Song of beauty
There are beautiful women in the north, and they are peerless and independent. Take care of the city first, then the country. It's best not to know the whole city and country? Beauty is hard to get again. This poem was written by Li Yannian, a musician in the Western Han Dynasty. The beauty in the poem is his sister.
How beautiful is this beauty? As long as she looks back and smiles, she can make the city fall, and even make the country suffer from the disaster of falling. Such a beautiful woman is really rare in the world. Once you miss it, it's hard to meet again.
This poem is different from Shuo Ren in that it does not depict a woman's beauty with figurative metaphor, but highlights her extraordinary charm with the extremely exaggerated technique of "falling in love with the countryside". It was this exaggerated praise that attracted the attention of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Later, his sister became Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the favorite concubine of Li Furen in history.
Qingpingdiao 1
Beautiful people who see the bright clouds, think of their clothes and see flowers come to see them. If Yushan didn't see her, it would be Yaochi meeting under the moon.
During Li Bai's dedication to the Hanlin, he wrote many excellent works, among which this poem "Qing Ping Diao" was the representative, and the beauty praised in the poem was Yang Guifei, who favored the harem at that time. Although some people think that Li Bai's poems are too gaudy and even disgusting, they are quite successful in praising people alone.
The first two sentences of the poem create an extremely romantic and gorgeous atmosphere through metaphor and exaggeration, highlighting Yang Guifei's beautiful face and deep love. In the last two sentences, Yushan and Yaotai are legendary places, so the poets here compare them to fairies.
Although the purpose of this poem is to praise Yang Guifei, it is rare that the metaphor is novel and unobtrusive, which has always been praised by future generations.