From Li Bai's Gift to Wang Lun in Tang Dynasty
Li Bai was just about to leave when he heard a farewell song from the shore.
Even if the Peach Blossom Pond is deep, it is not as deep as Wang Lun's sending away my love.
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Li Bai was about to leave when he heard a farewell song from the shore.
Even if the Peach Blossom Lake reaches thousands of feet, it can't compare with Wang Lun's Farewell to Me.
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He thanked Wang Lun for his kindness. Saying goodbye with the metaphor of "deep thousands of feet" is vivid, and the word "less than" is added, which enhances the moving power of the poem. This poem with obvious folk flavor is natural, simple, fresh and smooth. The poet used the ordinary scenery in front of him as a metaphor to write his sincere feelings for his friends.
Creation background
When Li Bai was visiting Taohuatan in Jingxian County (now Anhui Province), Wang Lun in nearby Jia Cun often entertained Li Bai with his own brewed wine, and they forged a deep friendship. Collected Notes of Li Bai, 300 Poems of Tang Poetry and Complete Poems of Tang Poetry published in past dynasties all recognized that Wang Lun was an ordinary villager that Li Bai met when he traveled in Jingxian County. This view continues to this day. Today, Wang Guangze, an Anhui scholar, has studied Wang's genealogy, Wang's genealogy and Wang's continuous branch tree in Jingxian County, and confirmed that "Wang Lun, also known as, is a native of the Tang Dynasty. During the Tianbao reign of Kaiyuan, Wang Lun was the magistrate of Jingxian County, and Li Bai "waited for him, but could not bear to leave him" (see "About Wang Lun" by Li See Zilong in the second series of Li Bai's Diary). According to this poem or when visiting for Li Bai, Wang Lun lived in Taohuatan. Li Bai Tianbao traveled from Guangling and Jinling to Xuancheng in the 13th year (754), so this poem should not be earlier than before.
According to Yuan Mei's Addendum to Poems in the Garden in the Qing Dynasty, Wang Lun, a hero of Jingxian County, was very happy when he heard that Li Bai, a great poet, lived in Lijiazhong, Nanling. He wrote to Li Bai: "How was your trip? There are miles of peach blossoms here. How about your drink, sir? There are thousands of hotels here. " Li Bai left happily. When he arrived in Jingxian County, Li Bai asked where Wang Lun Taoyuan Hotel was. Wang Lun replied, "Peach blossom is the name of a pool of water, and there is no peach blossom. Wanjia is the boss surnamed Wan, and there is no Wanjia Hotel. " Li Bai laughed.
On the day of Li Bai's departure, Wang Lun gave Li Bai eight famous horses and ten bundles of silks and satins, and sent servants aboard. After a farewell dinner at home, Li Bai boarded a boat parked on Taohuatan. The ship was about to leave the shore when he suddenly heard a song. Li Bai looked back and saw Wang Lun and many villagers marching on the shore, singing to see him off. Li Bai was very moved by the host's profound friendship and simple form of seeing him off. He immediately spread out the paper and ink and wrote this poem to Wang Lun.
Brief introduction of the author
Li Bai (70 1-762), the word Taibai, was a romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty and was praised as a "poetic immortal" by later generations. My ancestral home is Ji Cheng in Longxi (to be tested), and I was born in Broken Leaf City in the Western Regions. At the age of 4, he moved to Mianzhou City, Jiannan Province with his father. Li Bai has more than 1000 poems, among which Li Taibai Ji has been handed down from generation to generation. He died in 762 at the age of 6 1. Its tomb is in Dangtu, Anhui, and there are memorial halls in Jiangyou, Sichuan and Anlu, Hubei.