Charming poetry

This sentence comes from Bai Juyi's "Song of Eternal Sorrow": As long as she turns her head and smiles, a hundred spells will be cast, and the powder and paint in the sixth house will all go up in smoke.

Meaning: She looks back and smiles, all kinds of charm; All the concubines in the Sixth Palace are eclipsed.

Appreciation: This sentence is very exaggerated, which embodies the beauty of Yang Guifei and highlights the emperor of China's longing for the beauty that may shake an empire.

Note: All concubines in the palace. The ancient emperor set up six palaces, namely the master bedroom (where daily government affairs were handled) and the Yan bedroom (where people rested), which were collectively called the six palaces. Make-up: Make-up is women's cosmetics. Powder is used to wipe the face, and makeup is used to stroke the eyebrows. This generation refers to the women in the sixth house. No color: it means that everyone has lost their beautiful appearance by contrast.

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Song of everlasting regret-Bai Juyi

The emperor of China, eager to shake the beauty of an empire, has been in office for many years, searching and never finding it.

Until a child of the Yang family grew up in the inner room, almost before she grew up, and no one knew her.

However, due to the gift of heaven and no concealment, it was finally elected royal one day.

If she just turned her head and smiled, there were a hundred spells, and the powder and paint of six palaces disappeared without a trace.

It was early spring. They let her bathe in a pure pool to warm and smooth her creamy skin.

Because she was tired, a maid lifted her up, when the emperor noticed her for the first time and chose her as his bride.

On the night of spring, the warm hibiscus curtains covered her fluttering hair, petals on her cheeks and golden ripples on her head.

But the night in spring is short and the sun rises too fast. Since then, the emperor has given up his early hearing.

Translation:

Ming Di favored beautiful women in the Tang Dynasty. After becoming emperor, he searched for beautiful women for many years, but found nothing. The Yang family has a daughter who has just grown up and is very delicate and charming. She was brought up in a boudoir, and outsiders didn't know that she was absolutely beautiful.

Natural beauty and beauty made it difficult for her to be buried in the world, and soon she became a concubine around Tang. She looked back and smiled, charming and moving; All the concubines in the Sixth Palace are eclipsed.

When the spring was chilly, the emperor bathed her in Huaqing Pool, and the warm spring water washed her skin. The maid helped her, and she was as soft and graceful as a hibiscus, so she began to get the favor of the emperor.

The sideburns are like clouds, the face is like flowers, and the head is wearing golden steps. Warm lotus account, and the emperor * * * spring night. Love only hates the short spring night and sleeps until the sun is high. The king loved his children's gentle hometown and never went to court again.

Poetry appreciation:

Song of Eternal Sorrow is a long narrative poem by Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. The whole poem vividly describes the love tragedy between Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei. With the help of historical figures and legends, poets have created touching stories and reproduced the truth of real life through their own artistic images, which have infected readers for thousands of years. The theme of this poem is "Song of Eternal Sorrow". This poem has had a far-reaching influence on many literary works in later generations.

In this narrative poem, the author describes the love tragedy of Xuanzong and Yang Guifei in the Anshi Rebellion with refined language, beautiful images, narrative and lyricism: their love was destroyed by their own rebellion, and they were endlessly eating the bitter fruit of this spirit.

Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei are both historical figures. Poets do not stick to history, but rely on a little shadow of history. According to the legend of the people at that time, the singing of the neighborhood has degenerated into a tortuous and touching story, which is described and sung in a reciprocating and touching art form.