The connotation of "willfulness and righteousness" mentioned in the first beat of "Hu Ji Eighteen Beats" refers to this double humiliation; When Cai Wenji was suffering from both physical and mental suffering, she missed her homeland, and her return to her hometown became the most important spiritual pillar to support her to live strongly.

The main content from the second to the eleventh shot is to write about Cai Wenji's homesickness.

The fourth beat of "No day and no night will not miss my homeland", the tenth beat of "the hometown is separated from the dust, crying silently and will swallow", and the eleventh beat of "I still hope to return to Sangzi", are all words that directly tell the nostalgia.

And the most profound expression of nostalgia is the fifth beat; In this shot, Cai Wenji carves out a faint and profound situation with persistent affection.

In autumn, she looked forward to the blue sky and looked forward to the geese flying south to take away her heartfelt voice; In the spring, she looked up at the clouds, looking forward to the news of her homeland brought by the wild geese returning to the north; But the wild goose flew away high and the factory was hard to find, and she couldn't help but feel heartache and lose her soul.

In the eleventh beat, Cai Wenji revealed the secret of her inner life of enduring humiliation and stealing her life: "I am not greedy for life but evil death, and I can't donate my body and heart." Life still hopes to return to Sangzi, and death is buried for a long time. ”

Finally, Cai Wenji survived the long twelve years, and her long-cherished wish to return to her hometown was realized. ”

But the joy was fleeting, and at the same time there was a new cloud of sorrow in her heart, and she thought that the day she would survive was also the time to say goodbye to her two own sons.

In the twelfth beat, he said: "I am happy to survive and meet the holy king, and there will be no reason for the child." Two out of ten are sad and happy, and it is difficult to live in two feelings", it is this kind of frank confession of ambivalence.

From the thirteenth beat, Cai Wenji turned to the description of not being able to bear to be separated from her son, swallowing her words, and sinking into her sorrow: it is not a remnant, but she has to return, stroking her beard and crying and staining her clothes. The Han envoy greeted me with four peysters, who knew about Hu'er's number? At this time of life and death with me, I am worried that the sun will not shine, and I will return with my wings. One step at a time, it is difficult to move, and the soul disappears and the love remains. Three out of ten beats are anxious and sad, and the liver and sausage are stirred and stabbed.

The fourteenth beat writes about the feelings of missing his son: When he returned to the country, he was like a child, and his heart was as long as hunger. At four o'clock, everything rises and falls, but I am sad and do not move temporarily. The mountains and highlands are wide and you see that you have no end, and you dream of Nilais late at night. In my dream, I held my hands and was happy and sad, and when I felt pain, my heart was endless. Four times out of ten, tears were shedding, and the river was flowing eastward, thinking to himself.

Cai Wenji's parting feelings, the pain of parting, have always accompanied her to leave Hudi and re-enter Chang'an.

The humiliating life is over, and a new misfortune is just beginning in the pain of missing one's parents; This is the description of the eighteenth beat: Hu Ji originally came out of Huzhong, and the Yuan Qin turned out the same rhythm. Although the eighteen-beat song is over, there is endless thought. It is the subtle and even creation of silk and bamboo, and the sorrow and joy are all changed according to people's hearts. Hu and Han Xi are exotic, and the sky and the earth are separated from the west, the mother and the east. I am bitter and resentful in the sky, although Liuhe is widely affected, it should not be tolerated!

Cai Wenji commented on the background of her creation of "Eighteen Beats of Hu Ji", as well as the feelings and passions contained in each beat. It was Liu Min who was full of emotion.

Liu Min came back to his senses from the artistic conception of "Hu Ji Eighteen Beats", and asked nonsensically: "Aunt Cai has been in the Xiongnu for 12 years, and the little girl wants to ask whether the Xiongnu is a nation or a country!" ”

Liu Min asked this very professionally, because in later generations there has been a debate about whether the Xiongnu were a nation or a country; She wanted to ask Cai Wenji, a party who had been to the Xiongnu.

Cai Wenji was stunned, frowned and said: "It should be said that it is a country, and the name of the country is Xiongnu Shan Yuguo; The Xiongnu Shan Yu State is not a nation, but a mixture of many ethnic groups together, the king, the leader claims to be Shan Yu equivalent to the emperor of the Central Plains! ”

After a pause, he cheered up and said: "The Xiongnu Shan Yu State arose in the third century BC, that is, the Warring States Period, and declined in the Eastern Han Dynasty in the first century AD; It has been active for about three hundred years, but the Southern Xiongnu who fell from the slave family will return to the Central Plains court for a while, and there will be a rebellion; In the border and even in the Guanzhong area, there was a lot of robbery and plunder, and the slave family was robbed by the Hun soldiers in Guanzhong! ”

Cai Wenji said this and this, and Liu Min finally confirmed some of his thoughts in later generations: The Xiongnu are a country, not a nation.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, the Xiongnu caused many troubles and harms to the Central Plains Dynasty; Every year, the Xiongnu soldiers, who were good at riding and shooting, would invade the borders of Qin like locusts, kill the Han family and facilitate the people, and rob women and treasures.

Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall to resist the iron hooves of the Huns.

During the Qin Dynasty, the Xiongnu's activities were mainly in the north and south of the Yinshan Mountains and the Ordo grassland, and they were still in the stage of very barbaric tribal alliances.

Qin Shi Huang ordered the general Meng Cha to lead an army of 200,000 to punish the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu retreated to Mobei after defeat; But the wolf alliance, which had been defeated repeatedly, soon rallied again.

After Liu Bang established the Western Han regime, the Xiongnu's harassment and plundering of the Han border became more rampant; Liu Bang was also besieged by the 300,000 Xiongnu army in Baishan Mountain; Later, Chen Pingding planned to break through.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing led the Han army to launch an unprecedented counterattack against the Xiongnu; Four counties of Hexi were established.

However, the people were exhausted from years of conquest, and the treasury was empty; Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty had no choice but to let Wang Zhaojun out of the plug and kiss.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Northern Xiongnu suffered from a drought, and the imperial court took the opportunity to unite with the Southern Xiongnu, Lushui Qianghu, Wuhuan, and Xianbei to launch three major battles against the Northern Xiongnu: the Battle of Tianshan, the Battle of Jiluo Mountain, and the Battle of Jinwei Mountain.

The Qiang, Wuhuan and Southern Xiongnu have more than 10,000 troops, and these minority generals either fight independently; Or fought under the supervision of the generals of the Han army, complemented the regular army of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and achieved complete victories in almost all battles.

After the victory of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the three major battles against the Northern Xiongnu, part of the Northern Xiongnu migrated to the west and finally integrated into Europe; The other part of the people integrated into the Central Plains ethnic group.

Liu Min thought about Cai Wenji's twelve years of living in the Xiongnu, and couldn't help but say: "Aunt Cai was looted by the cavalry of the Southern Xiongnu, and the villains like the Southern Xiongnu are hateful!" ”

"Rong Di lives in the grassland and has no fixed residence, and it is difficult to change his temperament in the twilight of the dynasty!" Cai Wenji said all her thoughts, and suddenly frowned: "Since Liu Min is already proficient in piano skills, then we might as well summon a few masters to gather together!" ”

"Summoning the masters to gather and be lively!" Liu Min asked unreasonably: "Aunt Cai, who are the masters you are talking about?" Where we meet! ”

"Gozhi Mountain!" Cai Wenji said disdainfully, pointed her hand forward and said, "Wuzhi Mountain is on land, we have to take the flat boat made by Miss Wen'er to go!" ”

"Wen'er obeys the arrangement of Aunt Caizi!" Miss Wen'er said without hesitation, glanced at Liu Min and said, "Master, Wen'er will prepare here; You and Aunt Caizi then rushed over to ......"