Wang Changling
Cold rain at night, Wu,
Pingming Chugu Mountain in Fujian.
If relatives and friends in Luoyang ask each other,
A piece of ice is in the jade pot.
This is the Lotus Inn and Xin Qiji written by Wang Changling, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. The artistic conception of the poem is: a cold rain overnight makes the river swell. The poet's mood also fluctuates with the tide. In the biting wind and rain, the poet and his good friend Xin gradually sat quietly, relatively speechless. From night to dawn, farewell is just around the corner. Finally, the poet told Xin gradually that you have left me since then. When I meet relatives and friends in Luoyang, I want to tell them: I recently saw that what he did was clean, like a piece of ice heart, stored in a jade pot without dust and dirt. This is a famous self-encouragement poem.
Wang Changling, whose real name is Shao Bo, was born in Chang 'an, Jing Zhao (now Xi, Shaanxi). Early poverty, trapped in farming, near but not confused. The first secretary of the provincial school, Lang, also learned from the macro words, and awarded Si Shuiwei, who was relegated to Lingnan because of things. At the end of Kaiyuan, he returned to Chang 'an and awarded Jiangning Cheng. The slandered dragon captain. His poems are famous for their four wonders, especially the frontier poems written in northwest frontier fortress before he ascended the first place, which is known as "the poet king Jiangning".
At this time, the poet hit a wall everywhere and was scarred. How could he choose to go with the flow because he was out of tune with the world? "Luoyang relatives and friends ask each other, and a piece of ice heart is in the jade pot." Back to my hometown, tell my friends and relatives that at any time, I will keep my noble sentiments and never give up the pursuit of pure personality.
As early as the Six Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, Bao Zhao, a poet, described his noble and innocent character as "a jade pot with clear ice". Since Yao Chong, the prime minister of Kaiyuan, wrote Zhuan Jie, poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty such as Wang Wei, Cui Hao and Li Bai. They all use curling to encourage themselves and praise the open and transparent character. Bao Zhao's life experience is the same as his own. Although pregnant with a wizard, she lost her ambition for life. Bao Xu, who was born in poverty, was shut out by the ruthless gate system. However, in the face of helpless fate, they can only be as spotless as the ice in the white jade pot.
Wang Changling was demoted to Lingnan for the first time in the 27th year of Kaiyuan. Because of its informality, "discussion is boiling". After returning from Lingnan, he was appointed as Jiangning Cheng, and a few years later he was demoted to Long Biao, which shows the harsh environment in which he lived. Here, the poet refers to himself as a crystal clear ice heart jade pot, which is based on the real understanding and mutual trust between him and his relatives and friends in Luoyang. This is not a confession of the poet's slander, but a self-praise that despises slander. Therefore, the poet holds a bright and clean ice heart from the flawless empty jade pot to comfort his friends, which can express his deep affection for Luoyang relatives and friends better than any words of acacia.