When it comes to Gou Jian, the King of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period, everyone thinks of stories about him, and he wrote many poems in past dynasties, but personally, most of them are cliches. Only Li Bai's "Yue revisits the ancient times" makes people shine.
Let's see how this poem is written:
Gou Jian, the king of Yue, broke Wu Gui, and the soldiers went home.
Maid-in-waiting is like a flower in Man Chun Hall, but only partridges are flying today.
After Gou Jian, the King of Yue, destroyed the State of Wu, all the soldiers went home in golden clothes. The palace is full of maids as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade, and now only a few partridges are flying in the old site.
Simple, isn't it?
From an artistic point of view, it's nothing unusual, much worse than Li Bai's other poems, but the good thing is that the angle is well chosen.
If everything you write smells of courage, in the current words, it is: poisoned chicken soup.
Li Bai, on the other hand, chose the festive scene of the victory of Yue at that time, which was divided into two scenes: soldiers returning home and Gou Jian returning to the palace. The incident is not big, but it gives people profound historical thinking.
The first picture: After the war, the soldiers returned home in fine clothes, and everyone was rewarded, so they wore brocade instead of real armor. Only the word "do your best" can outline the arrogant expression of the winner.
Picture 2: After the King of Yue returned to China, he was not only ambitious, but also arrogant and extravagant. You see, beautiful women like flowers are all standing in the palace, waiting to wait on him.
This is not the image of a wise king, but the ugliness of the nouveau riche!
I don't know if the king will remember at this time:
Those three hundred warriors who committed suicide together in front of the enemy lines in order to defeat Wu Jun;
With these beautiful women, will you still think of Mrs. Betty Wong who shared weal and woe with Gou Jian?
Never forget the moment of the night. Do you remember who was with him? Who is begging him?
Now that he is in power, he is not thinking about how to build his own country. His first consideration is how to have fun. Therefore, some people say that Gou Jian is not an example for future generations to learn. He is just more tolerant than ordinary people. As the saying goes, the Millennium tortoise is probably the same.
History: After Gou Jian began to rule his country, his temperament changed greatly and he became cruel and suspicious.
Those who see through their nature fled with their teachers and went into business. Later, the hero Wen Zi was killed and the queen was executed.
If we say Gou Jian, later generations should think of another sentence, which is also famous, and that is: birds do their best to hide; A sly rabbit dies, but a running dog cooks.
After reading this poem by the poet Li Bai, I have a deeper understanding of this person.