People can't see the ancient moon now, but now the moon has shone on the ancients.
Source: "Ask asking for the moon for Wine, Old Friend Jia Chunling"
original text
Tang Dynasty: Li Bai?
When will the moon appear in the blue sky? I'll stop for a drink and ask. The moon will never reach the moon, but it is very close to the people.
As bright as a flying mirror near Danque, the green smoke goes out, but when you see the night coming from the sea, you would rather know that it has gone to the clouds.
The white rabbit plays medicine in autumn, revives in spring, and Chang 'e lives alone with whom. Now people are not seen in Gu Yue, but in this month they took the ancients.
The ancients said, if people are running water, they look at the bright moon. Just look at the glass and sing loudly, and the moonlight can grow in a golden cup.
To annotate ...
Under the heading, the author's note: Old friend Jia Chunling asked him.
Tanqui: Bloody Palace. Smoke: refers to the thick clouds that cover the moonlight.
But see: see only. Ning Zhi: How do you know? No (mò): Disappear.
White rabbit tinkering with medicine: myths and legends say that there are white rabbits tinkering with medicine and fairy medicine on the moon. Fu Xuan in the Western Jin Dynasty wrote "Quasi-Heaven Question": "What is in the moon? White Rabbit Pharmaceutical ". Chang 'e: the mythical goddess of the moon. Legend has it that she was once the wife of Hou Yi, stole her fairy medicine, became a fairy, and ran into the moon. See Huai Nan Zi Zi Lan Ming Xun.
When singing and drinking: When singing and drinking. Cao Cao's "Short Songs": "Singing to wine, what is the geometry of life?" Jinzun: Exquisite wine set.
Interpretation of the original text: When is the bright moon hanging high in the blue sky? I stopped my cup and asked. Man will never land on the moon, but the moon is very close to man.
As bright as a mirror, it soared to the palace, and the green smoke cleared away, giving off cold light. You can only see it rising from the sea every night. Who knew it disappeared in the clouds in the morning?
In the moon, the white rabbit is tinkering with medicine from autumn to spring, so who is it to live with? Now people can't see the ancient moon, but now the moon has shone on the ancients.
The ancients and present people passed by like running water, and so did the moon seen by * *. I just hope that when I sing to the glass, the moonlight can shine in the golden cup for a long time.
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Creation background
It is difficult to date this poem. According to the annotation under the heading "Drinking asking for the moon", this poem was written by the author at the request of a friend. Some people think that it was written in the third year of Tianbao in Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (744).
Brief introduction of the author
Li Bai (70 1-762), whose real name is Taibai, also known as "purple laity" and "fallen fairy", was a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty, and was praised as "poetic fairy" by later generations, and was also called "Du Li" with Du Fu. In order to distinguish himself from two other poets, Li Shangyin and Du Mu, that is, "Little Du Li", Du Fu and Li Bai merged again. According to the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, Li Bai is the ninth grandson of Gui Li, the king of Liang, and he is a descendant of all kings. He is cheerful and generous, loves to drink and write poems, and likes to make friends.
There are biographies of Li Bai's Ci and Fu in the Song Dynasty (such as Wen Ying's Xiang Ji). As far as its pioneering significance and artistic achievements are concerned, Li Bai's Ci Fu enjoys a high status.