Ancient Poetry
Chang'e
Author: Li Shangyin
The candle shadow on the mica screen is deep 2, and the long river gradually sets and the dawn stars sink 3.
Chang'e should regret stealing the elixir, the blue sea and blue sky make her heart feel happy every night 4.
All notes
1. Chang'e: the moon fairy in ancient mythology. "Huainanzi·Lan Mingxun": "Yi asked the Queen Mother of the West for the elixir of immortality, and Heng'e stole it and flew to the moon." Heng also acted as a concubine.
2. Mica screen: a screen inlaid with mica stone. This says that Chang'e was alone in her room in the Moon Palace. At night, she was accompanied only by the shadow of candles and the screen.
3. Long River Sentence: The Milky Way gradually tilts to the west, the dawn star will also disappear, and another lonely night has passed.
4. Blue sea: "Ten Continents": "Fusang is on the east coast of the East China Sea. The shore is straight. It can be reached by land for ten thousand miles. There is a blue sea in the east. The sea is as wide and narrow as the East China Sea. The water is It's neither salty nor bitter, it's pure green."
Appreciation
This article satirizes those who believe in gods and seek immortality. Taking Chang'e as an example, it is said that after she secretly took the elixir of immortality and became an immortal, she would always taste the loneliness in the moon palace. While satirizing falsehood, the poet raised an important philosophical question of life: What is the meaning of life? The question that arises from this problem is: How should people live? What is the purpose of longevity or even immortality? Between love and immortality, what should a realistic person choose? The author obviously does not agree with Chang'e's sacrifice of this worldly life in exchange for immortality. He believes that such a lonely and eternal life is actually torture and destruction of life. Rather than this, it is more meaningful than the children of the world to love with joys and sorrows, and to persevere with gatherings and separations.
The artistic skills of this poem are also very mature. The whole poem aims to reveal the philosophy of life, but it does not use conceptual language at all, but tells a touching story and inspires people to think.
Predecessors have said various things about this poem, including self-inflicted injury, cherishing others, mourning death, and satirizing women's crowns. Liu and Yu's "Jijie" says: "The theory of mourning is the most incomprehensible. ... Although the three theories of self-injury, cherishing others, and women's crowns seem to be unrelated, they are actually connected. ... Inferring Chang'e's psychology is actually very dark. The author's own situation and state of mind. Chang'e stole medicine and flew to the moon, staying away from the hustle and bustle of the world. Although she was extremely pure and quiet, the blue sea and sky every night were hard to get rid of. Innocence and intolerance to loneliness are very similar to the poet's contempt for vulgarity, yearning for nobility and falling into physical and mental loneliness. It is quite natural that Chang'e, Nü Guan and the poet are all in one. The environment is similar and the mind is connected.
"