It's a poem from the book Lian Po Shi Hua written by Tianjin poet Cha Weiren in the Qing Dynasty: calligraphy, painting, piano, chess, poetry and hops were inseparable from it in those days; Now seven things have changed, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.
general idea of the poem: "Painting, calligraphy, piano, chess, poetry, and hops" were originally elegant things, and they were so romantic and chic when they enjoyed it in those years. Now, everything is declared "subversive" and has become a common thing of "rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea".
"hops in calligraphy, painting, piano, chess and poetry" refers to the spiritual height-elegance, "rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea"-vulgarity, and refers to material life. The contrast and transformation between elegance and vulgarity in the poem shows the realistic living conditions of all sentient beings in real life, while the author's ingenuity and innovation can be seen by using "rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea" to correspond to "painting, calligraphy, piano, chess and poetry". Because of the repeated use of this passivated proverb and poetic language, the poem has gained new brilliance, just like the end of the mountain, suddenly the flowers are bright.
Extended information:
1. Poems on Lianpo was written by Cha Weiren, and it was included in Ding Fubao's Qing Poetry Talk, which is rich in content, telling poems about personal character, clear words and beautiful sentences, concise and succinct, and is actually a poem on poetry. It records a large number of literary activities of Tianjin poets and celebrities in the upper class in the form of essays, which is of great cultural historical value.
2. Cha Weiren (1695 ~ 1749), a poet in Qing Dynasty, was named Lianpo, also known as Lianpo Jushi. Cha Wei-ren bought books, Jinshi Ding Yi, in Shuixizhuang, Cha's garden villa, and became a famous scholar in China. During this period, a large number of poems, articles, calligraphy and paintings were produced, which made Tianjin's ancient literature and art career enter its heyday centered on Shuixizhuang.
3. Cha Weiren had a bumpy career in his life. In the 5th year of Kangxi (1711), he took the provincial entrance examination as the first place. Zhao Shenlou, the main examiner, was put into prison and was released eight years later. As a result, his mentality changed: many trivial things in life will gradually emerge instead of romantic affairs, so he began to learn to manage the food and drink of a family, and wrote this poem.
4. "Tea with rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar" has been talked about in the Yuan Dynasty's zaju "Poem of Being a Master": I miss you being a master, but when you are a master, you are in a mess. Seven things to open the door early, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.
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