The Appreciation of the Table of the Exit of the Master

The most remarkable feature of the language of this text is its frankness and simplicity, which expresses the feelings of earnestness and loyalty. It has been pointed out that in more than 600 words, "the late emperor" is mentioned thirteen times and "His Majesty" is mentioned seven times. The idea of "repaying the late emperor" and "being loyal to his majesty" runs through the whole text.

Without forgetting the late emperor's "legacy of virtue" and "legacy of edict", the author thinks of his successor and expects him to accomplish the unfinished task of "restoring the Han family". The whole text does not resort to the use of rhetoric, and does not cite ancient allusions, each sentence does not lose the identity of the courtier.

It also fits the tone of the elders. Qing dynasty qiu wei screen said "wuhou in the country, witnessed the latter listening to the use of favorite villain, or difficult to speak, or the words do not save, borrowed from the division to urge the pain of the words, understand kaikai, a hundred turns, as far as possible, 'Li Sao' hidden signs of the phantasmagoria and get the feelings."

Qu Yuan wrote Li Sao in a situation of being slandered and banished, thus adopting the expression of hidden and illusory. Zhuge Liang's situation was the opposite of Qu Yuan's, but the emotionally charged character of "The Table of the Master" and its expression of loyalty to the emperor and love for the country were in the same vein.

The straightforward and simple language form is unified with the ideological content of the article. The article is written in four-word sentences, and there are also some neat and steady prose couplets, such as "the ministers of the guards are unremitting in the interior, and the loyal and ambitious are forgetful of their bodies in the exterior".

The words "to keep one's life intact in a troubled world, not to seek to be heard by the vassals" and "to be appointed at the time of defeat, to be ordered in the midst of danger" reflect the fashion of the times when parallelism began to emerge at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. This text has a large number of synthesized words, out of Zhuge Liang's first.

Quite a few words by Zhuge Liang's refinement, later used as idioms, such as "presumptuous", "citing a metaphor for the loss of meaning", "making a treacherous offense". Gouxian life", "discretionary gains and losses", "grateful", "do not know what to say" and so on.

Expanded Information:

The Table of the Exit of the Divisions is the sonata written by Zhuge Liang to Liu Zen, the later lord, before he left the division to attack the Wei Dynasty. In the text, the later lord was persuaded by the earnest words to carry on the legacy of the former emperor, to open up the way of speech, to be pro-virtuous and far away from the sycophants, so as to complete the restoration of the Han Dynasty.

The table of the division has been passed down in two, for the former table of the division, and another table of the division. Because of the Jianxing six years Zhuge Liang led the army out of the Sanguan before, to Liu Zen and on a table, that is, "after the table".

Author introduction:

Geliang Zhuge Liang (181 years - October 8, 234), the word Kong Ming, the number of the Wolong, Xuzhou Langya Yangdu (present-day Yinan County, Linyi City, Shandong Province), the Three Kingdoms period of the Prime Minister of Shu Han, an outstanding statesman, militarist, diplomat, literati, calligrapher, inventor.

In his early years, he accompanied his uncle Zhuge Xuan to Jingzhou, and after Zhuge Xuan's death, Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion in Longzhong, Nanyang. Later, Liu Bei invited Zhuge Liang to join Sun and Cao, and defeated Cao's army at the Battle of Red Cliff. He formed the Three Kingdoms, and then seized Jingzhou.

In the 16th year of Jian'an (211), he captured Yizhou. After that, he defeated Cao's army and captured Hanzhong. In the first year of Shu Zhangwu (221), Liu Bei established the Shu Han regime in Chengdu, and Zhuge Liang was appointed prime minister, presiding over the government. He launched six Northern Expeditions to the Central Plains, but ran out of food and was unsuccessful.

Finally, he died of illness in the 12th year of Shu Jianxing (234) at the age of 54 in Wuzhangyuan (in Qishan, Baoji, Shaanxi Province). Liu Chan posthumously named him Marquis of Zhongwu, and later generations often honored Zhuge Liang with the title of Marquis of Zhongwu. The Eastern Jin Dynasty named Zhuge Liang as the King of Wuxing because of his military ability.

Geliang Zhuge Liang's prose masterpieces include "The Table of the Division" and "The Book of Commandments". He invented the wooden oxen and horses, the Kongming lantern, etc., and transformed the crossbow, called Zhu Ge crossbow, which can be fired by ten vectors in one crossbow. Zhuge Liang's life is a representative figure of loyal officials and wise men in traditional Chinese culture.

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