Weng Chengzan
Romantic fragrance attracts you to travel, and monks stay overnight.
The corner of the poor temple is long and loose, so it is impossible for Wang Sun to move.
Due to the decline of the country, great changes have taken place in the style of poetry in the late Tang Dynasty. Some famous artists, such as Du Mu and Li Shangyin, have made new progress in art, but whether writing about love life, worrying about the country and the people, or singing about things, most of them have a strong sentimental mood. This poem by Weng Chengzan is an example. It wrote the prosperous scene of peony in full bloom, and also deeply contained a period of frustration.
From the first sentence in the poem, "A gorgeous fragrance attracts you to visit", we can imagine that the bright peony flowers in the temple at that time exuded a smoky fragrance, attracting groups of luxurious people to visit and watch. Even the monk who always regards "color" as "emptiness" and never misses the color is attracted by this delicate and fragrant national color and can't bear to leave in a hurry. In a few words, the peony in spring is blooming and tourists overlap, and the social situation of the rich and even monks chasing glitz in the late Tang Dynasty can also be seen here.
"The horn of the poor monk's temple is long and loose, so it is impossible for the prince and grandson to raise their heads in one fell swoop." Pine trees, with lush foliage, will not wither after winter. Poetry is often used as a symbol of loyalty. Honest literati always speak for themselves. So pine has been favored and praised by many people since ancient times. However, in this fragrant Manjuki, the lush pine trees standing in the corner of the temple were left out in the cold by the "prince and grandson" tourists, who refused to look up. In some poems of "Wang Sun", it generally refers to travelers. For example, in the songs of Chu, "Wang Sun wanders away, and spring grass grows." There is a sentence in Bai Juyi's "Farewell to Ancient Grass", "Ah, my friend's prince, you left again, and I heard them sigh behind you". They all refer to people who have not returned from a trip and left without saying goodbye. But "Wang Sun" is also a "son". This poem refers to luxury people who visit temples. Pay attention to the word "expensive" in the first sentence The poet wrote that tourists simply ignored the pine trees that were proud of the frost and snow, and only reveled in the flowers. There seems to be a sense of frustration and resentment. According to "Biography of Weng's Poems", Weng Chengzan was a scholar. He served in the Xiaojingzhao government army for the last ten years and was unable to display his talents. This kind of metaphor writing method is not uncommon. Bai Juyi once used "who digs deep when the sword is buried in the bottom?" In the fourth chapter of the year of knowledge? It's cold in the pine frost. "This is the injustice of yuan zhen. In Weng's poems, the long pine that was left out in the cold is his own portrayal. The poet has a song poem: "Leaning against the stream and facing the stream, snowflakes sell all the flowers." "The branches are easy to fold into handles, and you can only know the cold." It's about loose snow and frost, and people don't know their true colors until they climb up. You can enjoy this poem together.
This poem contrasts the peony that everyone praises and watches with Chang Song, which is unconventional and has special feelings. Although we can't know the author's life, we can still feel the anger and injustice hidden in the poem. It is a masterpiece of eulogizing things and expressing ambitions, which contains irony.