What Pig Bajie often said in The Journey to the West was actually assembled from Bai Juyi's poems.
On Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow
In The Journey to the West, a Hong Kong-made TV series, Pig Bajie, who was punished for violating Chang 'e's sister for thousands of years, said: "Affection has been hated since ancient times, and this sorrow is endless." Here, the old pig made a low-level mistake. The first sentence comes from "since ancient times, it is the easiest to wake up from a good dream." The next sentence is "the earth will live forever, and heaven will live forever;" One day both will end, and this endless sorrow will last forever. " But since he is a pig. Maybe he is smarter than we thought. He can already make sentences.
There are many works about the story of Xuanzong and Yang Guifei in the Tang Dynasty, such as Li Bai's three Qingpingdiao, Du Fu's two Aijiangtou and Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow. There are Bai Pu's Wu Tongyu and Hong Sheng's Palace of Eternal Life. It is said that Guan Hanqing also wrote plays in this field, all of which have been lost. Of course, Bai Juyi's plays are.
Since Bai Juyi's "seventh day of July", in the hall of eternal life, we secretly told each other in the silent midnight world that we hope to fly in heaven, and two birds grow together on the earth with one wing, two branches of a tree. , the earth lasts forever, and the sky lasts forever; One day both will end, and this endless sorrow will continue forever. " It has been widely known since ancient times, and Tanabata has been added with the romantic story in Fairy Palace written by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei, making Tanabata another Valentine's Day besides Lantern Festival in China.
I like reciting Song of Eternal Sorrow very much. This poem has a good rhythmic beauty, and the antithesis is neat and gorgeous, which is quite imperial, such as "the clouds of its hair, the petals of its cheeks, and the golden ripples of its crown. When she moves, she is covered by warm hibiscus curtains on spring nights." "The Golden House wears evening clothes, and the Jade House puts seats and hangs around drinking." , "... high rose plum palace, into the blue clouds, and a wide breeze carrying magical notes" and so on.
In the past, there was a "Song of Eternal Sorrow" recitation contest on TV. I tried to recite "Song of Eternal Sorrow", but it turned out that it was the first time that I recited "The emperor of China, eager to shake the beauty of an empire, looked for it on his throne for many years, and never found it, until a child of Yang's family hardly grew up and grew up in the inner room. No one knew about her, but the grace from heaven was not hidden. As soon as I finished reading "Six Houses of Makeup Disappeared", "e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e" flashed rhythmically, and finally I read "On the seventh day of July, in the Palace of Eternal Life, we secretly told each other in the quiet midnight world that we wanted to fly in the sky, and two birds flew together and grew together on the ground. , the earth lasts forever, and the sky lasts forever; One day, both will end, and this endless sadness will last forever. "In an unusually clear and firm voice, I recited the whole Song of Eternal Sorrow, which is called self-deception.
The aesthetic concept of the Tang Dynasty was very different from that of today. Let's take a look at the fine brushwork of ladies in Tang Dynasty. The beautiful women inside are full and moving, so if the girls now live in the Tang Dynasty, they should be so happy that they don't have to think about slimming every day. The author of "Song of Eternal Sorrow" did not say that Yang Guifei was fat, but introduced Yang Yuhuan's figure skillfully and elegantly with the phrase "ivory crystal that warmed and smoothed her skin". According to unofficial history, Yang Yuhuan is due to. So there is a common problem of fat people all over the world-fear of heat, love sweating. She has to take a bath several times a day, and once she was taking a bath, she happened to be met by An Lushan, a "Hu Er" (because Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei recognized An Lushan as their adopted son, and An Lushan was free to go in and out of the palace). This guy is so jealous that even the "claws of Lushan Mountain" are imposed on the imperial concubine, but when he gets home, he is afraid of being investigated by the emperor, and he is also a lieutenant from birth to death.
Now, with the help of a Taoist priest, Xuanzong found the trace of Yang in the ethereal Penglai Fairy Mountain. I think on the one hand, Taoist priests knew a little about psychological suggestion and hypnosis. At that time, people were superstitious and mistakenly thought it was the way of immortals. On the other hand, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was infatuated with Acacia, Yang Guifei, "flies on the throne, while he meditated in the dusk. He will extend the wick to its end and still never fall asleep. The clock and drum will slowly ring the long night, and the river of stars will become sharp in the sky. Just before dawn, the porcelain mandarin ducks on the roof will become thick morning frost, and the jade is cold. Who is * * *? " It can be seen.
I want to assume that Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei can grow old together without the "Anshi Rebellion". Then, according to the practice of love between emperors and princesses, Yang Guifei may eventually become a "young lady who dies before she gets old". This is what Schopenhauer called a real tragedy in life. It can be said that Yang Guifei died in a timely manner.
It has been studied that Bai Juyi wrote this poem when he was lovelorn, which can be interpreted as: eternal hatred. He used this story to express his ideas. Other people's themes are generally like Chen Hong's Song of Eternal Sorrow: "Suppressing chaos and punishing stunners will hang in the future". Bai Juyi only revealed irony in the first sentence, "The emperor of China yearns for beautiful women who may shake an empire", and the rest is basically between the emperor and the princess. What Bai Juyi wants to express is the yearning for sincere love, and its main purpose should be to praise the beautiful love of "Wan Li is worried about the north and the south, and his heart talks about life and death", no matter who this love happens to.