The hero of this poem is a woman who was abandoned in the war. In the figure gallery of China classical literature, this is a unique and distinctive female image.
At the beginning of the poem, this peerless beauty who lives in an empty valley is introduced, and then it is introduced by Ziyun, and the beauty tells her life experience. She said that she was born in a famous family, but she was born at the wrong time and caught up with social unrest; Although the brother was in a high position, he died tragically in the army, and even his bones could not be buried. Due to the death of her family, her frivolous husband abandoned her mercilessly, and social, family and personal disasters followed, all of which befell this weak woman. The heroine's long monologue, while narrating, discusses and pours out personal misfortunes, laments that the world is cold, and her words are full of grief and grievances. In particular, the contrast that "he can only see the smile of his new love, but he can't hear the cry of his old love" makes people want to see her tearful expression.
However, the heroine was not crushed by misfortune, nor did she give in to fate. She swallowed the bitter fruit of life, went to the mountains alone and lived beside the vegetation. The last six sentences of the poem mainly describe the desolate situation of seclusion in the deep valley. The thatched cottage needs mending, the green sleeves are thin, pearls are sold as a livelihood, and cypress wood is used as food, which shows the poverty and embarrassment of a better life; The first one has no decoration and no flower arrangement in her hair. When it is cold and dusk, she leans against the bamboo to face the wind, revealing haggard and inner loneliness and sadness. Fortunately, there is also a diligent maid-in-waiting If she goes out, she will sell her old things. If she comes back, she will make up the house and live alone with her master. How lonely it would be otherwise.
While describing the beauty's lonely life with Fu, the poet also praised her noble and self-sufficient character with Bi Xing. The interest of "picking flowers without arranging flowers" shows the pure and simple heart of a beautiful woman; However, the descriptions of "letting pine needles fall through fingers" and "she leans against a tall bamboo in the sunset" link the image of a beautiful woman with symbols of lofty qualities such as "bamboo" and "cypress", thus suggesting to readers: Don't you think this ill-fated woman is like cold-resistant cypress and tall and straight bamboo? Similarly, "the mountain stream is pure and the water outside the mountain is dark" also symbolizes the noble sentiment of the heroine.
Fate is tragic and sentiment is noble, which are two sides of a beautiful woman's image. The poet described these two aspects of the characters and adopted different names in his writing. Narrating the fate of beautiful women is the first-person talk, and the tone is straightforward and bright; Praising the beauty's character is the first-person description, and the style is implicit. Frank and hearty, so touching, causing readers to * * * sound; Implied, so intriguing, leaving readers room for imagination. The combination of the two makes the heroine's image full of tragedy and sublimity.