Meaning: If you have wine today, just get drunk today, and don’t worry about tomorrow’s worries. It reflects the idea of ??carpe diem and muddle along, and also embodies a cynical mood and helplessness towards reality.
"Self-Removal"
Year: Tang Author: Luo Yin Genre : Qi Jue
Sing a song when you gain it, and stop when you lose it.
Sorrow and hatred are also long-lasting.
There is wine today, and you will be drunk now,
Worry tomorrow, worry tomorrow. - The last word was originally "chou", but was changed to "chou" when later generations quoted it.
Notes:
Luo Yin had a bumpy career and failed to win the imperial examination in ten attempts, so he wrote "Self-dispatch". This poem expresses his decadent mood after political frustration. It may not contain a bit of cynicism. This poem has always been recited. In addition to reflecting a typical outlook on life of intellectuals in the old era, what cannot be ignored is that the poem is quite unique in its artistic expression.
This is first reflected in the pursuit of image in poetry. At first glance, there is no scene language in this poem and it is all straightforward lyricism. However, all the love words in the poem are not abstract lyricism, but can give people a concrete and complete feeling. The impression. For example, the first sentence says that there is no need to worry about gains and losses. If it is said directly, it will be abstract and conceptual. And it is written as "Sing loudly when you gain, break up when you lose", which is half confession and half persuasion, especially the attitude of "singing high" with one's back , gives people a vivid and concrete feeling. Since emotion has a "state", it can be visualized. The second sentence does not say "sorrow and hatred", which is too boring, but says "also long and long". Long and endless, meaning that it is too unbearable. .It also has a concrete and vivid effect, not just taking advantage of the rhyme. Similarly, instead of dawdling with it, say "there is wine today and you will be drunk now, and tomorrow you will be worried about tomorrow", and even use the phrase "Sing high when you gain, and stop when you lose" Concretely speaking, the image of a Kuangshi singing and drinking is about to emerge. This is the general image created by this poem. It is not enough to point out this point. We must also see that this image has a unique personality. As long as this poem is combined with the same meaning It is not difficult to see the meaning of "carpe diem" by comparing it with Du Qiuniang's song "Golden Thread Song". It talks about flowers and young people, so "don't wait until there are no flowers and break branches", which has the meaning of living up to your youth and working hard in time. It means; and the image here is taken from singing and drinking, and it also brings the decadence of old age. "There is wine now and I am drunk now" always makes people feel an inner feeling of desolation and resentment. The two poems are not similar to each other. The emotion of this poem is both It is universal, and its image is also personalized, so it has typical significance.
The most successful aspect of this poem's artistic expression is that it seeks changes through overlap, thus forming a wonderful aria. The first is emotion. The overlapping changes on the above. The first sentence first summarizes the meaning of the question, saying that you can be happy when you win and don't be sad when you lose; the second sentence is a supplement to the first sentence, saying the same meaning from the opposite side: If not, "more sorrow and more hatred" " is harmful and unhelpful; the third and fourth sentences return to the positive conception, respectively advancing the meaning of the first sentence: "There is wine today, and I am drunk now" is the repetition and advancement of "Sing high when you get it", "Tomorrow will bring sorrow tomorrow." "Sorrow" is a further elaboration of "loss means rest". In short, from the beginning to the end, the poetry has a twist and rise. The second is the sound, that is, the overlapping changes in words. The first four characters of the first sentence have opposite meanings to the last three characters. , and the second and sixth words ("i.e.") overlap; the second sentence is a contraction, which means long-lasting sorrow and long-lasting hatred, forming an agreement and repetition. The third and fourth sentences have the same sentence structure, but the word "now" in the third sentence Two words overlap. In the four sentences, "Tomorrow Worry" actually has three overlapping words. However, the first word "chou" is a noun, and the last word "chou" is a verb, and the part of speech also changes. It can be said that each sentence is an overlapping and Changes go hand in hand, and the specific expressions of each sentence are different. The method of unifying overlapping and change is fully used, which seems to be the most prominent in the poem.
Because of the above two The uniqueness in this aspect is suitable for thousands of years when some poor and down-and-out people drank to "relieve themselves". Among the many poems written by the ancients to relieve their sorrows, it is the easiest to remember "there is wine now, and now I am drunk".