Chapter 20 Tang Taizong - Li Shimin
Li Shimin (599-649), the second son of Tang Gaozu.At the end of the Sui Dynasty, he persuaded his father to rebel against the Sui Dynasty. When Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, he was named King of Qin.In the ninth year of Wude (626), the "Xuanwu Gate Change" was launched, and his brother was killed to build it, and he was established as the prince and succeeded to the throne.Historical records: Li Shimin was young and intelligent, with far-reaching knowledge, decisive at the moment, and able to bend the corporal.During his reign, he implemented the land equalization system, the rent-yong adjustment method and the government soldier system, and strengthened the assessment of local officials.He also revised "Clan Records" and developed the imperial examination system.He often takes "the death of the Sui Dynasty as a lesson" and is more capable of appointing talents and accepting advice.At that time, the social economy recovered, and historians praised it as "the rule of Zhenguan".In his later years, Li Shimin's life tended to be extravagant. He died of illness in Chang'an Palace and was buried in Zhaoling (now northeast of Liquan County, Shaanxi).
Li Shimin has both civil and military skills. After he ascended the throne, he set up the Hongwen Museum and called famous Confucian scholars.His poems are magnificent and magnificent. "Yin Ma Great Wall Cave Tour", "Autumn Day" and so on, are his famous works. "Quan Tang Poetry" contains one volume of his poems, ninety-eight poems.
Qinchuan Xiongdi's residence, Hanguzhuang Emperor's residence①.
The setting sun doubles the dusk, and Huiyu Jiuchong dusk ⑤.
①Qinchuan: From the north of Dasan Pass to Fengxiang, the fertile fields on both sides of the Weihe River are thousands of miles away. The Spring and Autumn and Warring States were the land of Qin, so it was called Qinchuan.Hangu: Qin's East Gate, located in the south of Lingbao County, Henan Province today, and moved to the northeast of Xin'an County, Henan Province in the Western Han Dynasty.The situation is dangerous. "The West Expedition": "Guancheng Road is in the valley, as deep and dangerous as a letter, hence the name." "Emperor's House" and "Imperial Residence" both refer to the capital and the capital.
② Qidian: A gorgeous palace.Xun: The ancient unit of length, eight chi is one Xun.Li Palace: A palace for leisure outside the imperial court.Xianyang is the capital of Qin, and Chang'an is the Li Palace of Qin.Pheasant: A unit of wall area. "Zuo Zhuan Yin Gongnian" "The capital city has a hundred pheasants" note: "The abbot is called a block, and the three blocks are called a pheasant. The wall of a pheasant is three feet long and one foot high."
③甍 (meng): Roof, refers to the house.Han: Xiaohan, Milky Way.View: The watchtowers on both sides in front of the palace gate, that is, the que; also refers to the terrace.
④ Qishu: The good name of the window.
⑤ Jiuzhong: Refers to the court.Song Yu's "Nine Distinctions": "The gate of the king is ninefold."
6 Chubi: Refers to the evening sky.The blue sky turns dark blue at night.Light element: refers to the moonlight.It is white raw silk. Liang Shenyue's "Looking at the Autumn Moon": "It is as clear as plain."
⑦搴门: lift the curtain.Front: curtain, curtain.
8 Yushu: The good name of trees.It also refers to pagoda tree, "Sanfu Huangtu" II: "There is a pagoda tree on the north bank of Ganquan Palace in this case, and it is called a jade tree today.
"Dijing Pian" is a group of poems written by Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty in praise of Chang'an, the capital of Tang Dynasty. There are ten poems in total.
Give it thousands of hours (the emperor's complicated government affairs) to enjoy art and literature.Looking at the emperors and kings of the past dynasties, and examining the actions at that time, Xuan (Yuan), (Tai) Hao, Shun, and Yu are superior to each other. , Junyu carved walls, extravagant and beautiful, taxes are spread throughout the universe, tracks are all over the world, Kyushu (the whole country) can’t satisfy their demands, rivers and seas can’t support (satisfy) their desires, it’s not appropriate to fall and perish.I followed the end of a hundred kings, relaxed my heart (wanted to admire) for thousands of years, generously nostalgic for the past, and thought of that philosopher; I used the style of Yao and Shun to overcome the disadvantages of Qin and Han, and used Xianying (Xianchi, Liuying, Legend has it that it was the music of the Yellow Emperor and Emperor Ku, and it turned into a rotten sound. It is not difficult to ask for favors.Therefore, viewing literature and teaching is based on the Six Classics, and reading martial arts is based on the seven virtues ("Zuo Zhuan" refers to the seven things of banning violence, fighting soldiers, protecting the great, Dinggong, Anmin, harmony, and abundance of talents in the 12th year of Xuangong in "Zuo Zhuan". , is martial dance), terraces and pavilions are chosen to avoid dryness and dampness, and gold and stone (music) are respected for their harmony and gods.Therefore, the ditch is pleasant, so why bother to be on the shore of the river and the sea; the Lin Pavilion (there was a Qilin Pavilion in the Han Dynasty, with images of heroes painted in the pavilion, and Lingyan Pavilion was also built in the 17th year of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan) to play, why bother to be between two tombs; Next, why are there gods on the sea?Explanation of facts and pursuit of beauty, follow people's desires, mess with the way, and gentlemen are ashamed of it, so I narrate "Emperor Capital Chapter" to clarify Yazhi Yuner.
The preface explains that at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong read the historical records extensively, absorbing the experience of the success and failure of the rulers of the past dynasties—from the legendary Huangdi Xuanyuan to the Weiming Emperor not long before the Tang Dynasty—against the interpretation of reality and seeking for glory, and to give up Extravagance follows frugality, strives hard to govern, and expresses his "elegant ambition" to strive for the prosperity and prosperity of the dynasty with poetry.Therefore, in the tenth poem, he also wrote his "political program" to a certain extent: "Take a scroll to look at the past, and look at the past. The Maoci do not cut, and the rafters do not cut.") About, looking at Lan Dian Guang.Human nature is evil and high-risk, be modest and refrain from prosperity.Fengtian wholeheartedly respects, Linmin cares for and nourishes.Na Shancha's loyalty and advice, Mingke's punishment and reward. "We can further understand the connotation of Taizong's well-known sentence "using the ancients as a mirror, you can know the ups and downs" by reading the whole poem of "Emperor Capital Chapter".
What we choose here are the first and seventh two poems in the group.The first one focuses on the magnificence of Chang'an, the imperial capital.Chang'an has been the capital since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Before the Tang Dynasty, the former Qin, the former Zhao, the later Qin, the Western Wei, the Northern Zhou and the Sui also had their capitals here.Thousands of years of manpower management, although it has experienced the destruction of wars, the magnificent city scale has always been maintained, and it is easy to perfunctorily enhance it.Because of the magnificence of Chang'an City, later generations of poets and poets used the word "Chang'an" as the synonym for Kyoto.
The capital is the most benign district, the center of national politics, and it also has international influence if we use today's words. "Emperor Capital Chapter" takes the poem describing the situation and architecture of Chang'an as the first poem in the group, which shows the rigorous and meticulous structure of the group of poems.In the early Tang Dynasty, the five-character regulated poems had begun to mature, and the rhythm and antithesis of the whole poem were rigorous and precise, which also showed the author's artistic attainments in poetry.Therefore, Hu Zhenheng of the Ming Dynasty quoted Hu Yinglin as saying: "Emperor Weiwen (Taizong)'s "Dijing Pian" in the early Tang Dynasty is the essence of algae and is the most masterpiece. The charm of Liang and Chen is less, but more magnificent. No matter how rough it is, That is to say, great talents should be expelled for a lifetime. However, in the three hundred years (the Tang Dynasty ruled for nearly three hundred years), there are more than enough laws (poems) and not enough ancient (poems), which is a sign of the end."
The first two sentences describe the natural situation of Chang'an. The rich and prosperous Qinchuan (Guanzhong Plain) for 800 miles is its solid foundation, and Hangu Pass, where one man guards the pass and ten thousand people cannot open it, is its dangerous pass.As the imperial capital, it can be seen that it has a magnificent and unshakable atmosphere.Of course, geography is a secondary factor for the consolidation of the dynasty's rule. Ancient people of insight have long pointed out that whether the rule is consolidated or not "is not in danger". The land, confusion, and letter are solid and self-contained", and "one man is in trouble, and the seven temples fall, and his body is dead and his hands are laughing at the world. What is the difference between attack and defense without benevolence and justice?"But this is the discussion of politicians, and it does not affect the superiority and importance of Chang'an as the imperial capital in terms of geographical location.
The four sentences in the middle describe the architecture of Chang'an, respectively writing about the height of the palace, which rises hundreds of feet from the ground; The eaves and couplets on the eaves of the tower in front of the palace seem to be flying in the air.These four sentences are written in real terms, which vividly outline the magnificence and magnificence of Chang'an palace buildings.
The last two sentences still describe the building, but from a different perspective.The poem writes that the tall towers can cover the clouds and the sun, and the wind and smoke at high altitude can flow freely in the windows.When writing articles or poems, one must pay attention to layers. Such clear layers and repeated descriptions can further express the object of description and leave a deep impression on readers.
The seventh poem is different from the first one, which is about the imperial capital. It is the life of the poet described in the preface as "in his spare time, to enjoy art and literature".
The first two sentences describe that the sun was setting, and the double towers in front of the palace, which were brilliant during the day, had become gray; when I finished my government affairs and returned to the inner court, the entire palace city was shrouded in twilight.
The night scene in the couplet is extremely beautiful, and the words "Chubi" and "Qingsu" in the poem have been preliminarily explained in the notes.Here, you might as well quote the night scene of Dongting Lake from the famous prose "Yueyang Tower" by Fan Zhongyan of Song Dynasty for comparison.Judging from the two sentences of "the long smoke is empty, the bright moon is thousands of miles", the author suspects that "Yueyang Tower" is somewhat inspired by "Emperor Capital Chapter", because the word "one empty" is inevitably obscure and difficult to understand, and the combination of "sanchubi" can be used to determine its accuracy righteous.As the night in nature, regardless of the palace or the wilderness, Taizong's poems and Fan Zhongyan's essays, each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
The neck couplet describes the poet's indoor activities at night, and the meaning is magnificent, so there is no need to force an explanation.But it also more or less reflects the daily life of the "founding hero" who is famous for his martial arts and martial arts, working hard day and night.
Conclude the two sentences of "opening the pavilion to attract clouds and mists", and describe the late night scenery seen by opening the window: the Milky Way has been slanted, and the light illuminates the tall pavilions; the night wind blows the trees, making rustling sounds.It implies that it is time for the poet to rest.
Due to space limitations, we only selected two of the poems in the group, but it can also be seen that their content is closely integrated with the poem preface.Generally speaking, poems are always written for others to read. Whether the life and thoughts written in the poems are consistent with the real life and thoughts of the poet is another matter.However, there is no doubt that the poet hopes to play an "educational role" for the trusted ministers who read "The Imperial Capital Chapter".Of course, only the "British Lord" can write and do this.
The Tang Dynasty was a famous kingdom of poetry, and researchers have made many explanations for the prosperity of Tang poetry.One of the reasons is because of the ruler's hobbies and advocacy, and even as a criterion for selecting scholars.Looking at "Emperor Capital Chapter", it should be admitted that this is indeed a factor for the prosperity of Tang poetry.
Outside the Great Wall, the sad wind is cutting, and the Jiaohe River has frozen. ⑦.
① "Yinma Great Wall Cave Tour" is an old title of Yuefu.The inscription of the ancient poems of the Yuefu said: "One is "Drinking Horses". The Great Wall was built by the Qin Dynasty to prepare for the barbarians. There are spring caves under it, where you can drink horses. The conquerors went to the Great Wall and drank their horses, and the women missed their hard work, so they pretended to be a song." He also quoted "Yuefu Guangti" and said: "There is a creek in the south of the Great Wall, and there is an earth cave. At that time, all the soldiers who conquered the north of the fortress drank the water from the horses."
②Jiaohe: In the early Western Han Dynasty, it was the seat of Cheshi vestibule. Before the Tang Dynasty, it was the capital of Gaochang. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Jiaohe County was established.In the northwest of Turpan County, Xinjiang today.
③ Hanhai: Beihai, in the northeast of the Mongolian Plateau, refers to Hulun Lake and Bell Lake in Inner Mongolia today.Yinshan Mountain: The collective name for the mountains north of Hetao and south of the desert.
④ "Yuyou" sentence: "Poetry Xiaoya Che Gong" "Xiao Xiao Ma Ming, leisurely Jingjing", note: "Speaking is not noisy."
⑤ Shuo blowing: North wind.
⑥ Hu Chen: In ancient times, it refers to the intrusion of nomadic peoples in the Northwest.Yusai: Yumen Pass.Jinzheng: a musical instrument used as an order in the army.
⑦Juemo: remote desert area.Chariots: chariots and infantry.Zhen: "Book·Da Yumo" "Squad teacher revitalizes the brigade", after the victory of the expedition, the troops will be rectified and triumphant.Original: The meaning is the same as the wilderness, referring to the low-humidity land, and the newly cultivated fields are also called.
8 Du Wei: The name of the military officer.Longdui: Bailongdui, in present-day Xinjiang.Mayi: In today's Shuoxian, Ningwu, and Zuoyun areas of Shanxi.
9 Hui: "Full Tang Poetry" as dust, this is the basis.Ji Shi: Carved stone Jigong.
10 Desolate descendants: remote areas.One Rongyi: The phrase "One Rongyi, the world will be settled" in "Book·Wucheng", means to pacify the world by force.Lingtai: There was a Lingtai in Chang'an of the Han Dynasty, which was a place for observing celestial phenomena.Make a cloud platform.Here we all refer to the capital city.
"Yinma Great Wall Cave Tour" is the name of the ancient Yuefu zi tune, and the ancient words were originally used to express women's memory of the hard work of their husbands who joined the army outside the city. "Yuefu Jieti" said: "An ancient word hurts a loved one who wanders and does not return, or Yuncha Yong's words. If Wei Chenlin's words say: 'Drinking horses in the Great Wall Cave, the cold water hurts the bones of the horse.' It means that the people of Qin are suffering. The Battle of the Great Wall." In short, it is a word for a woman.There are seventeen poems with the same title, most of which are perfunctory in the meaning of ancient words.There are only three pieces by Wei Wendi Cao Pi, Suiyang Emperor Yang Guang and Tang Taizong Li Shimin, which have unique meanings, but Tang Taizong's one is the most magnificent and heroic.It reflects the spirit and mind of the founding monarch to calm the world.
There are twenty sentences in the whole poem, where the rhyme is changed three times, and each rhyme forms a paragraph by itself.The verses are condensed and layered, making it a perfect narrative poem.The following is a brief analysis.
The six sentences of "Beyond the Great Wall" write that Gao Qiu heard the police.In ancient times, nomadic peoples in Northwest China harassed the Central Plains every autumn when horses were fattening.The poem uses the different autumn colors that are representative of the three northwest frontier regions of Jiaohe, Hanhai, and Yinshan. The sad wind is covered with ice, the waves are covered with snow, and it is cold and bitter, which is a brief metaphor for the approaching disaster of war.The tall Xu Tower ignited a beacon of alarm, and envoys holding banners haunted the mountains and mountains.Gaojie generally refers to the high-spirited festival, and the poem refers to the festival held by the envoy.So the strict army was ordered to go out and drink horses in the spring cave under the Great Wall when they left the Great Wall. The six sentences of "Yuyou" write about the victory of the expedition.The sound of the wind blowing the flags describes the tranquility of the army, only the sound of the wind rolling the flags, which shows that the military orders are strict and the soldiers have been tempered for a long time.Then it writes that the army entered the Western Regions, and the continuous horseshoe tracks of the cavalry were printed on the cold desert, and the bitter north wind covered the noise of the battle.Soon, the enemy's traces were cleared outside Yumen Pass.The army celebrates the victory with Qiangdi and Jincheng ensemble music.The Qiang flute is a musical instrument of the ethnic groups in the northwest region, and it also contains the meaning of military and civilian joy together.
The following eight sentences of "Juemo" describe the appearance of the class teacher playing triumphantly and Le Shi Jigong.
As soon as the army came out, it defeated the enemy, and carved a stone record of its achievements at the battle memorial site.At this time, remote areas were also included in the territory of the Central Plains, and the soldiers returned to the capital.The stone carving is based on the allusion of Dou Xian in the Han Dynasty who carved stones on Yanran Mountain after he defeated the Xiongnu.
The development of Northwest my country began in the Han Dynasty. At that time, the Protectorate of the Western Regions was set up, and the territory stretched from Lake Balkhash to Congling.In the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, the imperial court lost control of this area.The Tang Dynasty not only restored the territory of the Han Dynasty, established the Longyou Road, but also went west to the Aral Sea and the Amu Darya River Basin.This poem by Taizong reflects to a certain extent the courage and military exploits of the early Tang Dynasty in opening up the Western Regions, and has considerable historical significance.
Yunmengze, King of Chu, and Changyang Palace, Emperor of Han Dynasty.