Don du fu
In the Qi family, I often see your performances; Before urging the wine hall, I praised your art many times.
Never thought, in this Jiangnan scenic area; It is the season of falling flowers, and I can meet you, an old acquaintance.
The first two sentences are about the poet's reminiscence about his past contacts with Li Guinian, expressing his concern about the prosperous times in the early years of Kaiyuan, while the last two sentences are about the fading of state affairs and the wandering of artists. Li Guinian, a famous musician in Tang Dynasty, was appreciated by Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty and later lived in Jiangnan.
The first two sentences of this poem "common sight" and "several smells" not only describe the close communication and profound friendship between Li and Du, but also show the prosperity of Kaiyuan from one side. In the last sentence, "the season of falling flowers" is a metaphor for the tragic situation of the poet and Li Guinian and the decline of the national destiny in the Tang Dynasty. The whole poem not only reveals the nostalgia for "Kaiyuan Shi Sheng", but also reveals the feeling that the scenery remains the same and the personnel are completely different.
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I have seen your performance in the Qi Palace before.
In front of Cui, I have heard your singing many times and appreciated your art.
Spring in the south of the Yangtze River is the season of falling flowers.
I didn't expect to meet your old acquaintance at this moment. Happy Li Guinian is the work of Du Fu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. This poem is the most lyrical and meaningful of Du Fu's quatrains. The first two sentences are to recall the past communication with Li Guinian and express the poet's concern for the prosperous times in the early years of Kaiyuan. The last two sentences are feelings about the decline of state affairs and the erratic artists.
In the poem, recalling the present and thinking about the past, the chaos of the world, the ups and downs of the years, the gathering and dispersion of human feelings, the vicissitudes of the times and the great changes in life are all concentrated in these short 28 words. The language of the whole poem is very simple, but it has far-reaching implications, and it contains very rich social life content, expressing the feeling that the times are dying and chaotic, and life is bleak and wandering.