"Woyi Alley" ?Liu Yuxi
There are wild grasses and flowers beside Zhuque Bridge, and the setting sun is setting at the entrance of Wuyi Alley.
In the old days, the king Xietang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people.
1. Translation
Some wild grasses are blooming beside Zhuque Bridge, and only the setting sun hangs slantingly at the entrance of Wuyi Alley. The swallows that were under the eaves of Director Wang and Xie An have now flown into the homes of ordinary people.
2. Appreciation
This is the second poem of Liu Yuxi's "Five Questions of Jinling". Wuyi Lane is located near the Zhuque Bridge at the south gate of Jinling. It is where the aristocratic families such as Wang Dao and Xie An of the Eastern Jin Dynasty gathered. The first two sentences match the name of the bridge and the lane, which is really a masterstroke. The wonderful pairing is even more wonderful because it integrates the poet's feeling about the world without leaving any trace: the sunset is setting, and the twilight is approaching. In this cold mood, the weeds are blooming in the wild, seeming to be ironic with bright colors and vigorous vitality. Changes in world affairs. It seems to be using its free life to imply that this once prosperous place has become desolate, with few carriages and horses, and no paths for weeds.
3. Introduction to the author
Liu Yuxi (772-842), named Mengde, Han nationality, was born in Pengcheng (now Xuzhou) in the Tang Dynasty of China, his ancestral home is Luoyang, a writer and philosopher of the Tang Dynasty He claimed to be a descendant of King Jing of Shanzhong Mountain in Han Dynasty. He was a censor and a member of Wang Shuwen's political reform group. A famous poet in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, he was known as the "Poetry Hero". His family is a scholarly family with Confucianism passed down from generation to generation. He advocated political innovation and was one of the central figures in the political innovation activities of Wang Shuwen School. Later, Yongzhen's reform failed and he was demoted to Sima of Langzhou (now Changde, Hunan). According to Mr. Zhou Xinguo, a historian and collector in Changde, Hunan, Liu Yuxi wrote "Spring Hope of Han Shou City" when he was demoted to Langzhou Sima.