Appreciation:
In order to get rid of the pain of homesickness, the author of "Let's try new tea with new fire" made tea as a way to relieve his longing for his motherland, which implies that The poet's inability to escape from the depression also expresses the poet's self-psychological adjustment to get rid of the depression.
"Poetry and wine make the best of one's youth" further states that one must be detached from things, forget everything in the world, and seize the opportunity to entertain oneself with poetry and wine. "Nianhua" refers to good times, which corresponds to the "spring is not old" mentioned at the beginning. The whole word is written closely around the word "transcendence". At this point, it has entered the highest state of "transcendence". This realm is the concrete embodiment of Su Shi's state of mind and poetry during his time in Mizhou.
From Su Shi's "Looking to the South of the Yangtze River: Transcendent Stage Works" of the Northern Song Dynasty, the original text is:
The spring is not old, the wind is gentle and the willows are slanting. Try to watch it on the transcendent stage, half a ditch of spring water and a city of flowers. Thousands of homes are covered in mist and rain.
After eating cold food, I wake up and sigh. Stop thinking about old friends and homeland, and try new tea with new fire. Poetry and wine take advantage of the youth.
Translation:
Spring has not passed yet, the breeze is gentle, and the willow branches are dancing diagonally. Climbing up to the Chaoran Terrace and looking from afar, the moat is only half full with spring water flashing slightly, while the city is full of colorful spring flowers. Further away, every tile-roofed house is in the shadow of rain.
After the Cold Food Festival, when I sobered up, I sighed because of homesickness. I had to comfort myself: Don’t miss my hometown in front of my old friends. Let’s light a new fire to cook a cup of freshly picked tea, and write poems while drunk. You should all take advantage of your youth.
Extended information
Creative background:
This poem was written in the late spring of the ninth year of Xining, Shenzong of the Song Dynasty (1076). In the late spring of the ninth year of Xining (1076), Su Shi climbed to Chaorantai, looked at the spring mist and rain, and was moved by his homesickness, so he wrote this poem.
Ideological theme:
The first part of this poem describes the scenery, and the second part is lyrical. By describing the spring scene and the complex changes in the author's emotions and demeanor, it embodies the author's feelings about having a home that is difficult to return to and people who have ambitions. The helplessness and regret of being unable to repay at the same time express the author's open-minded and detached mind and the life attitude of "use it and do it, abandon it and hide it".
About the author:
Su Shi (1037-1101), also known as Zizhan and Hezhong, also known as Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo layman, was known as Su Dongpo and Su Xian in the world. , a famous writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty and made great achievements in poetry, lyrics, prose, calligraphy, and painting. His poems have broad themes, are fresh and bold, and have unique style. Together with Huang Tingjian, they are called "Su Huang"; , together with Ouyang Xiu, was called "Ou Su" and was one of the "Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties".
Su Shi was also good at calligraphy and was one of the "Four Masters of the Song Dynasty"; he was good at literati painting, especially ink bamboo, strange rocks, dead wood, etc. There are "Dongpo Seven Collections", "Dongpo Yi Zhuan", "Dongpo Yuefu", "Xiaoxiang Bamboo and Stone Picture Scroll", "Old Wood and Strange Stone Picture Scroll" and so on.
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