Elegy explanation

Elegy is a poem written for the dead. Elegy is a song sung by the ancients at funerals, which consists of music and lyrics. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, elegies have been produced. After the Han and Wei Dynasties, elegy singing became one of the funeral customs stipulated by the imperial court. At the same time, elegy began to break through the barriers of death and mourning, and its application was more extensive. Many literati and celebrities indulged in elegy. In the Six Dynasties, elegy singing became a fashion for a while, and many celebrities used it to express their contempt for etiquette and unrestrained style. Elegy's unique sad mood and beautiful aesthetic style express the literati's aesthetic concept that sadness is beauty, and it is also the poetic expression of their unique philosophy of existence. "Although they didn't choose to commit suicide-death, they showed the significance of existence that is often found only in the face of death. They are natural beings, and they are emitted through emotional thinking about death. " This is the real value of elegy. Romain rolland said, "It's everyone's turn to climb the eternal peak of suffering. Everyone will encounter eternal pain and hold hopeless hopes. Everyone should follow those who resist death, deny death and finally have to die. " (John Christophe's Fu Lei Translation Collection, Volume III, Volume VII, page 4 15) Therefore, lamenting the passage of life has become an eternal theme in literature and art, which has vivid expression in China's elegies and elegies in the middle ages and is still memorable after thousands of years.