Baike: the background of this poem is Zhou gong's Eastern Expedition (https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%91%A8%E5%85%AC%E4%B8%9C%E5%BE%81/1410277), using the view of an ordinary soldier. Stanza 1: the memory of the hardships and danger; 2: the guess of what changes have happened at home; 3: missing his wife and speculating about how she must be thinking of him; 4: continued thinking about the memories of the past.
'the gags': they had these sticks in their mouths to ensure silence while marching
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Re: 156. 东山 - Dong Shan
Date: 2021-03-21 07:29 pm (UTC)'the gags': they had these sticks in their mouths to ensure silence while marching