From Gong Zizhen's "Ode to Histories" in Qing Dynasty, the original text is:
Jinfen is a celebrity in fifteen southeast states. The prison basin is full of guests' exercises, and the talent of group fans is upstream.
Avoid seats, fear to smell the literary inquisition, and write a book to benefit the rice beam. Tian Heng 500 people live in peace, don't come back as soon as possible?
Translation:
The prosperous and beautiful land in the south of the Yangtze River, infinite love and wanton complaints gather in the forest of celebrities. The powerful aides hold the power, and the minister of the inner palace steals the palace.
Scholars are afraid of literary inquisition when they leave, and their works are only for food safety. Where are the brave men in Tian Heng today? Are they all awarded official titles and submitted to the Han Dynasty?
Extended data
Creative background:
This poem was written in December of the fifth year of Daoguang (1825), and the author lived in Kunshan. The author witnessed that the bad guys were in power and the politics were dark in the rich areas of southeast China. Under the bondage and terror of the high-handed policy of the Qing court, many intellectuals developed the habit of self-protection and were keen on intrigue and fame and fortune. The author expressed his indignation and satire in the poem.
Ideological theme:
In the poem, the ancient times are used to satirize the present, which profoundly exposes the ugly behavior of the upper class of the ruling clique, castigates the vulgar situation of the literati who are timid, bury themselves in writing and just want to eat their stomachs, and uses the anti-Chinese incident in Tian Heng to imply that the literati should not be obsessed with fame and fortune and have too high illusions about the rulers.
About the author:
Gong Zizhen (1August 22, 792-184 1 September 26,) was born in Ding 'an. Han nationality, Renhe (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang). In his later years, he lived in Yushan Pavilion in Kunshan, also known as Yushan people. Thinker, poet, writer and reformist pioneer in Qing Dynasty.
Gong Zizhen advocated getting rid of abuses and resisting foreign aggression, and once fully supported Lin Zexu to ban opium. His poems advocated "changing the law" and "changing the painting", exposed the corruption of the Qing rulers, and were full of patriotic enthusiasm. They were praised by Liu Yazi as "the first class in three hundred years". There are 350 famous articles and Ji Hai's miscellaneous poems. Many works of praise and allegory.
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