Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi
On this side of the quarry, there are endless weeds around the cemetery, and white clouds are far away.
Sadly, the bones in the depths of the cave once wrote earth-shattering poems.
As long as he is a poet, most of his fate is not good, and the poet is poor and frustrated, nothing is better than Li Jun.
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By the quarrying river, endless weeds surround the cemetery, away from the white clouds.
Sadly, the bones in this grave have written earth-shattering poems.
As long as they are poets, most of them have bad fate. Poets are poor and frustrated, and no one has surpassed Li Jun.
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Li Bais Tomb: Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, died in Dangtu (now Anhui) and was buried in Longshan for the first time. In the twelfth year of Yuanhe (8 17), he moved to Qingshan in the first month. Today, there is still a tomb site in Xiacai Town, Nancai Mountain, Maanshan, Anhui Province. Poets used to chant here.
Quarrying: namely, Caishiji, formerly known as Niuzhuji, is located on the east bank of the Yangtze River in Maanshan City, Anhui Province, with the northern section of Niuzhushan protruding from the river. The river is narrow and the situation is dangerous. Since ancient times, it has been an important ferry crossing between the north and the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also an important town for river defense. Legend has it that Li Bai was drunk and drowned in the moon. There are monuments such as Taibai Pagoda and Moon Catching Pavilion.
Tian: refers to the cemetery.
Pity: alas, pity. Bare ridge: a bare grave. Poor spring: under the spring, it refers to the underground and grave where people are buried.
Earth-shattering: Describing what happened is extremely unusual and shocking. This is a high evaluation of Li Bai's poems, which can touch the world.
But: but always, just. Unlucky: Bad luck, bad fortune.
Right: Among them. Fall: Down and out, poor, frustrated. Jun: Li Bai.
Creation background
This seven-character poem Li Bais Tomb was written in the 15th year of Zhenyuan in Tang Dezong (799). Bai Juyi was twenty-eight years old in Xuanzhou (now Xuancheng, Anhui). Li Bais Tomb was originally in Longshan, in the twelfth year of Yuanhe (8 17). He made an observation and asked Fan to move Li Bais Tomb to Castle Peak according to Li Bai's wishes. Bai Juyi saw that this was Fan's old tomb, which was neither moved nor buried at that time. "The tomb is three feet high and is being destroyed day by day."
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Li Bai's poems are famous throughout the ages, but he suffered misfortune before his death, fell, died of depression, and had a simple cemetery. The poet was deeply moved when he paid tribute to the people of Sri Lanka. The desolation of Li Bai's cemetery in the poem expresses sincere admiration and admiration for Li Bai's achievements in poetry and prose, and infinite sympathy for his poor life.
The first two sentences of the poem describe the simplicity and desolation of Li Bai's cemetery, and through the description of the surrounding environment in Li Bais Tomb, a desolate atmosphere is set off. "Pity" is pity for the cold bones lying in the wilderness. When he was alive, he wrote earth-shattering poems. Here, the contradiction between the greatness of Li Bai's poetry and the desolation of the cemetery after the death of a generation of poets is clearly demonstrated through emotional words such as "cherish" and "once had", which directly shows the poet's grief and indignation. Although Li Bai is desolate and indifferent after his death, he is immortal, and his poems that make the gods cry will remain in the world forever and be loved by people forever. The last two sentences put forward the problem that the poet is unlucky, and the higher Li Bai's talent, the thinner his life is, expressing the poet's deep sympathy and injustice for Li Bai's ups and downs, and praising Li Bai's greatness again from the side. The ending is endless, the meaning is endless, and it is intriguing.
The form of this poem adopts the variation of seven laws, and six sentences are rich in pregnancy and deep in feelings. Li Bai's outstanding achievements in the whole poem form multiple contrasts with Li Bai's bumpy fate, the desolation of the cemetery after his death and the gloom of the later literary world, thus giving the works a thrilling artistic appeal.