This poem is from Li Shangyong, a poet of Tang Dynasty.
The original poem is:
Dapeng rises with the wind one day and soars into Wan Li.
If the wind weakens, it can still lift away the turbulent current.
When the world saw my unchanging tone, it sneered at all my big words.
Fu Xuan can still fear the afterlife, but her husband can't be young.
Interpretation of vernacular Chinese:
One day, Dapeng will fly with the wind, and with the wind, it will go straight to the outside world. Even if the wind stops, its power can still lift away the turbulent water. When people see that I like to say strange things, they all laugh at my sweet words. Confucius also said that the afterlife is awesome, and a gentleman cannot despise young people.
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Dapeng is an image that Li Bai often uses to describe himself in his poems and Fu. It is not only a symbol of freedom, but also a symbol of shocking ideals and interests. The opening of the whole poem is passionate and high-profile, and the first four sentences are compared with "Dapeng". The image of Dapeng often appears in Li Bai's works.
Dapeng is a divine bird in Zhuangzi Xiaoyao. Dapeng is a symbol of freedom in Zhuangzi's philosophy system, and Li Bai was deeply influenced by it. Therefore, Li Bai's works will always have the most romantic fantasy, always full of contempt for the powerful and the pursuit of freedom.
"Dapeng day with the wind, soaring nine Wan Li. If the wind stops, it can still lift away the raging water. " Li Bai compared himself with Dapeng, described the majestic scene of the legendary Dapeng bird when it took off and fell, and even showed the poet Li Bai's ambition to rise to the sky at this time.
Li Bai wrote in the third and fourth sentences of his poem: "If the wind stops, it can still stir the turbulent water." Even if the wind stops and Dapeng falls, it will stir up waves in the rivers and lakes. In the poem, Li Yong is a strong wind borrowed by Dapeng, and Li Bai made it clear here that even without Li Yong's help in the future, he could have an extraordinary influence in politics. This extraordinary courage can only be summed up in one word "crazy".
The last four sentences of the poem are an answer to Li Yong's snub attitude: "Tianxia" refers to ordinary people at that time, obviously including Li Yong. Because this poem is written directly to Li Yong, the wording is euphemistic, and on the surface it only refers to "Tianxia".
"Abnormal tone" refers to speaking very much. Li Bai's grand ambitions are often not understood by the world and ridiculed as "big talk". Li Bai obviously didn't expect that celebrities like Li Yong were as knowledgeable as ordinary people, so he refuted the story that a saint knew how to pull out the afterlife.
"Fu Xuan can still fear the afterlife, and her husband can't be young." These two sentences mean that Kong still thinks that his future life is awesome. Are you better than a saint? Men should never despise young people! The last two sentences are not only a mockery and satire of Li Yong, but also a response to Li Yong's frivolous attitude, which is quite unruly and shows boyish spirit.
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