"The Ming River Chapter" Appreciation of Song Zhiwen and Tang Poems,
August has a cool breeze and the weather is clear,
There is no cloud in the sky, and the Han Ming River is clear.
At dusk I saw that the south tower was clear and shallow,
The west mountains were rising and falling at dawn.
Luoyang City Tower rises in the sky,
The long river has thousands of gates every night.
The road is restored and the houses are connected to cover the losses.
The painting hall is particularly suitable for the Qionghu household.
The mica tent begins to flood,
The crystal curtain twists and turns outside.
Zhuo Bizhao returned to his hometown like Lianbai,
Come back to Dongcheng to meet Nanmo.
The people from Nanmo are not coming back.
Who is wearing cold clothes tonight?
There are few fireflies on the mandarin duck plane,
A wild goose flies beside the Black Magpie Bridge.
The flying geese and the fireflies can hardly rest from their sorrow,
I sit and watch the bright river gradually disappear.
I can relax and let the clouds float,
I don’t hesitate to let the moon shine.
The Minghe River is hopeless and inaccessible,
I would like to take a ride on it and find out.
He also gave the Weaver Girl a machine stone and visited a divination seller in Chengdu.
Appreciation of Song Zhiwen's Poetry
Meng Qi's "Poems of Competence: Resentment" of the Tang Dynasty records: "The Song Kaogong (according to Song Zhiwen), the Queen of Heaven (according to Wu Zetian) asked for help The bachelor of Beimen was not allowed to write "Minghe Chapter" to see what he meant. At the end, he said: "Minghe is inaccessible. I would like to take a ride on it and ask for it. I will also visit the divination seller in Chengdu." After seeing his poem, Cui Rong said: "I don't know that Zhiwen is talented, but he has a bad mouth." This is because he suffers from tooth disease and his mouth always smells bad. "It is recorded in this book. This may not be true, but the poem does contain some resentment. In a magical and magnificent style, the poet praised the beauty of the Milky Way on an autumn night, and in the confusing atmosphere, he expressed the sorrow and sorrow of separation in heaven and on earth. The whole poem is full of strong romanticism, overflowing with a melancholy and sad mood, and faintly revealing the despair of being unfulfilled.
The first four sentences begin with a description of the scene. On a mid-autumn night, the wind is crisp and clear, and in the cloudless starry sky, the Milky Way (the Minghe River) running across the sky appears exceptionally bright. At dusk, it appears over the "South Tower", clear and clear; in the early morning, it hangs diagonally above the "Western Mountain", seemingly vertical but horizontal. Here, "South Tower" and "West Mountain" borrow two allusions.
"Shishuo Xinyu·Rong Zhi" records: "Yu Taiwei was in Wuchang. The autumn night was beautiful and the scenery was clear. He sent officials Yin Hao and Wang Huzhi to go to the south tower to chant. The tune began to sound, Hearing that there was a loud sound of clogs in Handao, he must be Yu Gong. He led about ten people to come, and the wise people wanted to get out of the way. Because he sat on the Hu bed and joked with everyone, he was very happy. "Another "Shishuo Xinyu·Jian Ao" records: "Prince You joined Huan's chariot and joined the army. Huan said to the king: 'Your Majesty is here. "I didn't answer for a long time, but I looked up and put my hands on my cheeks and said, 'I feel refreshed when I come to the Western Mountains.'" The poet used these two allusions to express his hope of being as indulgent as the celebrities in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The wish of mountains and rivers embodies the yearning and pursuit of beautiful things. In this short four-line poem, it first uses the cool wind, clear air and cloudless sky to set off the "brightness" of the Milky Way; then, it compares the Milky Way to a clear and shallow river, and gives it the movement of "vertical and horizontal". The potential makes it more clear and lovely, while the use of allusions makes the poetry deeper and the feelings expressed more subtle and tactful.
In the next eight sentences, the poet describes the scene of watching the Ming River in Luoyang City.
The tall palaces in Luoyang City reach into the sky, and the long Milky Way shines on the palaces.
However, due to the obstruction of the overpass and roof ridges, the complete Milky Way cannot be seen. It is best to view it in other exquisite rooms. The soft light of the Milky Way shines on the curtain decorated with mica sheets, and the silver light twinkles, as if water from the sky flows to the world. When you walk outside the "crystal curtain" and look up, the Milky Way appears even brighter, bending and stretching in the sky. Continuously, reflecting the stars in the sky. It is like a piece of pure white silk, connecting from the east city to the distant southern suburbs. In these eight sentences, the poet uses gorgeous words such as "Painting Hall Qionghu", "Mica Tent", "Crystal Curtain" and other gorgeous words to present various magnificent scenes one after another, which not only expresses the unique scenery of the imperial capital, but also relates to the clarity. The Milky Way reflects each other, and in the soft light, it casts a hazy, deep and mysterious color on the imperial capital, connecting heaven and earth as one.
Then in the following eight sentences, the poet imagined that the missing woman in "Nanmo" missed the Zhengren under the reflection of the Milky Way, and at the same time expressed his own emotions. From the sound of thousands of households pounding clothes, the poet thought of the soldiers who had never returned, and then thought of the woman who was embroidering on the "Mandarin Duck Machine". From the dots of fluorescent lights, he looked up and saw the bright Milky Way in the sky, which evoked feelings about Zheng Ren’s endless thoughts. At this time, a lone goose was flying by the "Black Magpie Bridge" where the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl had met. It made a mournful cry, which made it difficult for the missing woman to calm down. She sat looking at the Milky Way dreamily, thinking silently about Zheng Ren, until The Milky Way gradually disappeared into the dawn sky.
This Minghe seems to know the way to relax, bend and stretch, and to advance and retreat from the source ("Guan Yinzi·Three Extremes": "The clouds curl and relax, and the birds fly, they are all in the void, so the changes are endless, and the way of the sage is the same."), in As dawn dawns, let the floating clouds cover you, and give up your brilliance to the flowing light of the dawn moon without hesitation, and quietly disappear. But the nostalgia for my wife cannot stop! This section is the turning point and in-depth of the above article. It changes from simple praise of Minghe to sighing about human affairs, further integrating the world and heaven. The sound of pounding clothes is intertwined with the flying geese and fireflies, and the feeling of desolation, sadness, and endless lovesickness will accompany the Geng Geng River forever. Especially in the two sentences "I can relax my curls and let the floating clouds float, I don't hesitate to let the shining moon shine", the poet endows Minghe with human lofty emotions, making its already beautiful style even more beautiful. A very graceful approach is used here to further praise Minghe and also pave the way for the last four sentences.
In the last four sentences, the poet uses mythological stories to make a wonderful and profound conclusion. Such a beautiful Minghe is "out of reach", so the poet wants to go to heaven. Volume 10 of Zhanghua's "Natural History" of Jin Dynasty: "It was said in the past that the Yuntian River connected with the sea. Someone was riding a chariot and met a man leading a cow to drink.
Then he asked where this was. The man leading the cow answered He said: "You came to Shu County to visit Yan Junping (according to Yan was a sorcerer in the Han Dynasty) and found out." He didn't go ashore because he returned as expected.
Later he went to Shu and asked Junping, "A certain year and month." On that day, a guest star invaded Altair. It was exactly when this person arrived at Tianhe." According to Liu Yiqing's "Jilin" in Volume 8 of "Taiping Yulan": "In the past, a man was looking for the source of the river and saw a woman. Huan Sha asked about it and said, "This is the Tianhe River." He came back with a stone. When he asked Yan Junping, he said, "This is the branch stone." The poet combined the two stories euphemistically. It shows his strong will to pursue a beautiful Minghe. At the same time, after many twists and turns, the poetry finally leaps from the underground to the distant sky, where heaven and earth merge into one, making the poetry full of magical and remote artistic charm. After all, he hopes to leave the imperial capital Luoyang, which is blocked by city walls and covered by roads, and go to the place he yearns for. The poet's unspeakable resentment is deeply hidden between the lines.
Song Zhiwen was once favored, and Wu Zetian was appointed as the Superintendent of Shangfang. Later, because of his attachment to Zhang Yizhi, he was demoted to Longzhou (now Luoding County, Guangdong) to join the army. Soon he fled back to the north and hid in Luoyang. . This poem "Minghe Pian" was probably written when he was hiding in Luoyang. Through the dazzling appearance, we can feel from the poem his depression and sorrow caused by his failed career, as well as his dissatisfaction with the politics of the time.
This poem is dense and dense, with swaying movements. It not only has a grand realm spanning heaven and earth, but also has a detailed analysis of the feeling of missing a wife. There are waves of changes in the structure, and the rhetorical technique of thimble is appropriately used, such as "Return to the East City to meet Nanmo. Nanmo recruits people and never returns", "A wild goose flies by the black magpie bridge. The wild goose flies and the firefly can't rest in sorrow", which makes The transition is natural and the momentum flows away.
In addition, the whole poem is mainly composed of prose, but it is interspersed with some couplets, such as the lines about dawn falling at dusk and mica crystal lines, which show exquisiteness in nature and appear calm and neat.