The talents given to me by God will definitely be put to use. Even if I use up all my gold and silver, I will get them again. This expresses the author's heroic and open-minded character.
Source: From Li Bai's "Jinjinjiu"
About the author:
Li Bai (701-762), also known as Taibai, also known as Qinglian Jushi. Also known as the "Exiled Immortal", he was a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty. He was hailed as the "Immortal of Poetry" by later generations, and was called "Li Du" together with Du Fu. In order to be compared with the other two poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu, he was known as "Little Li Du". "Difference, Du Fu and Li Bai are also collectively known as "Big Li Du". He is cheerful and generous, loves drinking, writing poetry, and making friends.
Original text:
If you don't see it, the water of the Yellow River will come up from the sky and rush to the sea never to return. Don’t you see, the bright mirror in the high hall has sad white hair, and it looks like blue silk in the morning and turns to snow in the evening. If you are proud of life, you must have all the joy, and don't let the golden bottle stand empty against the moon. It is my nature that my talents will be useful, and I will come back after all my money has been spent. Cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle is a pleasure, and you will have to drink three hundred cups at a time. Mr. Cen, Dan Qiusheng, is about to drink, but don’t stop. A song with you, please listen to me.
The bells, drums, delicacies and jade are not expensive, but I hope I will stay drunk and not wake up. In ancient times, all the sages were lonely, but only the drinkers left their names. In the old days, King Chen had a banquet, drinking and drinking, and had a lot of fun. What does the master mean when he has less money? It is up to you to decide what to sell. The five-flowered horse and the golden fur will be exchanged for fine wine, and I will sell the eternal sorrow with you.
Translation:
You can see that the water of the Yellow River is left from the sky, and the waves are rolling straight towards the East China Sea without returning. You can see the pale hair in the high hall mirror. In the morning, it is full of black hair, and in the evening it is like snow. When you are proud of life, you should enjoy the joy to the fullest and don't let the golden cup be empty to face the bright moon. God has created me and I will be useful. Even if the gold is scattered, I will still get it again. I can enjoy the joy of cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle. I don't think it is too much to drink three hundred cups at a time. Master Cen, Dan Qiusheng, drink quickly and don’t stop.
I sing a song for all my friends sitting here. Please listen carefully. Such wealth as Zhong Le Food is not rare. I would like to be drunk forever and never want to wake up. Saints and benevolent people have been silent since ancient times, and only those who are good at drinking have left a good reputation. At that time, Chen Wang Cao Zhiping was optimistic and held a banquet. A bucket of fine wine was worth ten thousand yuan and they drank happily. Master, why do you say you don't have much money anymore? Just bring me some wine and let me drink with my friends. No matter whether it's a precious five-flowered horse or a fox fur fur, quickly ask the waiter to take it all and exchange it for fine wine. Let's drink with you to dissolve this eternal sorrow.
Introduction to the work:
There are different opinions about the writing time of this poem. Yu Xianhao's "Collection of Li Bai" believes that this poem was written around the 24th year of Kaiyuan (736). Huang Xigui's "Catalog of Li Taibai's Collected Poems" was published in the 11th year of Tianbao (752). It is generally believed that this was written when Li Baibai left Beijing during the Bao period, roamed the Liang and Song Dynasties, and met his friends Cen Xun and Yuan Danqiu.
Appreciation:
Jiujiu is a title of Yuefu songs before the Tang Dynasty. Most of the content is about drinking wine and singing. In this poem, Li Bai "used the topic to express his anger" and used wine to drink away his sorrow. This poem very vividly expresses Li Bai's unruly character: on the one hand, he is full of confidence in himself and aloof and arrogant; on the other hand, after the twists and turns in his political future, he reveals his indulgence in enjoyment. The whole poem is heroic, unrestrained in emotion, fluent in language, and highly contagious.
"Jiangjinjiu" is not long in length, but the five tones are complex and the atmosphere is extraordinary. The writing is full of ink, the emotions are extremely sad and angry and the writing is wild, and the language is extremely bold and calm. The poem has the momentum and power to shock ancient and modern times. This is indeed related to the exaggeration technique. For example, the poem often uses huge numbers ("a thousand pieces of gold", "three hundred cups", "ten thousand cups of wine", "a thousand pieces of gold", "eternal sorrow"). ", etc.) to express heroic poetry.
At the same time, it does not give people a sense of hollowness and exaggeration. The root of it lies in its rich and deep inner feelings, the turbulent emotions of anger hidden under the drinking conversation. In addition, the whole article has great ups and downs, and the poetic mood suddenly changes, from sadness to joy, to wildness, to anger, then to wildness, and finally culminates in "eternal sorrow". In response to the beginning of the chapter, it is like a rushing river, with momentum and excitement. It twists and turns, twists and turns vertically and horizontally, and can carry the cauldron with its strength.
His songs include the writing method of the song, as well as the uncanny craftsmanship and the beauty of "breaking the path of pen and ink", which cannot be learned by engraving, nor can it be achieved by others. The whole article is mainly composed of seven words, and is "broken" by thirty or fifty words, which are extremely inconsistent and intricate; the poems are mainly composed of prose, and are also touched by short antitheses (such as "Master Cen, Dan Qiu Sheng" , "Five-flowered Horse, Thousand-Gold Fur"), the rhythm is fast and changing, unrestrained but not sloppy. "Tang Shi Bie Cai" says that "those who read Li's poems in the majestic and rapid way, and get the spirit of profoundness and elegance, are the faces of the immortals." This article is worthy of it.