Meng Haoran's Poems of Mourning in Travel

In the literary history of the Tang Dynasty, the school of pastoral poetry initiated by Wang Meng had a great influence. Although there is still a gap compared with Bai and others, his poems have their own characteristics, which can be said to be an important school in Tang poetry. His extreme pursuit of scenery description and perfection of artistic means have also had a far-reaching impact on the history of literature in later generations.

Meng Haoran, in particular, can stand shoulder to shoulder with Wang Wei in landscape poetry, which has already explained his own ability and level. Moreover, his most wonderful landscape poems are very classic, describing the poet's wandering homesickness. Look:

Stop the boat in a foggy small state, when new worries come to the guest's heart.

The vastness of the wilderness is deeper than trees, and the moon is very close to the moon.

The title of this poem is Sleeping in Jiande, which was written by Meng Haoran when he was homesick. Although this five-line poem has few words, its artistic conception is far-reaching and profound, and it is a very wonderful masterpiece of Tang poetry.

The opening begins with the poet's scene at that time, and begins with the sentence "My boat is moving on its foggy moor". The poet experienced a day's windsurfing and temporarily stopped by the river, wanting to spend the night here, which also echoed the topic of "accommodation". The hazy environment here is the easiest to arouse the poet's poetry and lay the foundation for the following lyricism.

The second sentence, "When the sun wanes, old memories begin", says that the poet should begin to express his feelings. As the sun sets, a night berth on Jiande River is called "". When resting here, what a poet should do is to sleep peacefully for tomorrow. But the smoke, sunset and night in the poet's eyes, coupled with his own sleeping on the street, made him homesick.

Although the last two sentences are about scenery, which turns a homesickness into a poem, they are ethereal and directly hit people's hearts. "How wide the world is, how close the trees are to heaven, and how close the moon is to the water!" The poet wrote about the sunset, stopped on the shore and saw the vast land, the water and the sky connected, the reflection of the bright moon and the trees by the river. The poet used the word "moon" to express his homesickness. On this lonely night, he saw the reflection of the moon in the water and thought of the distance away from home, which made him deeply moved.

But the poem came to an abrupt end and there was no further emotional expression. At that time, the poet went to Beijing with great expectations, but he was frustrated one after another. Although I was able to meet the King, my official career was quite unsatisfactory, and I could only wander in the land of wuyue to relieve my depression. Now, in this bleak moonlight and this smoky night, the poet's homesickness, self-pity and loneliness are all in this song.

Sleeping at Jiande is a portrayal of Meng Haoran's bumpy life.