Notes on the Original Text and Translation of Nan 'an Army

The original text and translation notes of Nan 'an Army are as follows:

Nan 'an Army is a famous seven-character poem by Wen Tianxiang, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Original text:

Plum blossom north-south road, wind and rain wet skirt. Who are you going out with? This is home! Mountains and rivers are eternal, battlements are temporary. Starving to death is also my ambition, and I choose EU in my dreams.

Translation:

Plum blossoms bloom on the north and south roadside, and the wind and rain have wet clothes. Come out with who? Go back to your hometown like this! Mountains and rivers have been passed down through the ages, and the city is not right for a while. Starving to death is really my wish. In my dream, Cai Wei was marching.

Precautions:

Nan 'an Army: Place name, namely Nan 'an Town, Dayu County, Jiangxi Province. Meihua North-South Road: refers to the distance that the author was escorted when he was captured, from Meiguan South to Nan 'an Army. Rain and wet clothes: describe bad weather and bad environment. Who to go out with: going out of the ridge means leaving the Nan 'an Army to go north, but who to go with?

Returning home means returning home, but going back like this means surrender failure, which is a shame. Eternity of mountains and rivers: describe the eternal mountains and rivers of the motherland. A castle is temporarily wrong: it describes that the castle was occupied by the enemy and lost its sovereignty for a period of time. Starving to death is my ambition: it expresses the author's determination to starve to death rather than surrender.

Picking plums in dreams: Picking plums is a wild vegetable. Here is the story of Boyd Shu Qi. In order to show their loyalty to their old country, they did not eat it after the Zhou Dynasty, but chose Wei to show their determination. It means that the author has the same determination.

This poem expresses the author's determination and integrity that he would rather starve than surrender, and it is one of Wen Tianxiang's representative works. The poet expressed his love for the motherland and his persistence in the national spirit through his description of his trip and his deep attachment to the motherland. At the same time, the poet also expressed his determination to starve to death and not surrender, showing his heroism and patriotism.

Nan 'an Army is a poem written by Wen Tianxiang when he was taken prisoner and escorted. When the Yuan Army escorted Wen Tianxiang through Dayuling, Wen Tianxiang wrote this poem with infinite sadness. The poet used the plum blossom metaphor to express his determination to serve the country with death.

This poem is full of profound artistic conception and tragic feelings, which vividly embodies Wen Tianxiang's persistence in national integrity and unyielding spirit of life and death.