"Broken Chapter" is a modern poem written by the modern poet Bian Zhilin in 1935. The poet involves the philosophical proposition of "relativity" through his momentary perception of "landscape". "You stand on the bridge and look at the scenery", and compared to the people upstairs, "you" on the bridge is the scenery in their eyes, and they "look at you upstairs"; "The bright moon decorates your windows", For people who dream of "you", "you" is like the bright moon outside the window, "decorating" their "dreams". The poet integrated the philosophy of life and poetic imagery to express his exploration of the universe and life; in terms of technique and form, the poet integrated traditional artistic conception and Western symbolism artistic techniques to form his own modern poetic style.
Title of work
Fragment of chapter
You stand on the bridge and look at the scenery,
The people watching the scenery are looking at you upstairs.
The bright moon decorates your window,
You decorate other people’s dreams
Creative background
"Broken Chapter" was created in 1935 October. According to the author Ziyun, these four lines were originally in a long poem, but he was satisfied with these four lines in the whole poem, so he extracted them into an independent chapter, hence the title. [3]
The author once said: "This is a lyric poem, which uses detached and cherished feelings to describe the artistic conception of a moment. At that time, I loved to think about the close relationship, interdependence and interaction between people and things in the world. People ('you') can see the scenery, or they may decorate the scenery consciously or unconsciously; people ('you') can see the bright moon decorating their own windows, or they may consciously or unconsciously become the decoration of other people's dreams." : "I mean to focus on the relative." It can be seen that the poet mainly hopes to express a relative relationship, so he created this poem. [4]
Appreciation of Works
"Broken Chapter" is a short poem with short text, but rich and vague meaning in the history of modern Chinese literature. The poet has cast a strong sense of philosophical speculation in his poems. The title "Broken Chapter" may seem ordinary, but it is actually a witty pun. The first is a fragment extracted from a complete long poem, and the second is the lost and indescribable emotion in the human heart, and this unique inner feeling can often touch the softest place in the human heart.
It is often said that "a good poem can be read a hundred times", and this short four-sentence "Fragment" is enough to be read for a lifetime. The reason why this poem has long-lasting artistic charm and still gives people a strong sense of beauty is because the poet avoided abstract explanations and created a symbolically beautiful picture. The natural beauty of the picture and the profound beauty of the philosophy have reached a harmonious unity like water and milk blending together.
In the meaningful pictures, the poet conveys the philosophy of life gained from his intellectual thinking, that is, the poetic experience that transcends the poet's emotions: in the universe and even in the entire life process, everything is relative, and They are all interrelated; in the combination of emotions, a moment can be an eternity; in the field of metaphysics, as the poet Blake said, "a grain of sand makes a world"; in the field of life and morality, life and death , joy and sorrow, good and evil, beauty and ugliness, etc., are not absolutely isolated existences, but are relative and interrelated. Once people have insight into this truth, they will not be bound by some worldly concepts and care about temporary gains and losses, but should gain a thorough understanding of life and the world and gain freedom and transcendence.
The first two lines of the poem capture a picture of tourists observing the scenery during the day. Although it is written about "looking at the scenery", the pen and ink are not used to describe the scenery. It only inadvertently reveals the bridge, the building, the viewer, as well as the flowing water and the cruise ship that can be inferred from this. , The willows on the bank... It is like a light ink painting that leaves the looming blurred background to the imagination, and the focus of the picture falls on the people on the bridge and upstairs who are watching the scenery. To be more precise, It falls on the extremely interesting dramatic relationship between the two people watching the scenery.
The "you" who "stands on the bridge and looks at the scenery" is obviously in a state of ecstasy when facing the beautiful scenery in front of him. This is because he did not notice that "the people watching the scenery are there". You can see it from the side view of "Looking at You Upstairs". What is intriguing is that the man upstairs, who obviously came here to "see the scenery", climbed up the tall building, and what he saw in his eyes was not the scenery, but "you" who was "standing on the bridge and looking at the scenery." Why the people upstairs did not look at the scenery but only at "you"? What fascinated those eyes so deeply, what moved that heart so deeply, is unknown. This "look" of Naisi Naipin can be said to be romantic and romantic. It makes the originally peaceful and pleasant scene suddenly full of spring and swaying, transforming it into many interesting and dramatic scenes. The "you" who is obsessed with the scenery must be a handsome young man who travels around the world. The person upstairs who is in love with others must be a lonely and passionate girl who misses her spring and is hard to find a close friend. A girl who is addicted to the scenery and is cute and naive, who knows how to do it. One movement disturbed many sentiments; one was affectionate, foolish and pitiful, but the feelings in his heart and the meaning in his eyes were unknown to others. It is true that "falling flowers are intentional, flowing water is ruthless", and in the journey of life, there are many such unexpected encounters, love at first sight, fleeting but long-lasting wishful love. It is in these two short lines that the poet left an eternal portrayal of the unspeakable emotion and the unpaintable scenery like electric sparks, which arouses memories and stimulates people's reverie.
The poet fully expresses the character's inner feelings in just four "fragmented chapters", and at the same time contains profound philosophical symbolic meaning.
Mr. Li Jianwu once believed that this poem "contains infinite sadness and focuses on the word 'decoration'", while the poet himself clearly pointed out that "I also mean that it focuses on 'relative'" ". Regarding the differences between himself and the poet, Mr. Li Jianwu added: "My explanation does not affect my approval of the author's confession. The author's confession does not affect my interpretation. Rather than seeing it as a conflict, it is better to say that there is a beauty of complementarity." " (Li Jianwu's "Answer to the Author of "Yumou Ji"") In fact, both the "relativeness" stated by the poet and the mutual "decoration" pointed out by Li Jianwu are the dissolution of "certainty". "You stand on the bridge and look at the scenery", the "you" here is undoubtedly watching the "landscape" from a certain subject perspective, with a certain degree of "certainty" or "subjectivity"; and in "The bright moon decorates your In the poem "Window", the "bright moon" exists "towards you" or "for you". The "you" here undoubtedly also has a clear "certainty" or "subjectivity". Obviously, the first line of the two stanzas of the poem shows some certain "joy". The second sentence in each section is the dissolution of "certainty". "People looking at the scenery are watching you upstairs" and "You decorate other people's dreams". The "certainty" and "subjectivity" obtained by "you" in the first sentence are "opposed" by these two lines. "" and "objectification", the "joy" of "certainty" evolves into the "sadness" of "relativity". All these things fall into the "view" of the "poet". The poem is written in the second person "you", which makes everything in front fall into another layer of "relative". From this poem, one can undoubtedly appreciate the complex emotions of sadness, sentimentality, erraticity, emptiness and desolation. But on the other hand, we can also understand from this poem that all things in the universe include philosophical thinking that is closely related to and interdependent with real life, so that we can gain some kind of comfort in life... This short four-line poem brings Extremely rich in feelings and revelations.
In terms of art, this poem mainly expresses abstract and complex concepts and moods. However, the poet did not make direct statements and lyrics, but presented objective images and images. Express poetry indirectly. The poems have a prominent sense of picture and space, a profound and far-reaching artistic conception, and are suggestive of Western poetry, making the poems implicit, deep and emotional.