to Camp"

3) refers to the place of burial after death.

Xiongnu cultivated by killing, but in ancient times, they only saw white bones and yellow sand.

Tang Li Bai's War in the South and the North

Poetry will soon return to Huangsha just because it is quite familiar with the taste of Qin and books.

Wang Jiaoluan hates a century-old negative textbook.

If you are banned again, I will fight for you.

Hongsheng Buried Jade Fairy Palace in Qing Dynasty

(4) refers to prison.

Lu Qingfang moved in the spring, and the Huangsha Brigade considered it.

Book in prison, simple story and bosom friend by Luo Binwang in Tang Dynasty

Poetry produces yellow sand, and white hair does not need to invade.

In the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu's poem Pei Nan can be found in Huang Sha Prison.

This is a translation of Wang Changling's Join the Army:

Clouds over Qinghai darkened the snow-capped mountains and looked at Yumen Pass. Soldiers beyond the Great Wall have put on helmets and armor in many battles. If they can't capture Loulan City in the west, they will never come back.

This is a modern translation of this poem, which is better;

The endless dark clouds in Qinghai Lake,

Qilian mountain covered with snow all year round;

From a distance, you can only see the lonely city.

That's Yumen Xiongguan, which can't be moved by the spring breeze.

On the vast battlefield of Huangsha,

In many battles, the soldiers wore out their armor, clothes and shirts.

But if we don't wipe out the invading border thieves completely,

They will swear to death not to return home!

So the yellow sand here should refer to the general yellow sand outside the Great Wall, because it is understood that people use yellow sand to describe the hardships of soldiers, the harsh environment, the length of wartime and so on.

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