1. Qin built the Great Wall stronger than iron, and Fan Rong did not dare to cross Lintao. ——"Ode to the Great Wall" by Wang Zun of the Tang Dynasty
Interpretation: The Great Wall built by the Qin Dynasty was so impregnable that no foreign enemies from the north could cross Lintao.
2. Along the jade belt of the Great Wall, the lights of the Sixth Street have dimmed, and people stand among the thistle towers. ——"Wang Jiangnan·Spring Sleeping" by Jin Deshu of the Song Dynasty
Interpretation: The Great Wall is covered with snowflakes, like a jade belt laid out horizontally, and the streets are dimly lit. But people are standing among thistle towers. How melancholy, how desolate.
3. The Great Wall stretches for three thousand miles. ——Chen Lin of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, "Drinking Horses in the Great Wall Grottoes"
Interpretation: The Great Wall stretches endlessly for three thousand miles.
4. The unkempt temples sing mournfully under the Great Wall, unable to withstand the autumn air and enter the golden sores. ——Tang Lulun's "A Sick Soldier"
Interpretation: At this time of illness, his hair was disheveled, and he was moaning under the Great Wall. The wounds from the swords and arrows on his body were blown by the cold wind, like knife cuts. Generally, it is unbearable.
5. In Wangyi Palace, the deer is called a horse, and most of the Qin people died at the foot of the Great Wall. ——Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty, "A Journey to the Peach Blossoms"
Explanation: The Wangyi Palace refers to deer as horses, and most of the Qin people died at the foot of the Great Wall.