“腐肉安能去子逃”——《战城南》赏析

“Rotten Meat can not Escape Sky Burial”——Appreciation of The Battle in the South of the City

汉乐府民歌中的《战城南》,是一首著名的反战诗。它通过群乌啄尸、求乌招魂、禾黍不获、难为忠臣、怀念死者、寄托哀思的描写和议论,再现了战争的残酷,反映了徭役的繁重,流露了人民反抗的心声,表达了人民强烈的反战情绪,抒发了对战死者的深切悼念。它选材典型,想象奇特,描写生动,具有很高的历史价值和文学价值。

The Battle in the South of the City in Yuefu folk songs is a famous anti-war poetry. With lots of descriptions and discussions about black crows, dead bodies, praying to the crows and calling back the spirit of the dead and mourning, it recreates the cruelty of war,reflects the heavy corvee, reveals people＇s revolt heart, expresses people＇s strong opposition to the war, and expresses sympathies to the dead. Its typically selected materials, strange imagination and vivid descriptions have very high historical and literary values.