The Original Text and Appreciation of Du Fu's Song of Drinking Eight Immortals

Du Fu

Knowing that Zhang rode like a boat, he was dazzled and sank into the bottom of the well.

Ruyang has three fights in the sky, and the road is salivating at the corner of the car.

I wish I could not move the capital to Jiuquan.

Drinking like a whale costs thousands of dollars.

The musical saint in the cup is called avoiding sages.

Zong Zhi's handsome and beautiful boy looked up at the sky with white eyes.

As bright as Yushu before the wind.

Before Su Jin Dynasty embroidered Buddha in Changzhai, he often liked to escape Zen when he was drunk.

Li Bai wrote a hundred poems in a bucket and went to sleep in a restaurant in Chang 'an.

The son of heaven didn't get on the boat, calling himself Brewmaster.

Zhang Xu took off his hat and showed it to the maharaja.

Waving paper like a cloud.

Jiao Sui's five buckets of rice are outstanding and have amazing eloquence.

This poem was written by Du Fu when he recalled the past events in Chang 'an during Tianbao period. The Eight Immortals who drank alcohol were all contemporaries, including royalty, prime minister, bureaucrat, cloth, poet and artist. Although their life experiences and careers are different, they all show their arrogant and cynical personality characteristics through drinking. The poet eulogized them enthusiastically, because he was also an alcoholic all his life, and he just used other people's glasses to water his own block. Therefore, this poem reflects the depressed mood of people with lofty ideals in feudal society from one side of life in a humorous way.

This song was written by eight people in Brewmaster, and it is divided into eight parts. One person per paragraph. The first one to appear is He Zhangzhi. Because of its huge generation, people attach great importance to it. It is this self-styled "Siming fanatic" who has a loose temperament and a casual life. When he can't entertain himself, he "takes pleasure in solving beetles" This poem describes his madness extremely, and chooses the details of his life when he rode into the well after being drunk. Look at that madman who dares to ride a horse when he is drunk, which shows the degree of drunkenness. Riding a horse is bound to get out of control, and it will jolt like a boat. The result was dazzling and fell into the well. This madness could have been shocking, but it is ridiculous that the drunk actually fell asleep in the well and was safe and sound. This presents a funny atmosphere and adds endless humor.

Then came Li Xian, king of Ruyang. He is the eldest son of Li Xian, the younger brother of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. "He, He and Chu Tingzhi are friends of poetry and wine." (Biography of the Emperor in the Old Tang Dynasty) greatly delighted people, dared to drink three glasses of wine, and then went to the court to see the son of heaven. The poet then absorbed two little things and vividly described his drinking degree and psychological state. One is that his Lu Yu Qu (wine) car will drool; Second, it is said that he spent all his money and failed to seal Jiuquan County. According to "Three Ji Qin", "There is Jin Quan in Jiuquan County, and the spring tastes like wine, so it is named Jiuquan." This part closely follows the uniqueness of Ruyang Wang Gui as a royal family, and fully shows his personal characteristics of debauchery and indulgence.

Then Li Lai. He is the grandson of Wang Chenggan of Hengshan Mountain and a member of the royal family. He is the left prime minister at the beginning of Tianbao. History records that "guests and friends, drinking is not chaotic, feasting at night, doing business by day, leaving nothing in court." (Old Books of Tang Dynasty) The phrase "Jacky" describes the extravagant scene that he drinks too much and spends tens of thousands of yuan every day, and the phrase "Wine is like a man" describes his capacity for drinking, like a giant whale swallowing a hundred rivers. The phrase "cup" came with the trend, describing his five-year relationship, which was rejected by Li, "seeking to leave" and finally allowed to "see relatives and friends". He has a poem that says: "Avoid the sages at the beginning, stop talking, be happy and have a cup." It can be seen that both "carefree" and "avoiding sages" in Du Fu's poems use the original meaning of Shi Li. According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Zhi, a courtier of Cao Cao, called sake a saint and turbid wine a saint. Therefore, Li Xiang joked at the banquet that "taking pleasure in sages" and "avoiding sages" meant that he was fond of purity and disgusted with turbidity, which actually implied great irony.

After Li, two romantic literati appeared. The atmosphere of the poem becomes relaxed and relaxed, and the description method changes accordingly. Cui Zongzhi once took his father as Qi Huangong, served as an imperial envoy, and later became an official in Jinling, often singing with Li Bai. He is a well-known young man, charming and handsome. The poet first outlines his overall image in one sentence, and then enters the description of different States closely related to wine. First, before the banquet, he proudly raised his glass and looked up at the sky with white eyes, as arrogant and cynical as Ruan Ji. One is that after drinking wine, he is full of energy, standing in the wind like a Yushu, swaying. The poet captured the lofty and aloof characteristics of celebrities without formal etiquette, and portrayed the vivid image of Cui Zongzhi with vivid metaphors, which really jumped to the page. Su Jin became famous when he was young, and was called "the rising RoyceWong". Because he was promoted to Jinshi early, Xuanzong took the imperial edict and was commended. In his poems, he described his personality conflict with sharp contrast and contradictory plots: on the one hand, he was a vegetarian for a long time and worshipped Buddha; On the one hand, he is unruly and often gets drunk. Such repeated contradictions and conflicts eventually evolved into a farce of "escaping from Zen". As a result, Su Jin's charming, unruly image of drinking first and not being bound by Zen precepts emerged.

Li Bai is a colorful figure in this poem. This is because his poems are as famous as wine, with the reputation of "Poet Fairy" and "Brewmaster", and he is also a poet friend of Du Fu. "Old Tang Book" contains: "(White) is addicted to alcohol and gets drunk with drinkers every day." Xuanzong tried to create new words for Yuefu, and he eagerly called for Bai, who was already lying in the restaurant. "This is called' sleeping in a restaurant in Chang 'an'. Fan's "Li Tombstone" also reads: "(Xuanzong) Pan-white lotus pond, the public is not at the banquet. Huang Huan agreed, and Zhao Gong wrote a preface. Gong was drunk in Hanyuan and still ordered General Gao to help him get on the boat. " This is the true portrayal of "the son of heaven called him not to board the ship." "Wine makes Li Bai's poems full of interest and ease; Wine makes Li Bai informal and sleep in a restaurant; Wine emboldened Li Bai and made him proud of being a vassal. Li Bai, who usually Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and chivalry, is even more heroic after being drunk. " Playing is like being friends and mustard tuber. "(Su Shi's Li Taibai Yin Bei Ji) This poem says that he doesn't listen to" the son of heaven ",but calls himself" a minister is a fairy in wine ". Although he used exaggeration, it is more in line with the reality of Li Bai's personality and temperament, and looks fantastic and heroic, with artistic effects of both form and spirit.

Zhang Xu is similar to Li Bai in character and artistic achievements, except that one is a poet and the other is a calligrapher. According to "Supplement to National History", "When drinking, Xu wrote cursive script, waved a pen and shouted, and wrote in ink and wash, which is famous in the world." People respectfully call him "the sage of grass". Zhang Xu is also like Li Bai. After drinking, he can write well, write freely, and cursive script is superb. The phrase "taking off his hat" means that he, like Li Bai, faces the powerful and dares to be rude in front of his ministers and take off his hat. It's completely arrogant. The phrase "waving a brush" describes in detail the scene of his creation, in which he splashed ink with a brush, with words like dragons and snakes and traces like clouds and smoke. After such description and rendering, the image of an artist who is arrogant and uninhibited and outstanding in art is vividly portrayed.

The last finale is Jiao Sui. Jiao Yuan called it Buyi in Ganzi folk songs, and he was talking about a civilian. I once traveled with the poet Meng Yunqing, who was Du Fu's poetry friend. Du Fu may have had contact with Jiao Sui when he was in Chang 'an. This poem is about how he was slightly drunk after drinking five barrels of wine, but he became more and more outstanding. He was able to talk in front of Kan Kan and even shocked everyone at the dinner party. There is a reason why the poet writes only a drunken eloquence without talking about anything else. It is said that Jiao Sui stutters on weekdays and can't say a word to his guests, but when he is drunk, he answers like a stream and talks healthily. It goes without saying that the poet wrote this way to highlight his outstanding and agile eloquence after drunkenness. This not only conforms to the overall style, but also has distinct personality characteristics.

Throughout the poem, it is no different from a vivid picture of Brewmaster, which shapes the group image of the Eight Immortals. Everyone and every paragraph revolves around the word "wine", and the expression of imitating the drunken eight immortals is different. This poem has a humorous style and a rigorous and orderly conception. This poem depicts eight people, or two sentences, or three sentences, or four sentences. It seems that the priorities are clear and scattered. And the whole poem rhymes until the end, so this poem is called Creation.

This kind of creation is unprecedented, and there is no one after it. The descriptions of eight people are all immortals, but two sentences, three sentences and four sentences, such as clouds in a clear sky, are also immortals in poetry. (Du Yi in Wang Siyuan, vol. 1)

Wu Jiansi said: "This poem is a passage for everyone, short or long, as if it were an inscription or a compliment. It is a * * * article, and each chapter is divided into another chapter. " (Detailed explanation of Qiu Dufu's poems)

All the way, like mountains and rivers, seems to be like a flash, and it is endless fun to take it. Take Historical Records as an example, a lyric must have a strong root. As for the intricate tailoring, it may also be obtained by using a temporary posture. There are laws that are not complied with. These poems are heavy, clear and vigorous, but if the colorful carvings are added, it will be too tired to hold them high, which should be known to all poets. ([Qing] Zhang Qianyi's On Zhai Zhai's Poems (Volume 4))

There is no need to get up before, no need to collect after, and the middle is staggered, like eight chapters, like a chapter, which Gefagu never had. Everyone gives a few words, so there is a strong rhyme and there is no obstacle. (Shen Deqian's "Tang Poetry")

Everyone is drunk and interesting, and the language can't go on. Knowing the chapter makes you drunk, forgetting the danger is like getting drunk on a public day and falling off a horse. Take it as a southerner, so compare it with "taking a boat". "Ruyang" has the same title, so it is decorated with "Moving Jiuquan". There is a poem "Strike Politics" on the left, that is, use its language. Zong was young, so he said, "Well proportioned." Su Jin indulged in Zen, so he called it "Embroidering Buddha". Li Bai is also a poet, so he lives in poetry. Zhang Xu, the sage of grass, is in the book. Jiao Sui, with no biography of national history, recorded "outstanding" and "eloquent", which can be generalized. In other words, this knowledge cannot be removed. They are all fairy-like. (Pu Qilong's Reading Du Xinjie)