1. "Traveling is Difficult" is a set of poems (*** three) written by Li Bai when he was slandered and first left Chang'an to go south. This is the first poem. "Traveling is Difficult" is an old title of Yuefu's "Miscellaneous Songs and Songs". The poem describes the difficult journey in the world and is full of a sense of depression and injustice after political setbacks.
2. The first four lines of the poem describe a friend who, out of his deep friendship for Li Bai and his regret that such a genius was abandoned, spared no expense and set up a feast to celebrate him. Li Bai, who is "a drinker who is naive", would definitely drink "three hundred cups in one drink" if he was in normal times, because of the fine wines and delicacies, plus the hospitality of his friends. However, this time he picked up the wine glass, but pushed it away; he picked up the chopsticks, but put them down again. He left his seat, pulled out his sword, and looked around, feeling confused. The four consecutive movements of stopping, throwing, pulling out and looking vividly show the inner depression and emotional excitement and changes.
The next two sentences closely follow "the heart is at a loss", and the front reads "the journey is difficult". The poet uses "ice-clogging rivers" and "snow-covered mountains" to symbolize the difficulties and obstacles on the road of life, which has a metaphorical meaning. A man with great political ambitions was ordered to come to Beijing and was lucky enough to get close to the emperor, but the emperor could not appoint him. He was "given money to return the mountain" and drove him out of Chang'an in disguise. Isn’t that great? However, Li Bai is not that kind of weak character. From the beginning of "drawing his sword and looking around", it means that he is unwilling to be depressed and will continue to pursue. "I was leisurely fishing on the blue stream, and suddenly I was riding a boat and dreaming of the sun." The poet was in a daze, and suddenly thought of two people who had not been successful in politics at first, but finally made great achievements: one was Lu Shang, and the other was Jiu. When I was ten years old, I was fishing in Feng River and met King Wen. One of them was Yi Yin. Before being hired by Tang, he dreamed that he was riding a boat around the sun and the moon. Thinking of the experiences of these two historical figures gave the poet more confidence.
"The journey is difficult, the journey is difficult, and there are many divergent roads. Where are we now?" The meeting of Lu Shang and Yi Yin certainly increased his confidence in the future, but when his thoughts returned to the reality before him, At this time, I once again felt the difficulty of life. As Li Yan looked forward to the future, he realized that the road ahead was rugged and there were many wrong paths. Where was the road he wanted to take? This is another round of emotions swirling in sharp and complex contradictions. But Li Bai, who was stubborn and confident, was never willing to show his discouragement at the banquet. His strong desire to actively use the world finally made him get rid of the depression of wandering on the wrong road again, and sang a strong voice of confidence and outlook: "There will be times to ride the wind and waves, and hang the clouds and sails to help the sea!" He believed that no matter what the road ahead, There are many obstacles, but there will still be a day when we can ride the long wind and break thousands of miles of waves, hang up the cloud sails, cross the sea, and reach the ideal other shore, as Zongcui said in the Liu Song Dynasty.
This poem has fourteen lines and eighty-two words. It can only be regarded as a short story among seven-character songs, but it dances freely and has the momentum of a long poem. One of the important reasons is that it reveals the ups and downs and complex changes of the poet's emotions step by step. The beginning of the poem, "golden bottles of fine wine" and "jade plates of treasures", makes people feel like it is a joyful banquet, but then the two details of "stopping the cup and throwing chopsticks" and "drawing the sword and looking around" show emotions. The strong impact of the waves. In the middle four sentences, I just lamented that "the river is blocked by ice" and "the mountain is covered with snow", and suddenly I am traveling for thousands of years, as if I saw Lu Shang and Yi Yin suddenly being valued by the monarch from humble status. The poet's psychological disappointment and hope, depression and pursuit alternate rapidly. "The journey is difficult, the journey is difficult, the road is divergent, where is your peace now?" The four sentences have a short and jumping rhythm, which is completely an inner monologue in a state of eagerness and anxiety, vividly conveying the complex psychology of being at a loss but continuing to explore and pursue. In the last two sentences, after the previous repeated convolutions, the state of mind suddenly opened up, and a high and optimistic tone was sung, believing that one day one's ideals and ambitions will be realized. Through such layers of emotional ups and downs, it not only fully demonstrates the obstruction of the poet's grand ideals and ambitions by the dark and dirty political reality, but also reflects the intense depression, anger and injustice in the poet's heart caused by this, and at the same time highlights the It expresses the poet's stubbornness, self-confidence and his persistent pursuit of ideals, and shows the poet's strong spiritual power in trying to break free from depression.
3. These two sentences use metaphors, which not only correspond to the title "traveling is difficult", but also express the poet's deep experience of going through a dangerous official career in Chang'an, the contradiction and pain of wanting to make a difference and having his ambitions backfired. Feeling.
4. No matter how dangerous and difficult the road ahead is, the poet believes that one day he will ride on the wind and break thousands of miles of waves, cross the sea, and reach his ideal shore. These two sentences are full of the positive and optimistic spirit of breaking through the darkness and pursuing the light. The poet borrowed the words of the ancients to express his ideals. These two lines of poems are often cited as mottos by later generations as a force to inspire them to work hard and forge ahead in difficult situations.