Source of works
From Li Shangyong, it is the work of Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, in his youth.
By depicting and praising the image of Dapeng, this poem expresses Li Bai's great ambition and strong desire to use the world, and is very dissatisfied with Li Yong's attitude of looking down on young people, showing Li Bai's spirit of being brave in pursuit, confident and conceited, and not afraid of vulgarity. Young Li Bai dared to challenge big shots, and when he first debuted, he was full of the spirit of not being afraid of tigers.
original work
Shang Liyong
li po
Dapeng rises with the wind one day and soars into Wan Li.
If the wind weakens, it can still lift away the turbulent current.
When the world saw my unchanging tone, it sneered at all my big words.
Fu Xuan can still fear the afterlife, but her husband can't be young.
Translation of works
One day, Dapeng will fly with the wind, and with the wind, it will go straight to the outside world.
Even if the wind stops, its power seems to be able to draw the sea away.
When the world saw that I was good at making strange remarks, they all laughed at my rhetoric.
Confucius also said that the afterlife is awesome, and a gentleman cannot despise young people!
Sentence annotation
(1) Up: Submit. Li Yong (678-747): Zi Taihe, born in Jiangdu, Guangling (now Jiangdu County, Jiangsu Province), was a calligrapher and writer in the Tang Dynasty.
⑵ Shake: A big whirlwind from bottom to top.
(3) False order: If, even if.
(4) Blow away: arouse.
⑸ Cangyan: The sea. H: often. Different tones: words and deeds are not common.
Y: Me. Talk big: talk big.
(7) Fu Xuan: Confucius. In the 11th year of Zhenguan reign of Emperor Taizong (637), Confucius was appointed as Fu Xuan. See Book of the New Tang Dynasty, Rites and Music. Fu Xuan written by Song Ben was written as Gong Xuan.
(8) Husband: The general name of ancient men, referring to Li Yong.
Creation background
This poem was written by Li Bai when he was young. From 7 19 to 9 (72 1), Li Yong was the secretariat of Yuzhou (now Chongqing). When Li Bai visited Chongqing, he paid an audience with Li Yong. Li Yong was unhappy because he was informal and talked about Wang Ba. According to the history books, Li Yong was "quite conceited" (Biography of Li Yong in Old Tang Dynasty). He was conceited and had a good reputation, but he had reservations about being young and backward. Li Bai was dissatisfied with this, and when he left, he wrote this poem "Li Shangyong" in a rather rude manner to show his return.
works appreciation
Dapeng is an image that Li Bai often uses to describe himself in his poems and Fu. It is not only a symbol of freedom, but also a symbol of shocking ideals and interests. In the 13th year of Kaiyuan (725), Li Bai, a young boy, wandered out of Sichuan and met Sima Cheng, a famous Taoist in Jiangling. Sima said that Li Bai "has a kind of spirit, which is comparable to that of a wanderer in the octupole", and Li Bai immediately wrote "Dapeng Bird Fu" (later changed to "Dapeng Fu"), comparing himself to the Dapeng bird in Zhuangzi's "Happy Wandering". There is also a sentence in Li Bai's poem Duiluge: "Great Peng Fei wants to shake the eight generations, but strong days will destroy it. I am excited by the lingering wind, swimming in hibiscus and hanging stones. Later generations spread this, who will cry when Zhong Ni dies? " According to Tang Lihua's Preface to the Epitaph of Academician Li Jun, Li Bai "died of a swan song". Later generations think that it may be a mistake in writing "road" or "end" in "Near the Luge Pavilion". It can be seen that Li Bai cited Dapeng as a metaphor all his life. According to the tone of this poem, it is straightforward and not modest, so some predecessors suspected that it was not the author of Li Bai, and some thought it was to argue for Li Bai's works. The interpretation of this poem was edited by Zhan E, the complete works of Li Bai.
Li Bai compared himself with Dapeng in the first four sentences. Dapeng is a divine bird in Zhuangzi Xiaoyao. It is said that this divine bird is "I don't know its thousands of miles", "If its wings hang clouds in the sky", its wings shoot water for three thousand miles and soar to nine Wan Li. Dapeng bird is a symbol of freedom and an ideal totem in Zhuangzi's philosophy. Li Bai was ambitious and conceited when he was young, and was deeply influenced by Taoist philosophy. His heart is full of romantic fantasies and grand ambitions. Even without the help of the wind, this Dapeng can sweep away the turbulent water with its wings. Here, the power of Dapeng is greatly exaggerated. In the first four poems, the poet drew the image of Dapeng with only a few strokes-the image of the young poet himself.
The last four sentences of the poem are an answer to Li Yong's snub attitude: "Tianxia" refers to ordinary people at that time, obviously including Li Yong. Because this poem is written directly to Li Yong, the wording is euphemistic, and on the surface it only refers to "Tianxia". "Abnormal tone" refers to speaking very much. Li Bai's grand ambitions are often not understood by the world and ridiculed as "big talk". Li Bai obviously didn't expect that celebrities like Li Yong were as knowledgeable as ordinary people, so he refuted the story that a saint knew how to pull out the afterlife. The Analects of Confucius Zi Han said: "Confucius said:" The afterlife is terrible. How do you know that the newcomer is not now? " These two sentences mean that Kong still thinks that his future life is awesome. Are you better than a saint? Men should never despise young people! The last two sentences are not only a mockery and satire of Li Yong, but also a response to Li Yong's frivolous attitude, which is quite unruly and shows boyish spirit.
In the early years of Kaiyuan, Li Yong was a world-famous celebrity. In history, Li Yong has a "bad reputation" ... The world has always claimed that he was ignorant in his junior year and gathered in Luoyang, Beijing to think of the ancients. Or eyebrows are different, clothes look at the wind, looking for doors. "For such a famous person, Li Bai dares to denounce by name, which shows the boldness and courage of young Li Bai. "Perseverance, not working for others", laughing at powerful people and making friends with princes, this is the true nature of Li Taibai.
Brief introduction of the author
Li Bai (70 1 ~ 762), whose name is Taibai, is a violet layman. He is the most unique and greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. He has the reputation of "poetic immortal" and is also called "Du Li" with Du Fu. His poems are mainly lyrical, showing the arrogant spirit of contempt for powerful people, expressing sympathy for people's sufferings, being good at depicting natural scenery and expressing his love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland. The poetic style is magnificent and bold, the imagination is rich, the language flows naturally, the melody is harmonious and changeable, and it is good at absorbing nutrients and materials from folk literature and myths and legends, which constitutes its unique magnificent and gorgeous color and reaches the peak of poetic art in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. There are more than 1000 poems, including 30 volumes of Li Taibai's Collection.