Reading Two Poems of Wang Anshi's Mid-Levels

Wang Anshi, a politician in the Northern Song Dynasty and one of the eight great poets in the Tang and Song Dynasties, lived in seclusion in Jiangning after the failure of political reform, and his poetic style changed greatly, far from politics and society. Most of his subjects are landscapes and natural landscapes. In form, quatrains are the main form, and the antithesis of refined words is emphasized. The artistic conception is beautiful and subtle, and it is full of artistic conception. Because Wang Anshi called his residence in Jiangning the Mid-Levels Garden, later generations called his poetic style in this period "Mid-Levels".

The so-called Mid-Levels Garden is actually very simple, just a few houses with no walls around them, which look like an inn from the outside. Then why is it called Mid-Levels Garden? Therefore, the park is seven miles away from Jiangning City and seven miles away from the main peak of Zhongshan, just in the middle of the two, hence the name Banshan Park.

Plum Blossom, Wang Anshi's masterpiece Mid-Levels;

The language of this poem is simple, but it has its own profound meaning, which is thought-provoking, widely circulated and well known to women and children.

"Dim fragrance" is the poetic eye of this poem "Plum Blossom", and it is also a borrowing from Lin Bu, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, who said that "the shadow is shallow, and the faint fragrance floats on the moon at dusk". Lin Bu was far away from real life and lived in seclusion in the mountains all his life. The lofty spirit in his poems is obvious. But Wang Anshi's plum blossoms are far-reaching and better. He skillfully used Lin Bu's poems to bring forth the old and bring forth the new. By praising the purity and fragrance of plum blossom, he showed the quality of defying hardships and sticking to nobility.

In order to get rid of the social disadvantages of poverty and weakness in the Northern Song Dynasty and realize the ambition of making Qiang Bing a rich country, Wang Anshi insisted on reform and political reform, but was repeatedly hindered. In the ninth year of Xining (1076), Wang Anshi returned to Jiangning disheartened, and his lonely mood inevitably felt like plum blossom in the corner, so he wrote this famous song? Plum blossom poem

Another poem, Xie Gongdun's Mid-Levels, is very different from plum blossom, and I like it very much.

There is an allusion here.

In Wang Anshi's Mid-Levels Garden, there is a small mound called Gongdun, which is still the most humanistic attraction among the 48 scenic spots in Jinling. According to legend, it was once the place where Xie An, the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher, climbed high and looked far. Coincidentally, Xie Anzi Anshi is also a historical celebrity and an ancient man highly respected by Wang Anshi. So, the combination of the present and the inner feelings gave birth to this humorous song? Xie Gongdun? .

The poem means that my name is Anshi, and Xie An's word is Anshi, which is purely accidental coincidence. Now Xie Gongdun is in our yard, and I also built a pavilion for it, called Xie Gongting. Now that Xie Gong has passed away, this place belongs to my territory. It should be called Wang Gongdun. Why is it called Xie Gongdun?

This poem is humorous and simple as vernacular, which shows that Wang Anshi, as a famous figure, has a kind and humorous personality under the unsmiling appearance, which is also the reason why future generations admire him. Retired from his official position and far away from the imperial court, Wang Anshi is an extremely ordinary old man. In his life, he can not only occupy a high position and be all-powerful, but also live the most ordinary and ordinary life.

People who can go up and down, can be high-energy and low-energy, and only seek to do things, not to be officials, are capitalized.