The poem opens with a description of war. It's a natural flow of life, like flowers blooming in the garden, or children frolicking beneath their mothers dresses. Everyone has something they want to protect, and they'll fight to protect it. The poem ends with a reference to the "decade of struggles" that liefeng's been feeling. Liefeng asks what's up with the young man. He's joining the army because he wants to protect his family, and he doesn't even yet have a family of his own. He tells Liefeng that if he has something he wants protected, he'll become stronger and stronger. He compares the catch rate of the hares to a king's spear, directing it so that separation descends and his power disappears once the army descends. The hares aren't smart enough to catch a king, Liefeng tells him. They're just as smart as the ordinary rabbits, and Liefeng says that's because they're too hard to trap. If he'd known that Liefeng still had injuries, he wouldn't have been so hard on him. He says that he just wants to feed the wounded so they can heal faster, and that he can't