How do you translate this poem?

Singing the trumpet.

Wang Pan Horn, suona, small song, big cavity.

The official ships are chaotic, and it all depends on you to raise your value.

The army listened to the army's sorrows, and the people listened to the people's fears, ** to distinguish what is true and false?

What I saw blew over this house, blew over that house, and only blew the water and flew away!

Notes] 1.Chaotianzi: The name of the song brand.

2.Suona: A musical instrument similar to a trumpet. Here the horn and suona both allude to eunuchs.

3.The water is exhausted and the geese are flying: It describes the looting of the people's property.

Trumpet and suona, although the song is small, the tone is very large.

The official ships come and go in a mess, and it all depends on you to raise the price.

The soldiers listened to the soldiers' worries, and the people listened to the people's fears.

Can you tell the real from the fake?

Seeing that this one house was blown over, and that one was injured, and the water was blown dry, and the geese flew away!

Commentary] During the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuchs were in power, oppressed the people, and often blew the trumpet to strengthen the momentum when sailing, and this piece of music was made to satirize the eunuchs. On the surface, the poem is written about trumpets and suona, but in fact, eunuchs are written everywhere. "Qu Xiao" is a metaphor for the low status of eunuchs, and "big tone" is a metaphor for their bullying.

The military is worried" and "the people are afraid" shows that when they go to the first place, they will bring disaster to the first country. "The water is exhausted and the geese are flying" describes how they oppressed the people to the point of bankruptcy. Although the whole piece does not mention a eunuch positively, it depicts their ugliness, and is full of contempt and indignation for eunuchs in a light and witty way.

About author] Wang Pan (c. 1470-1530) was a poet and painter of the Ming Dynasty. The word Hongchu, Gaoyou (now Gaoyou, Jiangsu) people. He is proficient in music and rhythm, and is known for composing loose songs.

The original text and translation of "Chaotianzi Horn" are as follows:

1. Original text. Trumpet, suona, small and big music. The official ships come and go like hemp, and it all depends on you raising the price. The army listened to the army's sorrows, and the people listened to the people's fears. **What is true and false? The socks I saw blew over this house, blew that one, and only blew the water and flew away!

2. Translation. The horn suona woo woo wow wow, the song is small and big. The official ships come and go like a mess, and it is all up to you to raise the price.

The soldiers listened to the soldiers' worries, and the people listened to the people's fears. Can you still go to ** to distinguish between true and false? I blew over this house, blew that one, and blew that one, only to blow the river dry up and the geese fly!

"Chaotianzi Yong Trumpet" is a representative work of the Ming Dynasty prose writer Wang Pan.

Appreciation of works

The beginning of this song is wonderful. The author writes the word "trumpet" on the title from the beginning of his pen and does not return to his words. This kind of treatment is very harmonious and appropriate with the straightforward and bright language style of the whole song, the free and dripping lyrical way, and the short literary carrier.

Even if the author does not intend to rewrite the description of "trumpet", the direct description of "the song is small and the voice is big" is indispensable. Otherwise, the bloodline of the content and the title will be incoherent, and the whole song will be inferior.

Qu'er is small and big", writing the villain of the eunuch group is very arrogant, vivid and expressive. "Qu'er is small", implying that the eunuch is a slave in the palace and has no qualifications to participate in politics, and it can also be understood that what he does is completely villainous. "Big tone" refers to the eunuch's abnormal oblivion after occupying the important Jin, showing off his might.

The "small Zhongzhou" and "big" in the sentence are anti-Haoli Village, which gives people an extremely vivid impression, which is a mockery and contempt for the eunuchs, and the expression effect is very prominent.

Original text: Trumpet, suona, small and big songs. The official ships come and go like hemp, and it all depends on you raising the price.

Suona One work: lock Na; The army listened to the army's worries, and the people listened to the people's fears.

**What is true and false? What I saw blew over this house, blew over that house, and only blew the water and flew away!

Translation: Trumpets and suona, although the music is short, the sound is very loud. The frequent comings and goings of official ships are like a mess of hemp, all because of you to elevate your reputation and status.

The army was worried when they heard it, and the people were afraid when they heard it. What will be true and false? Seeing that some people's families are bankrupt, and some people's vitality is greatly damaged, the water is blowing so that the geese are running away, and the family is ruined!

Exegesis. Suona: Written as "lock na", a wind instrument, there are seven holes on the front of the pipe body and one hole on the back. It is preceded by a flared amplifier. It is commonly used in folk music.

The song is small: The song is very short. Loud: The sound is loud. The small cavity of the song is the characteristic of the horn and suona. Very small ability and full of officialdom are the characteristics of eunuchs.

Original. Trumpet, suona, small and big music. The official ships come and go like hemp, and it all depends on Hezhi, and you raise your voice to argue the price.

The army listened to the army's sorrows, and the people listened to the people's fears. **What is true and false?

What I saw blew over this house, blew over that house, and only blew the water and flew away!

Translations. The horn and suona are short tunes, but the sound is very loud. The frequent and chaotic comings and goings of official ships are all due to you to elevate your reputation and status.

The army was worried when they heard it, and the people were afraid when they heard it. What will be true and false?

Seeing that some people are bankrupt, and some people's vitality is greatly damaged, the river is blown up, the geese are running away, and the family is ruined!

About the Author. Wang Pan is known as the crown of Nanqu. Ming Dynasty prose writer, painter, also known as medicine.

The word Hongchu, Jiangsu Gaoyou people. When he was young, he should not try, he did not have an official in a Zen stove, indulged in the landscape poetry and painting, built a building in the west of the city, and sang and chanted with the literati all day long, because he called himself "West Building". In Zhengde, the eunuch was in power, the ship went to Gaoyou, blew the trumpet, harassed the people, and made a song of "Chaotianzi Yong Trumpet" to satirize.

He is the author of "Wang Xilou Yuefu", "Mr. Wang Xilou Yuefu", "Wild Recipes", and "Xilou Poems".