Thousands of Birds Flying Over Thousands of Mountains comes from "Jiang Xue" by Liu Zongyuan, a poet from the Tang Dynasty.
1. Introduction to the author
Liu Zongyuan (773-819), courtesy name Zihou, native of Hedong County, one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, a writer, philosopher and essayist of the Tang Dynasty and thinkers. Together with Han Yu, he is called "Han Liu", together with Liu Yuxi, he is called "Liu Liu", and together with Wang Wei, Meng Haoran and Wei Yingwu, he is called "Wang Meng Wei Liu".
The poetry style is fresh and natural, and the thoughts are profound. He is good at depicting natural scenery and human figures. His representative work "Snow on the River" depicts a silent picture of snow fishing on a cold river, showing the poet's isolation and loneliness after the failure of political reform.
2. The meaning of the poem
The meaning of the original sentence is: There is no trace of flying birds in thousands of mountains and ridges.
The poem uses typical generalization techniques, choosing thousands of mountains, thousands of paths, and the absence of people and birds, which are the most typical scenery that best expresses the severe cold in the mountains and fields, and depicts the picture of heavy snowfall and freezing weather; then it outlines the scene of fishing alone. The image of the fisherman in Hanjiang River is used to express the poet's unyielding and deep loneliness after suffering a blow. The whole poem has a unique conception, concise and concise language, and rich meaning.
The creative background and significance of ancient poetry
1. Creative background
The creative background of this poem is Liu Zongyuan's relegation. Liu Zongyuan participated in the political reform activities of Wang Shuwen Group and was demoted for this. In the tenth year of Yuanhe (815) of Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Liuzhou (today's Liuzhou, Guangxi) again because he supported Wang Shuwen's reforms.
Political frustration made him express his depression, grief and anger in his poems. This song "Birds Flying Over Thousand Mountains" concentratedly expresses this mood.
2. Meaning
This is a poem that expresses the contradictory emotions of loneliness and freedom. The significance of its creation lies in revealing the inevitable problems of loneliness and freedom in life. The poet expressed his profound thoughts on freedom and loneliness by describing the lonely scene among thousands of mountains with birds flying away.
This poem enlightens people that freedom and loneliness are elements that go hand in hand in the journey of life, and makes people reflect on how to find inner balance and tranquility in freedom and loneliness.