"The Road Is Difficult" is an ancient poem.
"It's Difficult to Travel" is a Yuefu poem written by Lu Zhaolin, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. This poem successfully expresses the strong desire to explore the essence of life. The poem starts from the association caused by the orange tree branches beside the Wei Bridge. It talks about the hardships of the world and the sorrow of parting, and contains a strong sigh of the rise and fall of history.
Then it spans the past and present, thinking about history and life, with strong lyricism, and vividly expresses the sadness of the impermanence of the world and the limited life. The whole poem has a broad realm, powerful momentum, and calm writing style. The contrast between sound and rhythm reflects the artistic characteristics of the changing period of poetic style.
Appreciation of Works
Lu Zhaolin's "Difficult to Travel" is calm and stretched, slow and unhurried, with multiple rhyme changes; its rhythm, rhetoric, and antithesis are obviously influenced by the poetry of the Six Dynasties. It also reflects the artistic characteristics of the changing period of poetic style.
Starting from the "Bai Liang style" of the Han Dynasty, absorbing the rhythmic antithesis of the Six Dynasties, the seven-character poetry gradually caught up with the five-character poetry; and began to diverge from the early Tang Dynasty, becoming the new modern style rhythm and Yuefu song line. The "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty" also made great contributions to the seven-character ancient poetry. Lu Zhaolin's "Ancient Meanings of Chang'an" and "Difficulty in Traveling" are representative works in this regard.