Ruan's poems, as the first batch of political lyric poems in the history of China literature, are not written in one place at one time, but a record of his political feelings all his life. Later generations paid attention to and evaluated it. As a metaphysical scholar, Ruan Ji lived at the turn of Wei and Jin Dynasties and was forced to realize his life ideal under the dark rule of Sima Group.
Therefore, only by caring for Laozi and Zhuangzi, the resentment of an honest intellectual can be transformed into a poem dedicated to Huai, forming its unique lyric style, which has a strong lyric meaning and is felt in all articles. Let's be clear about the following:
One of "Yong Huai":
Can't sleep at night, sit up and play the piano. Thin curtains look at the bright moon, and the breeze blows on the chest. Lonely in the wild, birds are singing in Beilin. What will you see when you are wandering, and you will be sad when you are worried.
Explanation:
Can't sleep at night, get up and sit and play the piano. The moonlight shines on the thin curtains, and the breeze blows my skirt. Gu Hong (swan) mourns in the wild, and birds fly and hover in Beilin. What do you see when you wander around? Just a person sad.
This poem is the prelude to all his poems, which lays a rich and complex emotional tone for his poems. Throughout the poem, the hero of the poem puts on his clothes and plays the piano at night, sees the thin curtain of the moon, feels the wind blowing his skirt, and then hears or imagines the lonely birds singing. The poet observes the scenery with emotion and sets off his feelings with the scenery. Through bold imagination, the poet vividly shows unspeakable anxiety and resentment, which is a major feature of his lyric.
As can be seen from the above examples, Ruan's poems are good at expressing emotions, and their emotions are strong, moderate or profound, which is not unrelated to the sinister times environment in which the author lives and the national characteristics of China's aesthetics that attach importance to expressing emotions. In addition, the writer's heavy mental load, his admiration for Laozi and Zhuangzi's philosophy and his drunken and pretentious personality can be seen.
Second, work in comparison and symbol.
With regard to metaphor and symbol, we can see that the use of metaphor and symbol in Ruan's poems is not only the poet's pursuit of artistic realm, but also his different entrustment. This is also related to his time. He is dissatisfied with Sima's family, but he is in a mess and often fears disaster, so he is extremely cautious in life.
It is not convenient to speak frankly when writing poems, and it is probably reasonable to often express feelings and place arms in a symbolic way of metaphor. Ruan's poetic art is the symbol of Bi Xing, and it also stems from his bold inheritance and development of China's classical literary tradition. It is a bold attempt of a man of insight in literary creation.
China's poems are rich in meaning. On the other hand, we obviously can't just regard it as an artistic skill. The vivid image and highly generalized description in the poem are inseparable from its profound ideological content and rich practical significance.
Apart from the above-mentioned political reason of "inconvenient to speak frankly", the poet uses "Bi Xing" to express his feelings. More importantly, the poet wants to write his poems implicitly, which is the best expression of thinking in images and is related to the poet's persistent pursuit of art. From the aesthetic point of view, we can see that once the poet's artistic realm is put into poetry, it is obviously pleasing to the eye and beautiful. This is Ruan's poem "Kaya"
Ruan's poems are full of melancholy and loneliness. The poet turned the depression from the real society into poetry, and the depression in his heart had to be pinned on poetry. Faced with a dirty society and a short life, the poet "tried his best" to express his feelings and pinned his arms by symbolic means, which is worthy of being a stroke of genius in the poem, so his feelings were impassioned and hit the floor achieved a shocking artistic effect.
Third, be good at using allusions.
As we all know, allusions are psychological, linguistic and cultural behaviors that people perceive, experience, imagine, understand and talk about current events, situations or environments under the hint of myths or historical events. Under Sima's high-handed policy, Ruan Ji's talents were not satisfied. As a cultural person, he has to rely on ancient events to express his thoughts and feelings implicitly, so it is inevitable to use more allusions.
Extended data:
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there were many reasons in the world and harsh politics, and many celebrities were worried about their lives. The troubles that have plagued people's lives since ancient times, such as the sudden disappearance of water, are more urgently placed in front of people. In the face of short-lived worries, those who take medicine for longevity have it to prolong their life; Crazy hedonists use it to increase the density of limited life.
This almost became two basic life attitudes of literati who tried to get rid of life troubles at that time. But in the poet Ruan Ji's view, these two negative attitudes towards life can't transcend the brevity of life in essence.
Therefore, although there are a lot of works that worry about life, there are also works that show how to transcend short life and put forward positive opinions different from the above two attitudes towards life. This is the thirty-eighth poem "Yong Huai Yan Guang Yan Wan Li" and the thirty-ninth poem "Yong Huai Brave Man How Bold".
They expressed the poet's great ambition to make contributions to the world and help the people. They believed that only fame and career could shake off the ups and downs of life, and only loyalty, honesty and shame could make his name immortal and fundamentally transcend the brevity of life.
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