The sound of selling flowers·Reminiscing about the past
Author: (Yuan) Zhang Kejiu
Text:
A beautiful woman committed suicide on the bank of the Wujiang River, and the war burned Red Cliff Mountain, General Konglao Yumen Pass. It is sad that the Qin and Han Dynasties were devastated, and the scholars let out a long sigh.
Appreciation:
This song laments the wars between rulers and wars between various ethnic groups during the Qin and Han Dynasties, which caused serious disasters to the people, and expresses the author's sympathy for the people. emotion. Therefore, it is most appropriate to summarize the central idea of ??the song as "nostalgic for the past and sad for the present, lamenting the suffering of the people."
How does the article "reminisce about the past and regret the present, and lament the suffering of the people"? Let me use three allusions first: The first is Farewell My Concubine, that is, when Chu and Han were fighting, Xiang Yu was trapped in Gaixia. Before breaking out, he said farewell to his beloved concubine Yu Ji with a tragic farewell, and Yu Ji committed suicide. Xiang Yu broke through to the bank of Niaojiang River and committed suicide; secondly, Cao Cao was defeated by the Shu-Wu coalition forces in Chibi; thirdly, Ban Chaokong was outside Laoyumen Pass. It introduces the story of heroes and beauties, embodying the author's views on the times. Xiang Yu, Cao Cao, and Ban Chao, the three heroes of the Qin and Han Dynasties, although their achievements and fame will never be erased forever, their achievements and fame are based on "the people were in trouble." "This is at the expense of one thing; the other is that the author did not praise the achievements of the three heroes, but only explained their failures and ambitions, which shows that these heroic figures in history are just passing smoke. Why does the author feel so little emotion about the heroes' successes and failures? This is related to his thought of caring about people's livelihood and caring about their suffering. At that time, within the feudal dynasty, the king was ignorant and the ministers were mediocre. The rulers were fighting for each other. In order to fight for power and the world, they always used the name of "hanging". "People fight crime", "Use the right to defeat the unjust", etc. as the banner of the people, in order to gain the support of the people, and use the power of the people to realize their desires. In the end, it is the people who suffer the harm, so the author all sadly issued Lamenting that "the Qin and Han Dynasties are sad, the people are in ruins", this sentence is also intended to express that although heroes and beauties have heroic and tragic stories, the most sympathetic people in the historical picture are the suffering people, and the most heartbreaking are the people of the world. It reflects The author's most essential emotion.
The end of the work is even more meaningful and evocative. "Scholar" can generally refer to the literate people at that time, or it can specifically refer to the author himself. He implicitly wants to express this meaning: First , using the tone of a cultured person to express feelings about history and reality, embodying rich emotions, including laments about "the wind and rain blowing away the wind", "when the river goes eastward, all the waves are swept away, and the romantic figures of the ages", and about "the romantic figures of the ages". The accusation that when things prosper and the people suffer; when they die, the people suffer" is sentimental about "the struggle between the strong and the weak, the heaven's sorrow and the death of the gods, all of whom are sleeping in a dream like a yellow beam". Secondly, understanding and looking at history and reality with the ideological perspective of a cultural person can deepen the ideological depth of the work and make it appear true and accurate. This nostalgic Yuan Dynasty song can be regarded as a masterpiece whether it criticizes social reality or examines history.
In history, nations have fought against each other, and rulers have fought against each other. “Fighting in the morning and fighting at dusk” has affected countless innocent people. The thousand-year history of the Chinese nation tells us: wars have continued for years, and blood has been shed. The rainy wind and the mournful sound at night not only destroy the country's civilization, but also ruin the rise and prosperity of the nation. A man of vision who can "put the well-being of the people first" (as the words of Lien Chan, Chairman of the Kuomintang) and take the peace and prosperity of the country and the people as his own responsibility will surely win the support and respect of the descendants of Yan and Huang at home and abroad for his ideals and vision.
(Zhuang Haizhi)