Jinse: I want to know why my Jinse has fifty strings, each with a youthful interval. Zhuangzi daydreaming, a saint, was bewitched by butterflies, and cuckoo crowed in the imperial spring. Mermaids shed pearl-like tears on the moon-green sea, and the blue fields breathed their jade to the sun. A moment that should last forever has come and gone before I know it. "I want to know why my Jinse has fifty strings, each with a youthful interval." Jinse: A stringed instrument with beautiful brocade patterns. It is said that it used to have 50 strings, but later it was changed to 25 strings, and its timbre was very sad. At the beginning of the poem, the author doesn't write anything else, but begins with "Jinse", asking questions for no reason, and then leads to a sigh of "Flower Year" with "thinking". It seems deliberate, but it is natural. Isn't the colorful brocade pattern his own mood for love? Isn't Arthur's sad tone his own painful life? Chinese New Year has passed. For example, there are 50 strings on the Jinse. There is no reason and no need to explain. Even if it is explained, there is no way to say it. However, a string and a column of Jinse pop up one paragraph at a time, but it can't help but remind the author of the past of the New Year. Sighing that the scenery of Huashengjing has passed away, I feel unspeakable sadness, confused voice and unbearable disappointment. This is the first sentence and touching. "Saint Zhuangzi daydreaming, bewitched by butterflies, crowed by cuckoos. Mermaids shed pearl-like tears on the moon-green sea, and the blue fields breathe their jade to the sun. " Each of the four middle sentences uses an allusion. The third sentence uses the story of Zhuang Sheng dreaming of butterflies in Zhuangzi The Theory of Everything. Zhuang Sheng, the philosopher Zhuangzi in the Warring States Period, is said to have dreamed that he turned into a butterfly and flew freely, but he didn't recognize his butterfly when he woke up. The fourth sentence uses the story of the cuckoo weeping for blood in Huayang Guozhi, hoping that the emperor, the ancient Shu monarch Du, died in advance and his soul became a cuckoo. Every spring, he cries until he bleeds. The fifth sentence uses the story of Jiao Ren (the mythical mermaid) in the Caspian Sea in natural history. Legend has it that pearls are made from Jiao Ren's tears in the sea. The Biography of De Renjie in the New Tang Dynasty uses "the pearl of the sea" as a metaphor for talent being buried. The sixth sentence comes from Gambao's Searching for God in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Yu Zi, the youngest daughter of Fu Cha, the king of Wu, adored Han Zhong and wanted to marry him, but she failed, so she died of depression. When Han Zhong came back from studying abroad, he went to her grave to pay his respects. Suddenly, Yu Zi showed his true colors, gave a pearl to Han Zhong and sang for him. Han Feng wanted to hug her, but Yu Zi disappeared like smoke. In the Tang Dynasty, Dai Shulun described poetry as "the sky is warm in the daytime and jade is full of smoke" (see Si Kongtu's Book of Jipu). Each of the four allusions has an image, which implies the author's painful reflection on his love, career, ideal and pursuit in this life and present. Zhuangzi daydreaming, a saint, was bewitched by butterflies and aspired to be empty; The king emperor's longing for love is crying in cuckoo, and he is disillusioned. The exquisite Haizhu, which was originally a rare treasure, is now just a "pearl tear" reflected by the bright moon and abandoned in the sea alone; The goal one pursues is like the blue fields breathing their jade at the sun, which can be seen, but can't be placed before it is imminent. The Buddhist scriptures say that "all phases are right and wrong", "color is empty, and emptiness is color", and "don't suffer" and "everything is like a dream." Poets who know the impermanence of the world clearly know that everything in golden times will eventually leave them, and they will be replaced by the butterfly dream that is about to be broken, the cuckoo crying with tears in her heart, the tears reflected on the lonely moon, and the jade smoke blowing in the wind ... Sure enough, life is impermanent and diseases are like rivers. In an instant, the ideal is shattered, the pursuit is frustrated, love is like smoke, and moss turns into snow. "A moment that should last forever has come and gone before I realize it." Looking back, although I have made great efforts to pursue a beautiful life ideal with a sincere heart full of blood and tears, the jade-like years and pearl-like years can pass by when they are worth cherishing; Let's face it: lovers leave, their wives die, their prime of life is over, their ambitions are hard to show, their achievements are not built ... when they suddenly wake up, the scenery is gone. Even then, it was endless. Now, it is lonely. The tearful and tragic questioning made the poet fall into "What is the value of life?" Deep thinking and confusion have greatly enhanced the power of poetry.
There are always different opinions about the creative intention of Li Shangyin's Jinse. Or think it's patriotic, or think it's a memorial to his dead wife, or think it's a theory of self-injury, or think it's a pen to express your thoughts and treat your children. The author believes that the reason why this poem has been passed down through the ages is that on the one hand, it expresses the author's extreme sadness after the disillusionment of love, on the other hand, it contains meditation after sadness.