Liu Yuxi
Six generations of Taicheng competed for luxury,
Making love in spring is the most extravagant thing.
Thousands of families have become weeds,
Because of a backyard flower.
Poetry appreciation
The emperors of the Six Dynasties were famous for their extravagance and debauchery, especially the last emperor, Chen Houzhu. In the luxurious Taicheng, he built three pavilions tens of feet high, namely Qi Jie, Lin Chun and Wang Xian. Relying on Redjade all day long, ignoring state affairs. He also wrote a new song, yushu backyard flower, and filled in obscene words, which made thousands of beautiful women sing and dance. Unexpectedly, before the strike, the soldiers of the Sui army were already near the gate of the capital, with red lights upstairs and wars downstairs. The Golden Powder Southern Dynasties ended in this decadent sound. This nostalgic poem takes Taicheng, the core of Jinling, the ancient capital, as the theme. It is the place where the emperors of the Six Dynasties lived in politics, and it is filled with endless grief and painful lessons.
The first sentence is always written about Taicheng, which covers six generations and is a bird's eye view. "Six generations contending for luxury" is only a narrative at first glance, but when it begins with "Taicheng", it immediately reminds people of the imperial spirit of Jinling in those days, and today's broken and shabby has an image. Before "luxury", there was a word "contention", which ran through the history of six dynasties for more than 300 years, and nearly 40 emperors ascended the throne successively. Although "contention" is not an intuitive image, it is used to point out "luxury" and turn it into countless magnificent six-generation palace pictures, which is more full than the image provided by one picture.
The second sentence highlights two tall buildings in the air, Qi Jie and Lin Chun (including another "Wang Xian Pavilion"). "Things are the most luxurious" is a comment made on the basis of "luxury". The word "most" is followed by the word "competition", and its luxury is the highest in the Six Dynasties. So it's not hard to imagine the fate of Chen Houzhu. This sentence seems to have written two tall buildings, but in fact the discussion has been integrated into the image. Although these two tall buildings are only static images, poems can arouse readers' imagination of people and things in the balcony. It seems that the curtain is heavy, the fragrance is misty, the dancing shadows are dancing, the songs are lingering, and Chen Houzhu and the enchanting girls are enjoying themselves. The capacity of poetry is further expanded because of the association caused by "spring marriage".
Third, remember past lives on the balcony. In front of us, weeds are overgrown and devastated, which is in sharp contrast with the bustling scene of "thousands of families" in that year. A word "success" gives people a fleeting feeling. The magnificent scenery hundreds of years ago seems to have turned into weeds in an instant, which is full of profound meaning.
The conclusion part discusses the reason why Chen Houzhu lost his motherland, and the poet uses auditory images to express it. In the bleak scene of "thousands of households become weeds", it seems that you can vaguely hear the music of "Flowers in Yushu Back Garden" echoing in the air. This song reminds people of the scene of slow singing and light dancing on the red carpet and green sleeves, and can't help but deeply sigh this historical tragedy.
It is often necessary to express opinions on nostalgic poems, but this poem does not make abstract comments, but combines comments with concrete images to arouse people's rich associations through the creation of images; Let serious historical lessons turn into concrete images, and let poems have infinite charm, which makes people think deeply and daydream.