The Artistic Conception of Li Shangyin's A Rainy Night to a Friend in the North

In the poems of predecessors, there are many examples of people writing here and thinking about other places. There are many people who want to remember today when writing. However, the combination of the two forms such a perfect artistic conception, but Li Shangyin is not only good at learning from the artistic experience of his predecessors, but also brave in making new explorations and exerting his original spirit.

Notes for Friends in the North on a Rainy Night is a lyric quatrain written by Li Shangyin, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty, to his wife (or friend) in Chang 'an and a foreign land in Bashu. It is the poet's reply to each other.

The whole poem is as follows:

When you ask about the return date, it's hard to say, evening rain, Manqiuchi.

When * * * cut the candle at the west window, but talk about the rain at night.

The translation is as follows:

You asked me when I would go back. I haven't set a date yet. At the moment, evening rain is falling, and the autumn rain is full of Hechi. When can I go back to my hometown, and we can talk while cutting candles under the west window? Then I'll be a guest in Bashan tonight and listen to the drizzle and tell you how lonely I am and how much I miss you!

Extended data:

This poem is selected from Volume III of Yuxi Shi Sheng, which was written by Li Shangyin when he was in Bashu (present-day Sichuan). Because Chang 'an is in the north of Bashu, it is entitled "A note to friends in the north on a rainy night".

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The originality of artistic conception is reflected in the originality of the composition structure. The word "period" can be seen from two aspects, one is to ask your wife and the other is to answer yourself; The wife asked to urge her to come back early, but lamented that the date of her return was not accurate. "Late Rain" re-emerged, one is a real scene among the guests, and it is a tight answer; One is to talk about help after going back, and the wife should ask from a distance.

And with "how to do" in the middle, connect the past and the future, turn reality into nothingness, open up the realm of imagination, and make the cycle control of time and space blend seamlessly.

Modern poetry generally avoids literal repetition, but this poem deliberately breaks away from convention. The two views of the word "period", especially the reappearance of "late rain", just constitute a wonderful cycle of timbre and composition, which just shows the artistic beauty of the cycle of time and space and achieves the perfect combination of content and form.

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