Last night, the candles in the bridal chamber were lit all night, waiting for dawn to worship the parents-in-law.
After putting on makeup, I asked my husband in a low voice: Is thrush deep and fashionable?
This is a very interesting poem. On the surface, it describes the scene where the bride goes to see her in-laws. But in fact, it is used by poets to ask themselves about their situation during exams.
Zhang Ji was a pioneer of poetry at that time. When the exam approached, the poet handed his poems to Zhang Ji, hoping that through his recommendation, everyone would know their talents and see if their poems met the requirements of the exam, so as to pass the exam smoothly.
After this poem was recommended, the poet wrote this poem and asked about Zhang Ji. Poetry means, what do you think of my poem? Does it meet the test requirements? Can I pass the exam this time? Here, the poet compares the examiner to her in-laws, compares Zhang Ji to her husband and compares herself to the bride. Seeing the poet's poem, Zhang Ji also wrote a poem humorously, telling him that his poem was well written and was very popular with people, and he could pass the exam smoothly.
The Boudoir by Zhu Qingyu, a poet in Tang Dynasty;
"Last night, the wedding stopped red candle, in front of Xiaotang memorial aunt.
Make-up whispered to her husband, is thrush fashionable or not? "
At the same time, Zhang Ji's "Reward Zhu Qingyu" made a chorus poem:
"Yue Nv new makeup mirror heart, self-knowledge mirror more thoughtful.
When Wan Qi was young, people were expensive, and a Song Ling was the enemy of ten thousand gold. "
At first glance, I thought these two poems were erotic works of two lovers. Later, the author Zhu Qingyu changed the original title of the boudoir to "Give it to Secretary Zhang on the eve of Jinshi". Why?
It turns out that poets compare themselves to "brides", "aunts" to examiners, and "thrushes" to their own poems. "Husband" refers to Zhang Ji, who is famous for his poems and is willing to promote the backward Ministry of Water Affairs. Through beautiful poetic rhyme, it skillfully expresses a candidate's unique anxiety and expectation before facing an exam related to his career.
In Zhang Ji's poems, "Yan Ming" and "Yue Nv" are also compared to Zhu Qingyu, whose ancestral home is Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), and this beauty from the center of Jinghu Lake (now Jinghu, Zhejiang) is worth millions of dollars with her voice, which is a metaphor for Zhu Qingyu's poetic kung fu, so as to dispel his "Time waits for no one?" Worried.
But in fact, later poetry was more used to refer to the boudoir joy of husband and wife's life.