"Song of Everlasting Regret" is an elective course for the second grade of high school published by the People's Education Press.
"Song of Everlasting Regret" is the first poem in the first unit of "Appreciation of Ancient Chinese Poetry and Prose", a high school Chinese elective textbook published by the People's Education Press, and as an appreciation example of this unit, it can be said to be the most important of this unit. of a poem.
"Song of Everlasting Regret" is based on the love story between Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty and the great beauty Yang Guifei. Li Yang's love story is a dream legend of that dreamy era. It is not only the object of lyricism by countless literati and poets, but also the gossip of ordinary people in the past dynasties. The topic can even be said to be an idol drama with extremely high ratings that was staged in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Poetry Appreciation
In this long narrative poem, the poet uses concise language, beautiful images, and a combination of narrative and lyrical techniques to narrate the story of Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei during the Anshi Rebellion. The tragedy of love: their love was ruined by the rebellion they caused, and they continued to eat the bitter fruits of this spirit.
Both Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei were historical figures. The poet did not stick to history, but used a little shadow of history to recreate artistically based on people's legends and neighborhood songs at that time. , a twists and turns, moving story emerges from it, which is described and sung in a repetitive and pathos art form.
Because the stories and characters in the poem are artistic and are complex and true representations of real people, they can move readers of all ages.