What does the ancient poem "Remembering Brothers on a Moonlit Night" mean?

The drums on the garrison building cut off people's communication. In autumn, a lonely goose is singing. Starting from tonight, I entered the Millennium solar term, and the moon in my hometown is still the brightest.

Brothers are scattered, and life and death are homeless. Letters sent to Luoyang city are often not delivered, not to mention frequent wars.

Original: Remembering my brothers on a moonlit night —— Du Fu in Tang Dynasty

The drums of the defenders cut off people's communication, and a lonely goose was singing in autumn in the frontier.

The dew turns to frost tonight, and the moonlight at home is bright!

Brothers are scattered, and no one can ask about life and death.

Letters sent to Luoyang city are often not delivered, and wars often do not stop.

During the Anshi Rebellion, Du Fu was displaced from place to place, suffering hardships and worrying about the country and the people, which was really filled with emotion. As long as you touch it gently, many things will flow out from the bottom of the pen together, so the common theme of homesickness is written out by sadness and frustration.

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Creative background:

This poem was written by Du Fu in Qin Zhou in the autumn of 759 AD. In September this year, during the Anshi Rebellion, An Lushan and Shi Siming led troops from Fan Yang to the south, captured Bianzhou and entered Luoyang in the west. Shandong and Henan are at war. At that time, Du Fu's younger brothers were scattered in this area, and because of the war, there was no communication, which made him feel intense anxiety and yearning.

Remembering Brothers on a Moonlit Night is a true record of his thoughts and feelings at that time. In the poem, the two brothers were separated by the war and never heard from each other. Watching the autumn night and the moon dew in a foreign land with drums and lonely geese can only double the feeling of homesickness and missing my brother. Du Fu, an exiled poet, is even more sad for his country when he sees the broken mountains and rivers and misses his brother who doesn't know life and death.

Evaluation:

Liang Qichao once wrote in the article "Poet Du Fu": "I think the Ministry of Industry can at least bear the emblem of a lover, because his emotional content is extremely rich, very real and profound. His expression method is extremely skillful, and he can whip to the depths, embody all his appearances, and hit others' heartstrings like electricity.

No one in China's literary world can match the lover's hand, so I call him the lover's hand. From this perspective, Du Fu is not wrong. He is affectionate, but his feelings are extremely broad and profound, which is the humanitarian spirit of people's love for things.

Therefore, it makes sense that his poems can be well written and as shocking as electricity. And this song "Remembering Brothers on a Moonlit Night" touches and impacts people, as mentioned above.