Among poets, Li Bai is famous for drinking, which can best reflect the Dionysian spirit. Every word he "drinks" contains the fragrance of wine. If all his poems about wine are squeezed out, maybe half a pot of sorghum can be squeezed out. Why do poets like wine? Is it because the flavor of yellow rice wine is mellow, fresh and sweet, and the aroma is rich? Is liquor rich in aroma, soft and sweet, and has a long aftertaste? I don't think so. There is always something unique in wine, go beyond it. The fragrance of wine floats. Is it the disappearance of form or the sublimation of rhyme?
For poetry, wine can stimulate the nerves, bring the poet into a state of ecstasy without worldly troubles and utilitarian troubles, and gain spiritual freedom. This is an opportunity to inspire. As the saying goes, "I will be happy when I am drunk, and it will be better than when I am not drunk. Motion is a dance, and language is a poem. " This is probably a major reason why poets like to drink. When Wang Bo wrote Preface to Wang Teng-ting, he first ground a few liters of ink, then drank a lot, and then pulled up the quilt and fell asleep. After waking up, he had a brainwave, borrowed Yu Xin's poem "The fallen flowers cover Qi Fei, and the flag of willow * * * is the same color in spring" and wrote a famous sentence throughout the ages-the sunset is lonely in Qi Fei, and the autumn water is the same color as the sky. With a stroke of the pen, I won't change a word. When Li Bai wrote Qing Ping Diao for Xuanzong in the imperial edict, he also wrote it after waking up drunk.
For poets, wine can vent their feelings, pour out the barriers in their hearts and play the role of "empathy"; Wine is masculine, intoxicating and detached. A drunken country husband can take it out on his wife and children, but what about a poet? Poets are often hard to get rid of worldly gains and losses when they are awake, so their creativity will inevitably be suppressed and suppressed. It is easy to achieve spiritual liberation and spiritual transcendence when you are drunk and hot. He dared to speak, write, cry and laugh, indulge his feelings and have no scruples, thus liberating his creativity. From "resignation" to "metaphysical comfort", the nature of the will to life as an ontology has changed, from the negative force of blind struggle to the infinite creative force.
Liu Xie in the Southern Dynasty agreed with Sima Qian's viewpoint of "expressing anger with poetry" and put forward a clever metaphor, calling an article written with unfortunate life experiences "mussels become pearls from illness". "Illness" generally refers to mental and physical unhappiness. Wine can make the poet's "resentment and anger" shift, and wine can turn with things and wander at will. "The sober and sages of ancient times have been forgotten, and only great drinkers can be immortalized." "Life is like a dream, a statue is still on the moon." "Worry is endless, and tears come before the wine arrives" (Fan Zhongyan's "Journey to the Imperial Street") ... Du Fu's "Drunk Songs" is full of the word "drunk", drunk, drunk and drunk poems. But when you wake up, you will be drunk. Being drunk will help you wake up, so it's miserable. Although this book is for Zheng Qian, the poet's tears permeate between the lines. It makes people feel painful and sad to read, and a bitter smell of wine comes to the nose, as if seeing a child's beauty is like waking up and being drunk, and feeling the same with the wine. In fact, how painful it is not to wake up, how drunk it is; If you are not drunk, how can you write off that injustice?
Wine can give people emotional comfort and stimulate the warmth and joy between relatives and friends. Liu Ling's Ode to Wine Virtue, Du Fu's The Guest Has Arrived, Bai Juyi's Drinking and the Late Period of Dream Appointment, and Li Bai's Guest Works are all brewed with wine. Bai Juyi gave my friend Liu a suggestion: "There is a ray of green in the old bottle and a little red in the static stove. It feels like snow outside at dusk. How about a glass of wine inside? ? "Newly brewed rice wine and a warm stove show enthusiasm for friends in the winter evening. I want to come to Liu Shijiu's wine quota and an invitation to "How about a glass of wine inside". Express my friendliness and easygoing to my friends; Du Fu was very happy when he first arrived in Chengdu, with no relatives and no reason. "Panxi City is far from these two flavors, but in my hut, we have old wine in our cups." (The Guest Arrives), because my family is poor, I have to entertain guests with old wine. I apologize. Poets in the Tang Dynasty entertained relatives and friends and liked to drink new wine, unlike people who value old wine now. However, no matter whether the wine is old or new, it is rare for people to have the spirit of enthusiasm, equality and friendship. Wine plays a communication role here.
Wine can also stimulate people's lofty sentiments and ambitions, and vividly show a person's frank nature and unrestrained personality. Cao Cao was one of the most successful poets in ancient times. He lived in troubled times and ended the warlord scuffle at the end of the Han Dynasty with extraordinary literary talent. If there was no wine, Cao Cao wouldn't send out the feeling that "drinking is a song, life is geometric" and "Du Kang alone relieves worries". This kind of sigh is not a groan, but shows the broad mind of a generation of lean men, which is not comparable to that of ordinary weak scholars. His poems are passionate and gloomy in style. Isn't it the cultivation of "Du Kang" wine? Xin Qiji's Broken Array. Give strong words to Chen Tongfu as a souvenir. When you are drunk, you look at the sword and dream of blowing the horn ..... "When you are drunk, you talk in your sleep, and express your strong ambition to kill the enemy, serve the country, pacify the Central Plains and recover lost ground with chic, heroic and heroic language.
Wine can even avoid disaster. Zhuangzi believes that drunkards are carefree and fearless because they are in a state of unity of spirit and flesh. It is said that once he was drunk and fell from a speeding car without dying, that is, "he got all the wine"; Ruan Ji likes drinking, and once Sima Yi wanted to be his in-laws. Ruan Ji was drunk for more than two months, and Sima Yi never had a chance to mention it, so the matter went away.
Life is a tragedy, but even if life is a tragedy, the poet should interpret the tragedy to the fullest, and don't lose the sublimity, compassion, grandeur and comfort of the tragedy. Wine is the yeast of comedy and the midwife of tragedy; Wine is a poet's friend, lover and life. Without wine, the taste of China culture would be much worse.