Original poem:
Jinse Tang Dynasty: Li Shangyin
I want to know why my Jinse has fifty strings, and each string has a youthful interval.
Zhuangzi daydreaming, a saint, was bewitched by butterflies, and cuckoo crowed in the imperial spring.
Mermaids shed pearl-like tears on the moon-green sea, and the blue fields breathed their jade to the sun.
A moment that should last forever has come and gone before I know it.
Explanation:
Why do exquisite musical instruments have fifty strings, each of which reminds me of my youth?
Zhuang Zhou danced in his sleep and turned into a butterfly, hoping that the emperor would entrust his hatred to Du Fu.
The moon, the sea and Jiao Ren shed tears, and the jade in Lantian can only turn into smoke when it is warm.
Why do you want to recall this scene at this time, just because my heart was just at a loss at that time.
Extended data:
This poem was written by the author in his later years, and there have always been different opinions about the creative intention of this poem "Jinse". Or think it's patriotic, or think it's a memorial to his dead wife, or think it's a theory of self-injury, or think it's a pen to express your thoughts and treat your children.
First, I think this is a poem mourning his wife Wang, and the first couplet is "respect". I watched Motome play 50 stringed instruments and felt moved by the scene. Zhuan Xu is a metaphor for his wife's death, which is compared with the tears of Zhuang Zhou, become a butterfly and Du Fu. The neckline is "magic", pearls cry for it, and Baoyu is sad for it; The end of the couplet is "love", love is gone, and memory is disconsolate!
Second, it is thought that this is the poet's recollection of the lost years. The first couplet is "Qi", which is a metaphor for fifty years of life by means of fifty strings. Compared with "bearing", life will come to an end unconsciously; The neckline is "turn", which is a metaphor for talent with pearls and jewels; The end of the couplet is "He", years make people old and everything is melancholy!
Some people think that the first 50% off harpsichord is 25, suggesting that the deceased woman is 25 years old. This is a bit far-fetched However, it is true that the first couplet mourns the early death.
Taking Zhuangzi's dead wife as a drum basin, Zhuan Xu wept blood, indirectly describing the joys and sorrows of life. The allusion of the necklace couplet with shark tears and jade smoke vaguely depicts the coldness of the world, which is beyond our reach. Finally, I wrote about my casual love before my death, and recalled my melancholy and unforgettable feelings after my death.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Jinse (Poems by Li Shangyin in Tang Dynasty)