Tang poem · seven-character quatrain唐诗 · 七言绝句
huáng黄cháo巢Huang Chao · Tang唐
On the Chrysanthemum, After Failing the Exam
dài待dào到qiū秋lái来jiǔ九yuè月bā八
wǒ我huā花kāi开hòu后bǎi百huā花shā杀
chōng冲tiān天xiāng香zhèn阵tòu透cháng长ān安
mǎn满chéng城jìn尽dài带huáng黄jīn金jiǎ甲
Underlined words have notes: tap one. The Pinyin button below shows or hides all pinyin. 一 and 不 are marked with the tone you actually say.字下有虚线的，点开有注释。下方的“拼音”按钮可以显示或隐藏全部拼音。“一”“不”标的是实际读出来的变调。
When Huang Chao was young, he went to Chang'an to take the imperial exam and failed. "Bu di" means failing the exam. The story goes that he wrote this poem afterward, using the chrysanthemum to speak his mind. The poem was recorded in later books, and the exact year is not known. Later Huang Chao led a huge uprising at the end of the Tang, and in 880 his army took Chang'an.
黄巢年轻时去长安参加科举考试，没有考中。“不第”就是考试落榜。传说他落榜后写了这首诗，借菊花说出自己的心事。这首诗记载在后代的书里，具体写于哪一年已经不清楚。后来黄巢领导了唐末的大规模起义，在880年攻进了长安。
Huang Chao (died 884) lived at the end of the Tang. His family traded in salt without a license. He studied and took the imperial exam several times, but never passed. Later he rose up against the Tang and led a peasant army that took Luoyang and Chang'an, where he declared himself emperor. Few of his poems survive, but each one is full of daring.
黄巢（？—884），唐朝末年人，家里做贩卖私盐的生意。他读过书，几次考科举都没考中。后来他起兵反唐，带领农民军打下了洛阳和长安，还在长安称帝。他留下来的诗很少，但首首都有一股豪气。
Most poems about the chrysanthemum call it quiet and pure, like a hermit. This poem is completely different. Here the flower is like a general. It waits until the ninth month to bloom, but when it does, all the other flowers are beaten. The last two lines are even bolder. Its scent charges up to the sky and into Chang'an like an army, and the flowers fill the city like soldiers in golden armor. Picture the whole city turning gold, with the scent rushing at you. The poet has failed the exam, yet he does not lose heart. Instead he speaks of a dream to change the whole world.
一般写菊花的诗，都说它安静、清高，像个隐士。这首诗完全不一样。菊花在这里像一位将军：它要等到九月才开，可它一开，别的花就全都败下阵来。后两句更大胆：菊花的香气像军队一样冲上天，冲进长安城，满城的菊花像士兵穿上了金色的铠甲。你可以想象整座城都变成金黄色，香气扑面而来。诗人落榜了，却一点也不灰心，反而说出了要改变天下的志向。