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The messenger went to the fortress

(Tang Dynasty) Wang Wei

The bicycle wanted to ask about the border, but the country he belonged to was passing by Juyan.

Zheng Peng left Hansai, returned to Yan and entered Hutian.

The solitary smoke in the desert is straight, and the sun is setting over the long river.

Whenever Xiao Guan is waiting to ride, he will always protect Yan Ran.

Word and Sentence Notes

Xiaoguan: The name of the ancient pass, also known as Longshan Pass, its original location is in the southeast of Guyuan, Ningxia today.

Zhengpeng: A dry canopy flying far away in the wind, here is the poet's self-explanation.

Guiyan: Geese are migratory birds. They fly north in spring and south in autumn. This refers to geese flying north.

Extended information:

Vernacular translation

I wanted to go to the border by bicycle, but the vassal country I passed through had already passed Juyan.

Thousands of miles of flying pods have also floated out of Hansai, and the wild geese returning to the north are soaring in the sky.

The solitary smoke rises straight up in the vast desert, and the sun sets perfectly on the endless Yellow River.

Go to Xiaoguan and meet the scouting knight and tell me that the Protector is already in Yanran.

"The Envoy to the Fortress" is a travel poem written by Wang Wei, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, on his way to the border to express condolences to the soldiers. It describes the envoy's journey to the Fortress and the scenery outside the Great Wall he saw during the journey.

This poem not only reflects the life in the frontier, but also expresses the poet's loneliness, loneliness, and sadness caused by being excluded, as well as the emotions that are nurtured, purified, and sublimated in the majestic scenery of the desert. The generous and tragic feeling reveals an open-minded mood.

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