What is the specific symbol of "Yang Hua" in Wang Changling's poems?

"Yang Hua" often symbolizes dispersion and drift in old-style poems. The first sentence of this poem renders a sad and melancholy atmosphere in late spring through various images. The author captures the scene of "all the flowers are falling" and "all the children are crying", which contains the feeling of falling and the thought of leaving.

The first sentence describes the depression when the spring fades, which renders the environment gloomy and sad. The second sentence is a description of Wang Changling's "moving to the left" to go to his post, which shows Li Bai's concern and sympathy for his poetry friends. Three or four sentences send feelings to the scene, and sincerely encourage and comfort the poetry friends.

The whole poem chooses images such as flowers, rules, bright moon and wind, and weaves a hazy dream with strange imagination.

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Creation background

This poem was written in the eighth year of Tianbao, Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (749) and in the twelfth year of Tianbao, Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (753). At that time, Wang Changling congjiang Ningcheng was demoted to the county commandant of Longbiao (now Hongjiang, Hunan).

Wang Changling's move to Long Biaowei in the Biography of Literature and Art in the New Tang Dynasty was due to "carelessness", that is to say, he offended and demoted the official, not because of any major problems, but only because of the lack of discipline in life.

In at hibiscus inn parting with xin jian, Wang Changling also said to his good friend, "Luoyang's relatives and friends are like asking each other, and a piece of ice is in the jade pot." That is, the metaphor of "as clear as a jade pot of ice" in Bao Zhao's "White-headed Songs" is used to show his innocence.