The so-called "New Yuefu Movement" advocates that poetry creation cannot be divorced from reality, and it must be based on real events and reflect the situation of this era. This was echoed at that time and later generations.
Fortunately, Bai Juyi was not born at the wrong time like some great poets such as Han Yu and Du Fu, and was respected by later generations after his death. He was famous in the world before his death and was highly respected by the whole country and even abroad. During his 20 years of fame, his poems can be seen on the walls of temples, Taoist temples, post stations and pavilions all over the country. And his poems could even circulate like money at that time! The book says: "The village road sells fish, the layman buys half a foot of beard, and the scholar-bureaucrat buys happy poems." In other words, in fish stalls, most people will exchange silk for fish, while literati will exchange Bai Letian's poems for fish. There are even foreign prime ministers who invite people who come to do business to buy his poems at a high price of 100 in the market, which shows its high popularity and prestige.
Today, I want to introduce a piece of advice for my friend Liu, which is one of his masterpieces. This poem is short and sentimental. What is it about?
"A suggestion for my friend Liu"
There is a glimmer of green in the old bottle and a hint of red in the quiet stove.
With dusk and snow coming, how about a glass of wine?
"Green ant" is the green foam floating on the wine surface. "Newly fermented rice wine" is a newly brewed rice wine. Before filtration, the surface of the wine will be covered with a layer of fine ant-like, slightly green wine residue, so it is called "new wine in old bottles" And "there is a red commotion in a quiet stove" is used to warm wine. The bright red fire in the furnace reflects the new wine with green fragrance, and the picture is so warm and beautiful. Everything decays and withers in winter, and it is chilly. In the evening, Bo Xue seems to fall in succession. At this time, I want to ask my good friend Liu Shijiu if we can have a drink around the stove at night and talk about it.
In life, drinking is the same, but the situation is quite different. Here, Bai Juyi escaped Li Bai's regret that "I drink alone". There is no one to accompany me, and there is no indifference of Su Dongpo's "asking for wine from heaven". But like a song describing daily life, it has no carving, plain words, subtle and concise words, but full of emotion, and the whole poem is bright and warm. What an intriguing masterpiece!
Bai Juyi was admitted to Jinshi at the age of 28, and became famous at one fell swoop, very proud. He was an official until he was 44. When he was demoted as "Jiangzhou Sima", it was a major turning point in his life and creation. In his depression, his poetry gradually changed into an indifferent style. In his later years, he lived in seclusion in Luoyang, converted to Buddhism and devoted himself to practice.
Before and after the prosperous Tang Dynasty, many court officials and scholars practiced Buddhism. Some of them can know their past lives in practice, and Bai Juyi is one of them, which is also an interesting part of his practice. For example, there is a poem "Self-explanation" in the sixty-eighth volume of Bai Juyi's Handed Down Collection of White Xiangshan, which reads: "Fang was handed down from generation to generation as a Zen guest, and Wang Dao was a painter in his last life. I also made a fate in the middle, and it is poetry to bear more debts. " The poem says: "Fang Taiwei, the famous prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, was a Buddhist Zen master and a great poet Wang Wei in his last life, but he should be a painter in his last life;" I also meditated and watched my past lives with Destiny. As a result, I found that I had a lot of lifelong indissoluble bonds with poetry! "It can be seen that Bai Juyi has cultivated the divine power of destiny at this time, and his poetic talent is also accumulated in reincarnation. This also found the most natural explanation for the "genius" in history! This statement has also been confirmed by the Institute of Reincarnation Science.
Tai Ping Guang Ji in Song Dynasty is the earliest and most complete collection of novels and stories in China, including one by Bai Juyi:
It is said that a businessman got lost because of the storm. Their ship drifted at sea for more than a month and finally came to a mountain at sea. Strange flowers and grass on the mountain are as beautiful as a fairyland on earth. There is a magnificent temple here, and I met a man dressed as a Taoist. His beard and eyebrows are all white. The Taoist priest said, "This is Penglai Fairy Mountain, and you can only come because of fate. Now that you're here, let's have a look around! " So he sent guards to show them around the temple.
There are jade pagodas and green trees like jasper, which are dazzling. And there are many yards, and the owner's name is written at the door. Go to the last room, but the door is locked. Looking through the crack of the door, I saw that the whole yard was full of unknown and precious flowers, and there was a seat and an embroidered cushion in the hall. The businessman asked, I wonder who lives here? The bodyguard replied, "This is Bai Letian Courtyard. The master is still in China and can't come back. " .
Bai Letian? Isn't that the famous poet Bai Juyi? After the merchants came back, the story spread, even Bai Juyi knew it, but he thought he belonged to Buddhism, not to Xiandao, so he wrote a poem to commemorate this: "I learn from the empty door, not from the immortal." I am afraid this statement is false. " The seamount is not where I belong. It's time to return to the sky. "
Just as "Tian" is a layer of heaven created by Sakyamuni Buddha, "Tian" is a layer of heaven created by Maitreya Buddha. Bai Juyi thinks that he is a Buddhist and should belong to the Buddhist world in the end. However, people are lost in the world. Who knows what their past lives were? Maybe it's really a fairy? !