Walk through the brilliance of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, walk through the stumbling steps of the mid-Tang Dynasty, and enter the decline and dusk of the late Tang Dynasty. The poet's eyes are full of disappointment at the cruel reality, and he goes deeper into the inner loneliness.
Fortunately, there were still poets Li Shangyin and Du Mu who persisted in the late Tang Dynasty. Later generations called them "Little Li Du", which is of course inseparable from their status in the poetry world.
Li Shangyin is the founder of "untitled poetry". He poured his own melancholy, sadness, loneliness and helplessness into these untitled poems, expressing his sighs about his life experience and expressing his desolation. feel. The untitled poem, which is difficult to describe in language and difficult to polish in rhetoric, is actually rich in meaning. It is like a locked jewel box. If you open it slightly, you can get a glimpse of the various lights revealed inside. However, the box cannot really be opened. We can only see through it. Use the dim light to feel the hazy, mysterious beauty and cold sentimentality of the untitled poem. For example, "Liu Lang already hates that Pengshan is far away, and even more separated by 10,000 layers of Pengshan." "In the heart of spring, don't let the flowers bloom. Every inch of lovesickness is an inch of gray." "Spring silkworms will die when the silkworms are dead, and the wax torch will turn to ashes before the tears will dry. ." "The life of a goddess is just a dream, but my sister-in-law has no husband at all" and so on.
And this song "Last night, the stars and the wind, the west side of the painting building and the east side of Guitang. There are no colorful phoenixes flying on the body, but there is a clear understanding in the heart. The other seats are warmed by Gou Chun wine, and the red wax lamps are shed on the cao, "I listened to the drum and answered the official's request, and walked around Malantai." This is the most warm-hearted of all untitled poems. It has the brightness of infinite reverie, but also the faint smile of pursuing it even though it cannot be truly yearned for. , the soft figure is a rare kind of tranquility and serenity. This kind of wonderful connection between souls cannot be understood by outsiders, so the untitled name implies everything, leaving large spaces blank, allowing people to imagine, seem to understand but not understand, the poem is eloquent, the soul dialogues, the realm is lofty.
Many of Du Mu's poems are famous for later generations, such as "Rains fall heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to lose their souls." "Stop and sit in love with maples" about maple leaves. In the evening of the forest, the frost leaves are as red as the February flowers." "The orioles are singing in the thousands of miles, the green is reflected in the red, and the wine flags in the water villages and mountains are winding" and so on. Hu Yinglin evaluated Du Mu's poems in "Shi Sou" as "splendid", but in fact Du Mu's most famous epic poems are unique and profound. For example, in "Ti Wu Jiang Pavilion", "Victory or defeat cannot be expected for a military strategist, but a man must be ashamed and endure shame. The children of Jiangdong are many talented people, and their comeback is unknown." The poet wanted to warn the declining rulers in the last days through his poems to talk less and do more practical things. , never give up hope at any time and give it a try.
Mr. Lu Xun read the word "cannibalism" in his reading of history, while Du Mu read the absurdity and sadness in history, and he was good at seeing the big from the small. perspective, expressing his clear understanding of history. The two most famous poems are undoubtedly "Night at Qinhuai" and "Red Cliff", "The smoke cage is cold and the moon is caged in the sand. I berth in Qinhuai at night near the restaurant. The merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country's subjugation, across the river Still singing "Flowers in the Back Garden". "In this seemingly moving song, the poet heard the screams and wailing of the people, and also heard the loud noise of the Empire State Building falling. "The broken halberd sinks into the sand and the iron is not sold, but it will be washed away and recognized by the previous dynasty. The east wind does not agree with Zhou Lang, and the bronze bird spring locks two Qiao deeply." The poet clearly saw the contingency of history, and also deeply understood the absurd history. The tragedy and cruelty of the war, behind every war, are tens of millions of people bleeding and groaning, with their families destroyed and their families displaced.
The nobility of a poet lies in the fact that in the face of suffering, he can still convey his feelings, express his ambitions with poetry, and sing history with poetry. He has not forgotten the mission of "helping the world", walks in poetry, and adheres to one goal. A beautiful loneliness, this is the charm and value of the poet!