Have you ever noticed how the water of the Yellow River flows out of heaven and into the ocean, never to return?
Have you noticed that the lovely hair in the bright mirror in the high room, although it is silky black in the morning, has turned into snow at night.
Oh, let a man with spirit take risks where he wants to go, and never point his golden cup at the moon empty! . Since God has given talents, let them be used! As for the money, although it is scattered, it will get together again.
Cook a sheep, kill a cow, sharpen your appetite, and let me, 300 bowls, take a big drink! . Master Cen, Dan Qiusheng can drink and drink endlessly.
Let me sing you a song! Please listen to me. What are bells and drums, delicacies and treasures? I hope I will never wake up.
Ancient sober people and sages were forgotten, and only great drinkers can be immortalized. Chen bought a barrel of wine with 10 thousand gold coins at a banquet in the temple, and everyone laughed and said one-liners
Why do you say, my master, your money is gone? , to buy wine, we drink together! .
Five flower horses, Hsi Chin, give them to the boy in exchange for good wine. Whatever you want, sell eternal sorrow.
Translation:
Didn't you see that the water of the Yellow River fell from the sky and the waves rolled straight to the East China Sea and never came back? Can't you see that your elderly parents are sighing in the mirror about their aging white hair? When they were young, their hair was all white.
When you are proud of your life, you should indulge in joy and don't let this golden cup be empty for the bright moon. Everyone's birth must have its own value and significance. Even if the gold is spent, it can still be recovered. Let's have fun cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle. It's no exaggeration to drink 300 cups at once today! Master Cen, Dan Qiusheng, drink quickly. Raise your glass and don't stop.
Let me sing a song for you. Please listen to me carefully: What is the value of the luxurious life of eating delicacies all day? I just want to stay drunk. Since ancient times, sages have been lonely and lonely, and only those who can drink can leave a good reputation. Do you know the optimistic story of Cao Zhi's banquet in Wang Chen? You also drank heavily when you were fighting for wine, which made the host and guest have a good time.
Master, why do you say I don't have much money? Just buy wine and we'll drink it together. Those precious beautiful horses and expensive thousand gold foxes and furs, please change all the waiters into wine, let's eliminate this endless sorrow together!
This poem is from "Into the Wine" by Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. It is a poem created following the ancient theme of Yuefu. "Entering wine" belongs to the old topic of "singing" in Han Yuefu, and its content is mostly feasting and amusement.
Extended data
Creation background
There are different opinions about the writing time of this poem. Yu Xianhao's Li Baiji believes that this poem was written around the 24th year of Kaiyuan (736). Huang Xixuan's Chronicle of Li Taibai was compiled in the 11th year of Tianbao (752). It is generally believed that this is what Li Bai did when he wandered between Liang and Song Dynasties and met his friends Cenxun and Yuan Danqiu after he left Beijing in Tianbao years.
In the early years of Tianbao of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai was recommended by Taoist wujun, and was accepted by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, ordering Li Bai to worship the Hanlin. Soon, due to the slander of powerful people, Li Bai was expelled from Beijing in Tianbao three years (744), and Tang Xuanzong paid back the money. Since then, Li Bai has been wandering around the Jianghuai area, and his thoughts are extremely annoyed, and he has once again embarked on a long journey of traveling around the mountains and rivers of the motherland.
When Li Bai wrote this poem, it was eight years since Li Bai was "given gold and returned" by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. During this period, Li Bai and his friend Cen Xun (Master Cen) were invited to Angelababy, another friend of Songshan, Yuan Danqiu. The three of them climbed the mountain, held a banquet and sang songs through wine.
The poet was politically excluded and frustrated, and his ideal could not be realized. They often drown their sorrows in wine. The joy of life is nothing more than making friends at cocktail parties, and the author is at the moment of "using the talents of the world without meeting each other", so he is full of untimely drinking to drown his sorrows.
Poetry allusions
In the early days of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty, Li Baigang came to Chang 'an from Sichuan. He didn't show his face and no one appreciated him. Write poems at home all day or go out to play. One day, Li Bai was in a pub in Chang 'an, drinking his wine with great interest, and occasionally reciting some poems that he was proud of. There happened to be a dignitary sitting diagonally opposite Li Bai. He was one of the so-called "Drunken Eight Immortals" at that time.
When he heard Li Bai's poem, he came forward to say hello. After exchanging names, He Zhangzhi asked, "Cai Fang listened to Mr. Xi Yin's beautiful sentences. I wonder whose masterpiece this is? " Li Bai said, "It's all my poor work." Say that finish, he took out a pile of poems from his pocket and handed it over. He Zhangzhi took the poem and after reading it carefully, he couldn't help but sigh: "What a stroke of genius!"
Especially when I read "the moon is the first to reach the water": Have you seen how the water of the Yellow River flows out of heaven and into the ocean, never to return? Don't you see that Tang Gang's mirror is sad and white-haired. Although it is silky black in the morning, it turns into snow at night ... "This is a fairy in the sky who can write these earth-shattering stories. You are simply a fallen fairy! " Li Bai's title of "fallen immortal" came from this.
To celebrate, he filled the shopkeeper with wine and delicacies and had a good drink with Li Bai. When paying the bill, he found that he didn't have enough money on him, so he took off the scarab he was wearing without hesitation.
Later, introduced by He, Li Bai went to the palace to visit Emperor Tang Ming, and wrote many poems on the spot, which won the love of Emperor Tang Ming. Li Bai stayed in the palace with a song "Near Wine" and became famous from then on.