"Nineteen Ancient Poems" was compiled by Xiao Tong in the Southern Dynasties from 19 ancient poems handed down from an unknown name into Selected Works. Traditionally, these 19 poems are titled with the first sentence, which are in turn: Walking, Re-walking, Grass by the Qingqing River, Cypress on the Qingqing Mausoleum, Today's Good Banquet, Towering Buildings in Northwest China, Picking Hibiscus in Shejiang, Bright Moon and Night Light, Solitary Bamboo in Ran Ran, Strange Trees in the Courtyard, All the way to the Altair, Walking Back to the Car, and Walking High and Long in Dongcheng.
Nineteen Ancient Poems is a remarkable symbol of the humanization of Yuefu ancient poems. The language of the whole poem is simple and natural, the description is vivid and true, and it has a natural artistic style, which shows the philosophical artistic conception of Taoism and Confucianism everywhere. It is called "the crown of five words" by Liu Xie ("Wen Xin Diao Long").
the emotional connotation of Nineteen Ancient Poems
? Nineteen Ancient Poems expresses the most basic and simple emotional thoughts in life, mainly in three aspects: thinking, resentment and loss.
① thinking: homesickness and nostalgia. "Shejiang picking hibiscus, Lanze more fragrant grass. Who is the desire to leave? Thinking is far away. I still look at the old hometown, the long road is vast, and I am separated from my home with one heart, and I am sad to die. " This poem expresses the feelings of missing each other by collecting hibiscus from wanderers in other places and homesick women, and profoundly reflects the pain of wandering women's real life and spiritual life. The whole poem uses lyric and line drawing techniques to express the feelings of parting and lovesickness of the frustrated wandering in different places; Interlaced narration from the perspectives of wandering and thinking of women, showing the strong feelings of wandering thinking of women; By using the technique of suspense, the love between husband and wife and the deep affection between wife and husband are strengthened in the combination of reality and reality.
② resentment: boudoir thinking and sadness. "All the way to the Altair, Jiaojiao River Han female ... Ying Ying Yi Shui, the pulse is speechless." This poem is full of emotion and touching. The whole poem uses things to describe people, and its conception is exquisite. The poem is mainly about Weaver Girl and Petunia, and it is written from the perspective of Weaver Girl, which is very clever. From the weaving of the Weaver Maid to the tears, and then to the words, it fully shows the bitterness of separation. The description of the Weaver Girl in the poem is very delicate, and the details are grasped, such as "holding hands" and "weeping like rain". At the same time, "Zha Zha Nong Ji" is a dynamic description. In this way, the characters emerge from such descriptions.
③ loss: life is frustrated, and you are frustrated. "If you are born less than 1 years old, you will always be worried about being a thousand years old."
The artistic expression characteristics of Nineteen Ancient Poems
The meaning is ambiguous, and the expression style (the most distinctive feature) is "line and line, parting with your life."
it's simple and natural, and expressive. For example, "if you are born less than 1 years old, you will always be worried about being a thousand years old."
the integration of emotion with scenery and situation (also thanks to the use of figurative techniques. ) such as "Altair, Jiaojiao River Han female. Fine hands, make a loom. All day long, there is no chapter, and tears are like rain. The river is clear and shallow, and there are many differences. Ying Ying Yi Shui, the pulse is speechless. "
Nineteen Ancient Poems
Nineteen Ancient Poems plays a very important role in the history of China literature. Only 19 poems have been imitated by future generations in subject matter, content and expression techniques, and even formed a model. Its artistic style also influenced the creation and criticism of later poems. As far as the actual situation of the development of ancient poetry is concerned, it is not too much to call it "the crown of five words" and "the ancestor of five words through the ages".
Nineteen Ancient Poems is regarded as the authority of five-character ancient poems in the history of poetry.