Ancient China has a long history and a long history of culture. Over the long years, the ancients used their wisdom to leave many precious cultural treasures for future generations, such as poetry culture. The most prosperous period for poetry culture was the Tang and Song Dynasties. During this period, many outstanding figures emerged, such as Li Shangyin.
Under the light of the predecessors, the poetry of the late Tang Dynasty has a tendency to be worse than before. However, Li Shangyin pushed Tang poetry to another peak. He was a famous poet in the late Tang Dynasty. Du Mu was as famous as him. Also known as "Xiao Li Du". Li Shangyin, Li He and Li Bai are collectively known as the "Three Lis". Together with Wen Tingyun, they are called "Wen Li". Because the style of poetry is similar to that of Duan Chengshi and Wen Tingyun of the same period, and all three of them were ranked sixteenth in the family, they are collectively called "Thirty-sixth Style".
Li Shangyin, whose courtesy name was Yishan and whose nickname was Yuxisheng, was from Hanoi, Huaizhou (now Qinyang County, Henan Province). He was a famous poet in the late Tang Dynasty. Together with Du Mu, he was known as "Little Li Du". Li Shangyin's life was not smooth. Although he passed the imperial examination, his official career was bumpy, and he was marginalized because of his involvement in the political whirlpool of the "Niu-Li Party Controversy". He struggled throughout his life and passed away with infinite melancholy.
Li Shangyin was one of the few poets in the late Tang Dynasty and even the entire Tang Dynasty who deliberately pursued poetic beauty. He was good at poetry writing, and his parallel prose had high literary value. His poems had novel ideas and beautiful styles, especially some love poems. The poems and untitled poems are sentimental, beautiful and moving, and are widely read. However, some of Li Shangyin's poems (represented by "Jin Se") are too obscure and confusing, and difficult to understand. There is a saying that "poets always love Xikun, but hate that no one writes Zheng Jian."
"Jin Se"
The Jin Se has fifty strings for no reason, and each string and column reflects the past.
Zhuang Sheng was obsessed with butterflies in his morning dream, and looked forward to the emperor's spring heart with cuckoos.
The moon in the sea has tears, and the sun in Lantian is warm and jade produces smoke.
This feeling can be remembered later, but it was already at a loss.
For this poem, we can understand it this way: Why does the exquisite zither have fifty strings? Every string and every string reminds me of my youth. Zhuang Zhou danced and turned into a butterfly in his sleep, while Emperor Wang pinned his hatred on the cuckoo. The sharks shed tears in the bright moon, and only then can the jade be turned into blue smoke under the warmth of the sun in Lantian. Why do I have to recall this scene now? It's just because I was just confused at that time.
The title of this poem is the two words at the beginning of the poem. From another perspective, it can actually be regarded as an untitled poem. In the poem, every sentence is very classic, making people endlessly memorable and feeling the beauty brought by the poem. However, if you consider every word, you will find that it is actually difficult to understand the artistic conception.
People have three understandings of this poem. Some people think that this poem is a farewell poem written by Li Shangyin to a maid named "Jin Se". Some people think that this poem is written by Li Shangyin. It is a mourning poem written for his wife Wang, and some people think that this poem is a poem chanting music.
Everyone who reads this poem will always have a different opinion. Therefore, the understanding of this poem seems not to be so rigorous. However, despite different understandings, it does not prevent people from admiring this excellent work and treating it as Li Shangyin's classic work.