I want to be a bird and fly in the sky with me. I want to be a branch on the earth. Even if it lasts forever, there will be an end, but this long-lasting hatred will never disappear! The name of this poem. Tang Bai Juyi made it. Write the tragic story of Xuanzong Li Longji and Yang Guifei Yuhuan. From Yang Yuhuan's love for the harem before his death, he wrote about the suffering of lovesickness after Xuanzong's death. The first half reveals Xuanzong's debauchery and wrong country, but he still takes sympathy and beautification of Li and Yang Yanshi as his sincere love.
The subject is complex and there are different opinions. Poetry is a seven-character archaic style with * * * 120 sentences. Beautiful language, rich imagination, seamless integration of scenery, lyricism and narration, and high artistic achievements, it is a famous narrative poem in ancient times. Later, it was adapted from the operas Wu Tongyu and the Palace of Eternal Life.
In the winter of the first year of Yuanhe (806), the author was appointed as a county commandant, and visited the temple with friends Chen Hong and You Xian, talking about Li Longji in the Tang Dynasty and Yang Yuhuan, the imperial concubine. In the first half of the poem, Yang Guifei's seduction, love and debauchery are written, while in the second half, Li's where are you going and Li's lonely lovesickness are written. This work combines realism with imagination. Although it is a narrative poem, it has a strong lyrical color. The poetic language is beautiful and harmonious, and the characters are vivid and vivid. The description of their lovesickness is particularly touching and sad.
It is not too much for Wu Beijiang to say that he "breathed easily, prospered and declined, and could not gain his strength easily unless he had peerless talents" (quoted from Gao Buting's Modern Poetry of Tang and Song Dynasties). As for the theme of this poem, it may be thought that it is intended to satirize the so-called "interested parties, not only feel sorry for things, but also want to punish stunners, smothering chaos and hanging behind" (The Legend of Eternal Sorrow in Tang Dynasty); Or thought it was to celebrate Li Yang's love. It is generally claimed that the author is more sympathetic to Li Yang's love tragedy than ironic.
This poem has been widely circulated before the author's death, and the author himself is also known as the "singer of eternal regret" (Bai Juyi's Nine Books with the Same Yuan). This poem is not only the author's masterpiece, but also called "the first in ancient and modern Long song" by later generations together with Pipa Xing (The Four Friends of He in Ming Dynasty). Later famous dramas, such as Autumn Rain by Huang Ming in Tang Dynasty and Hong Sheng Xian Gong in Qing Dynasty, are all based on this.
A Brief Introduction to Song of Eternal Sorrow
Song of Eternal Sorrow is a long narrative poem by Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. It is known as the "masterpiece of poetry history" in China's classical literature, and it has high artistic and historical value. Based on a legendary story, it eulogizes and reveals the oppression and suffering suffered by women in ancient feudal society, and shows the author's deep meditation and understanding of love, women and life destiny.
Song of Eternal Sorrow is based on the true love story of Tang's favorite princess and Wang Anxiang, a Tibetan in the Western Regions. By telling all kinds of hardships that Yang Yuhuan experienced in her journey from Tubo to Chang 'an, she revealed her helpless life experience, deep love, brilliant image of talented women and tragic fate caused by palace fights, and expressed the author's concern and call for women's fate.
The Song of Eternal Sorrow has a grand structure and great momentum. It uses a lot of rhetorical devices, such as metaphor, personification and parallelism. Its language is beautiful, subtle and profound, and tactfully moving. It is regarded as one of the peaks of poetry art in Tang Dynasty, which has a far-reaching influence on later poetry creation.
Song of Eternal Sorrow is a treasure that cannot be ignored in the history of China literature. It contains the values of history, culture, human feelings, philosophy and art. It is not only the history of love, women, politics and literature, but also the essence and wisdom of Chinese civilization.