Tang poem · five-character regulated verse唐诗 · 五言律诗

zá杂shī诗sān三shǒu首·qí其sān三

shěn沈quán佺qī期Shen Quanqi · Tang唐

Miscellaneous Poems, No. 3

wén闻dào道huáng黄lóng龙shù戍

pín频nián年bù不jiě解bīng兵

kě可lián怜guī闺lǐ里yuè月

cháng长zài在hàn汉jiā家yíng营

shào少fù妇jīn今chūn春yì意

liáng良rén人zuó昨yè夜qíng情

shuí谁néng能jiāng将qí旗gǔ鼓

yí一wèi为qǔ取lóng龙chéng城

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。

Line by line逐句翻译

闻道黄龙戍I hear that at the Huanglong border post,听说黄龙那边的军营，
频年不解兵year after year the fighting never stops.一年又一年总不收兵。
可怜闺里月That lovely moon over the wife's window闺房里那轮可爱的月亮，
长在汉家营also shines, night after night, over the army camp.也长久地照着边关的军营。
少妇今春意The longing the young wife feels this spring妻子今年春天的思念，
良人昨夜情is just what her husband felt last night.正是丈夫昨夜的心情。
谁能将旗鼓Who can lead an army,谁能带领一支大军，
一为取龙城and take the enemy's Dragon City at one stroke?一举攻下敌人的龙城？

Words字词注释

闻道wén dào: wén dào: I hear that.闻道：听说。
黄龙戍huáng lóng shù: huáng lóng shù: the army post at Huanglong. Huanglong was in today's Liaoning, an important border spot in the Tang. Shù is a guard post on the border.黄龙戍：黄龙一带的军营。黄龙在今天辽宁一带，是唐代的边防要地。戍，守边的营地。
频年pín nián: pín nián: year after year.频年：一年又一年，连年。
不解兵bù jiě bīng: bù jiě bīng: the troops are never sent home; the fighting never ends.不解兵：不收兵，仗一直没打完。
可怜kě lián: kě lián: lovely, dear. Here it does not mean "pitiful".可怜：可爱，惹人怜爱。这里不是“值得同情”的意思。
闺里guī lǐ: guī lǐ: in the women's rooms of the home.闺里：女子住的房间里。
汉家营hàn jiā yíng: hàn jiā yíng: the camp of the Han. Tang poets often said Han when they meant their own Tang dynasty.汉家营：汉朝的军营。唐代诗人常用“汉”来代指唐朝。
少妇shào fù: shào fù: a young wife, here the wife left at home.少妇：年轻的妻子，这里指留在家里的妻子。
春意chūn yì: chūn yì: the feelings of spring, here her longing for her husband.春意：春天里的心思，这里指对丈夫的思念。
良人liáng rén: liáng rén: what a wife in old times called her husband.良人：古代妻子对丈夫的称呼。
将旗鼓jiāng qí gǔ: jiāng qí gǔ: to lead an army. Flags and drums gave orders in battle, so they stand for the army.将旗鼓：带领军队。旗和鼓是军中用来指挥的东西，这里代指军队。
一yí: yī: at one stroke.一：一下子，一举。
龙城lóng chéng: lóng chéng: Dragon City, where the Xiongnu people met to worship heaven in Han times. Here it means the enemy's home base.龙城：汉代匈奴祭天、聚会的地方，这里泛指敌人的大本营。

How to read it读音

长cháng: Read cháng, meaning "for a long time, always", not zhǎng.读 cháng，意思是“长久、一直”，不读 zhǎng。
将jiāng: Read jiāng, meaning "to lead".读 jiāng，意思是“带领、率领”。
为wèi: Read wèi, meaning "for, on behalf of".读 wèi，意思是“替、为了”。

Background创作背景

This is the third of Shen Quanqi's three "Miscellaneous Poems", and the one chosen for the Three Hundred Tang Poems. In the Tang, wars on the border went on for years. Many men were sent to guard the border and stayed away a long time, while their wives waited at home. Through one husband and wife kept apart, the poet shows how tired ordinary people were of war. We do not know exactly when it was written.

这是沈佺期《杂诗》三首中的第三首，《唐诗三百首》选了这一首。唐代边境上常年打仗，很多男子被派去守边，一去就是好多年，妻子只能在家里苦苦等待。诗人借一对分隔两地的夫妻，写出了百姓对战争的厌倦。具体写作时间不清楚。

The poet作者

Shen Quanqi was an early Tang poet. He served at court under Empress Wu Zetian and was later banished to the far south. He and Song Zhiwen were famous together as "Shen and Song". They cared about the tones and paired lines in poems, and helped fix the rules of regulated verse. This poem is a neat example of five-character regulated verse.

沈佺期是初唐诗人，武则天时期在朝中做官，后来被贬到很远的南方。他和宋之问齐名，合称“沈宋”。他们讲究诗句的平仄和对仗，对律诗这种诗体的定型起了很大作用。这首诗就是一首很工整的五言律诗。

The mood意境

The first two lines are plain, like news passed along: the war on the border has gone on year after year. The middle four lines are the most moving part. The same moon shines on the wife at home and on the husband in camp. They are far apart, yet they look at the same moon. Read "this spring's longing" and "last night's feelings" together: the wife misses her husband in spring, and the husband misses her at night. Their hearts are the same. The last two lines suddenly ask a question: who can lead an army and beat the enemy at one stroke? Then the war would end and the couple could be together again. The question holds hope, and also helplessness.

开头两句很平淡，像随口说出的消息：边关的仗，打了一年又一年。中间四句是全诗最动人的地方。同一轮月亮，照着家里的妻子，也照着军营里的丈夫，两个人隔得很远，却看着同一个月亮。“今春意”和“昨夜情”要合起来读：妻子在春天想丈夫，丈夫在夜里也想妻子，两个人的心是一样的。最后两句突然发问：谁能带兵一举打败敌人？这样仗就能结束，夫妻就能团聚。问句里藏着盼望，也藏着无奈。