You look at me, I look at you, and there are only my eyes and Jingting Mountain's eyes.
On Poetry
Birds fly without a trace, and lonely clouds in the sky are free and leisurely. The mountain looks at me, and I look at the mountain. We can look at each other, but neither of us is bored. This feeling is only me and Jingting Mountain.
Writing background
To understand a poem, the most important thing is to know the background and age of the poet's writing. If the poet's life is happy, his poems are naturally inspiring, but if the poet goes through hardships, his poems are naturally melancholy and bitter. In fact, there are two versions in the year when Li Bai wrote this poem. One was written in 753, the twelfth year of Tianbao. But at this time, Li Bai has reached middle age, and his reputation is abroad, so he is not wandering here. There is a "from my brother Li Zhao" as evidence: "The second assistant Xuancheng County, honest and carefree, often boasting that the clouds and the moon are good, invited me to worship Tingshan". Obviously, this is invited. Since I was invited here, I must be in a good mood, but this song "Sitting alone in Jingting Mountain" reveals sadness everywhere, both loneliness and loneliness, which shows that Li Bai's life situation was very difficult at that time.
In fact, Bian Xiao prefers the second view, that is, this poem was written in the second year of Shang Dynasty, that is, 76 1. At this time, Li Bai was 60 years old, and Li Bai died at the age of 6 1, which means that Li Bai left this bustling world for one year. At this time, Li Bai has experienced the turmoil of An Shi Rebellion, once imprisoned unjustly, and exiled after several twists and turns. He lost his once high-spirited teenager, leaving only an old man among the flowers feeling sorry for himself. When Li Bai passed by Xuancheng, he was not invited by his old friends, but hobbled into Jingting Mountain alone. Li Bai sat silently on the rock in front of the mountain, looking at the birds and lonely clouds in the sky, and at the mountain peak in front of him. It must be very sad to be moved by the scene, so he couldn't help singing this famous sentence. This writing background is more in line with the artistic conception of this poem.
As the saying goes, Li Bai boarded Shu Dao and sang a famous poem, which made Shu Dao difficult. It was his first visit to Chang 'an at that time, and Li Bai's mood was heroic and comfortable, so he would write such a wonderful work. Li Bai was drunk and joked with Gao Lishi, and staged a historical farce of Lux taking off his boots. At this time, Li Bai is neither humble nor supercilious, and can sing the immortal poem "Ah, how can I solemnly bow and scrape to those high officials who will never be shown with sincere faces". We prefer to believe that it is the most logical and convincing way to interpret the artistic conception in poetry and then infer the author's creative background and environment. To sum up, this poem is more convincing in 76 1
Precise interpretation of poetry
The first two sentences in the poem are "birds fly high, and lonely clouds go to leisure alone." At first glance, there will be a lonely scene in front of you. Look at those birds flying away, but they disappeared in an instant. The lonely clouds in the sky don't want to stay for a moment, and slowly drift away with the wind. From Birds to Lonely Clouds, these are all landscapes, but it is the poet who uses landscapes to express his feelings and express that these beautiful things are gradually leaving him with time. Are you tired of the world? I'm afraid it's not that I'm world-weary, but that the world has abandoned poets. All these beautiful things left to him were active, and the poet sat there motionless. After reading these, we can't help but sigh, what a sad and lonely mood it is, but besides loneliness, we can also feel exceptionally clear and quiet. Although they are all gone, they can only show more static charm after moving. This writing technique of "moving" to "static" actually highlights the desolation and loneliness of the poet's heart, and also shows that the author has settled down at this time and does not want to fly away with the birds, and the white clouds are falling. Let everything go with them. I am still sitting here quietly, feeling the flow of time and the changes of time.
At this time, birds and clouds are more like a kind of fame, while birds and lonely clouds are slowly leaving the poet, which is the boundless space of lonely feelings deliberately created by the poet. The word "solitary cloud" here is very artistic. Tao Yuanming's Poems for the Poor says that "solitary clouds come alone", which shows that solitary clouds can bring more artistic conception to people.
The last two sentences of the poem "Never tire of looking at each other, only Jingting Mountain". After reading this, the poet brought the mountain to life with anthropomorphic expression. You see, the birds are gone, and the clouds are slowly drifting away, leaving only Jingting Mountain, which stands motionless and faces the poet, so it adopts "never tire of two things". There is no need to say anything between them. Jingting Mountain looked at himself affectionately, and he also stared at Jingting Mountain. On the inner spiritual level, there is actually in-depth communication and there is no need to express it in words. The poet regards Jingting Mountain in front of him as a close friend, and Jingting Mountain also regards Li Bai as a confidant. How can ordinary people understand this profound friendship between them? The dependence between mountains and people is vivid on paper, which is a sincere feeling!
The more poets write about the true feelings of mountains and people, the more ruthless they are. Isn't the experience of Li Bai's life a constant superposition of countless heartless feelings? At this moment, only Jingting Mountain and He are dependent on each other, gazing at each other affectionately, and they are not bored. How can this world have such feelings?