People should cherish what they have now. No matter the ancients or the present, it is impossible to exist forever. Only facing the reality and cherishing the present is the truth.
Full text: When will there be a moon in the sky? I stopped my glass and asked now. The moon will never reach the moon, but it is very close to the people. Green smoke as bright as a mirror is flying in the palace, emitting cold light. I only see the clouds rising from the sea every night, and who knows the clouds in the morning?
The moon is on the white rabbit's back, autumn and spring, and who is the neighbor of Chang's lonely life? Now people are not seen in Gu Yue, but in this month they took the ancients. The ancients said, if people are running water, they look at the bright moon. Just look at the glass and sing loudly, and the moonlight can grow in a golden cup.
From: Li Bai's Ask About asking for the moon, an Old Friend of Jia Chunling in the Tang Dynasty.
Translation:
When does the bright moon rise in the blue sky? I stopped my cup and asked. Man will never land on the moon, but the moon is very close to man.
The bright moon danced in the sky like a mirror, reflecting the palace. The clouds that covered the moon dissipated, and the faint moonlight gave off cold light.
People know that the moon rises from the sea at night. Do they know that the moon disappears from the clouds in the morning? In the moon, the white rabbit tinkers with medicine. From autumn to spring, Chang 'e lives alone in the Moon Palace. Who's with her?
Now people can't see the ancient moon, but now the moon has shone on the ancients. Ancient and modern times are just flowing water, and so is the moon seen by * *. I just hope that when I sing to the glass, the moonlight can shine in the golden cup for a long time.
Precautions:
Under the heading, the author's note: Old friend Jia Chunling asked him.
Tanqui: Bloody Palace. Smoke: refers to the thick clouds that cover the moonlight.
But see: see only. Ning Zhi: How do you know? No (mò): Disappear.
White rabbit tinkering with medicine: myths and legends say that there are white rabbits tinkering with medicine and fairy medicine on the moon.
Chang 'e: the mythical goddess of the moon. Legend has it that she used to be the wife of Hou Yi, ate the fairy medicine of Hou Yi, became a fairy, and ran into the moon. See Huai Nan Zi Zi Lan Ming Xun.
When singing and drinking: When singing and drinking.
Jinzun: Exquisite wine set.
Creative background:
The specific writing time of this poem is unknown. According to the annotation under the heading "Drinking asking for the moon", this poem was written by the author at the request of a friend. Some people think that it was written in 744 AD (Tianbao three years of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty).
Appreciate:
The whole poem is full of unrestrained feelings, fluent and natural language, and full of intricate and round beauty. Poets write from wine to the moon and return to wine from the moon. He repeatedly compared the bright moon with life in a lyrical way like flowing clouds, and expressed his deep thinking about the universe and life philosophy in his subjective feelings of time and space. His conception inherited Qu Yuan's Tian Wen, and inspired Su Shi's When Is the Bright Moon, which is both reasonable and full of strong artistic appeal.
For the world, the existence of the bright moon is always a fascinating cosmic mystery. The question "When will the moon in the blue sky come" has great longing and confusion for the miracle in infinite time and space. The question comes first, and then the modality of human desire is written in detail.
This modality can be seen from the action of "stopping the glass" of wine. It makes people feel that the sudden question is a little drunk and poetic. "When will there be a month in the sky? I'm going to stop for a drink today and ask. " The poet stopped to meditate, looked up at the clear sky in Wan Li with a little drunkenness, and asked: When will this bright moon last?
"People can't climb the moon, and the moon goes with people." Throughout history, how many people want to fly to the moon palace in order to live forever, but failed to achieve it; But the bright moon still radiates the brilliance of Wan Li, accompanying people from generation to generation.
"As bright as a flying mirror beside the Danque, the smoke disappears and the hair is clear" is a description of moonlight. The bright moon rises like a mirror, shining in the palace, and the clouds ("smoke") are gone, clear and streamer. Taking "flying mirror" as an example and "Danque" as a foil is not bad, and the word "smoke extinction" is particularly useful.
Here, a full moon is covered by clouds at first, and then the veil is lifted to reveal a charming face, radiant and beautiful. The beauty of moonlight is described as embracing each other.
"But when you see the night coming from the sea, would you rather know if it has gone to the clouds?" I saw the bright moon rising from the East China Sea at night and disappearing into the sea of clouds in the west at dawn, so it's hard to speculate.
"The white rabbit smashed medicine in autumn and revived in spring. Who is Chang 'e's neighbor? "Every year in the middle of the month, the white rabbit painstakingly poured medicine, for what? How lonely is Chang 'e who is alone in the blue sea and clear sky every night? Who will accompany her?
This month, Gu Yue is actually one, but now people and the ancients are constantly changing. Say that "today people can't see Gu Yue", that is to say, "the ancients can't see today people and months"; Say "the ancients took photos this month", which means "Gu Yue still takes photos today". So the two sentences are extremely repetitive, intricate and intertextual.
The last two sentences, "If people are running water today, the bright moon looks like this", further express the meaning that the bright moon is long and life is short on the basis of the first two sentences. The first two sentences are divided into two parts, and the last two sentences are summarized. They are full of poetry and philosophy and are meaningful to read.
"I only hope that the song is right for the wine and the moonlight shines on the golden urn." I only hope that when I sing to wine, the bright moonlight can always shine in the cup, so that I can enjoy the beautiful years on earth.