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Drink the songs of the Eight Immortals
Du Fu [Tang Dynasty]
Zhang Zhi rode a horse like a boat, dazzled, and fell asleep at the bottom of the well.
Ruyang's three fights began in the sky, and the road was salivating at the corner of the car. I wish I could not seal it to Jiuquan.
Drinking thousands of dollars, a cup of music is called avoiding sages.
Zong Zhi, a handsome 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 hundreds of poems about fighting wine 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 handed down three cups of grass, and before he took off his hat and showed his head to the maharaja, he threw the paper like a cloud.
Jiao Sui's five buckets of rice are outstanding and have amazing eloquence.
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He rode a horse after drinking, swaying like a boat. He fell into the well with dim eyes and fell asleep at the bottom of the well.
Li Xian, the king of Ruyang, drank three glasses of wine and went to see the son of heaven. On the way, I met a car filled with distiller's yeast, and the smell of wine made my mouth water. It's a pity that it can't be sealed in Jiuquan County, where the water tastes like wine.
Li, left, spends tens of thousands of dollars every day, swallowing and sucking water from hundreds of rivers like whales. It is claimed that the purpose of drinking is to get rid of politics and make way for beauty.
Cui Zongzhi is a handsome young man. When he has a drink, he often looks up at the sky. His handsome figure is like a well-proportioned tree.
Although Su Jin fasted before the Buddha, he often forgot the Buddhist precepts when drinking.
Li Bai can write hundreds of poems in a wine fight. He goes to Chang 'an Street Restaurant to drink and often sleeps in restaurants. The son of heaven gave a banquet in the lake and asked him to preface the poem. He refused to get on the boat because he was drunk, claiming to be Brewmaster.
Zhang Xu drank three glasses of wine and wrote a book with a brush. People called him Cao Xian. He often takes off his hat in front of princes and nobles and scribbles books. If God helps him, his book will be like a cloud of smoke on the paper.
After drinking five glasses of wine, I regained my spirits. Conversations at parties often surprise everyone.
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Zhang Zhi: He Zhangzhi, born in Yongxing, Yuezhou (now Xiaoshan, Zhejiang), is the official to the secretary supervisor. Indulgence, since the name "Siming fanatic", also known as "secretary outside the prison." As soon as he met Li Bai in Chang 'an, he called him "fallen immortal" and gave up the scarab for a big bite. These two sentences say that he rides a horse after being drunk, wobbling, just like taking a boat. Drunk, fell into the well and fell asleep.
Ruyang: Wang Lixian, a native of Ruyang, was the nephew of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Chaotian: See the Son of Heaven. This means that Li entered North Korea after drinking alcohol. Quche, wine cart.
Move fief: change fief.
Jiuquan: County name, in Jiuquan County, Gansu Province. Legend has it that there is a spring under the county seat, which tastes like wine. Hence the name Jiuquan.
Refers to the left prime minister Li, who served as the left prime minister in August of the first year of Tianbao (742) and excluded Li in April of the fifth year of Tianbao (746).
Long whale: whale. The ancients thought that whales could draw water from hundreds of rivers, so people used it to describe Li as a heavy drinker.
Cup: greedy for wine. Saint: synonymous with wine.
Zong Zhi: Cui Zongzhi, the son of Cui Ri, a senior official of the Ministry, named Qi Huangong with his father, became an official and became friends with Li Bai. Goblet.
White eyes: Kim Ruan Ji can be green eyes, friends' green eyes and laity's white eyes.
Yushu is in the wind: Cui Zong is beautiful, so he takes Yushu as a metaphor.
Su Jin: Kaiyuan Jinshi, once assistant minister of the household department, Changzhai: Changzhai.
Embroidered Buddha: A painted Buddha statue.
Escape from Zen: this refers to not obeying Buddhist precepts. Buddhism abstains from alcohol. Su Jin used to believe in Buddhism, but he was addicted to alcohol, so he called it "retreat from Zen"
Li Bai: He is famous for his heavy drinking capacity and quick thinking, and he often borrows wine to help poetry.
Zhang Xu: Wu, a famous calligrapher in Tang Dynasty, is good at cursive script, and is called "the sage of grass".
Topless: Writing about Zhang Xu's wild and unruly drunkenness. It is said that when Zhang Xu is drunk, he often shouts and runs, writes with a pen, and even writes with ink on his head. When I woke up, I looked at my handwriting and thought it was a miracle and could not be recovered. The world calls it "Zhangdian".
Jiao Sui: A commoner in cloth, famous for drinking, with unknown deeds.
Outstanding: radiant.
Distinguish and appreciate
Song of the Eight Immortals is humorous in artistic conception, bright in color and light in melody. From the phonological point of view, it is a rigorous and complete, rhyme to the end, in one go. Structurally, each role has its own chapter, and eight roles have distinct priorities. The personality characteristics of each character are like group carvings, which are really unique in art, as Wang Siyuan said: "This precedent has no cause." It is indeed a unique work in classical poetry.
Creation background
This poem was written by Du Fu when he first arrived in Chang 'an in the fifth year of Tianbao (746). Historically, Li Bai, He, Li, Cui Zongzhi, Zhang Xu and Jiao Sui were all good drinkers, and they were called "Eight Immortals in Wine". They all live in Chang 'an, and they are very similar in drinking, generous and open-minded. This poem written by Du Fu is the portrait of these eight people.
Brief introduction of the author
Du Fu (7 12-770), with beautiful words, is called "Du Gongbu" and "Du Shaoling" in the world. Born in Fugong County, Henan Province (now gongyi city, Henan Province), he was a great realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty. Du Fu is regarded as a "poet saint" by the world, and his poems are called "the history of poetry". Du Fu and Li Bai are called "Du Li" together. In order to distinguish them from the other two poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu, that is, "Little Du Li", Du Fu and Li Bai are also called "Big Du Li". He is concerned about the country and the people and has a noble personality. About 65,438+0,400 of his poems have been preserved, and his poetic skills are exquisite, and he is highly respected in Chinese classical poetry and has far-reaching influence. He lived in Chengdu from 759 to 766 and was commemorated by Du Fu's Caotang.