Wang Yitai
Be the window willow of Jing' an mansion,
Look at the flowers in front of the post office.
Two spring scenery ended on the same day,
Treat people as guests and family.
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This is a poem by Bai Juyi and his good friend Yuan Zhen. In the 19th year of Zhenyuan (803), both of them were admitted to the Education Department, and both of them were awarded the positions of provincial school secretaries. They just met and made friends. "Friendship is like a stone, love is like a brother".
On March 7th, in the 4th year of Yuanhe (809), Yuan Zhen sent envoys to Dongchuan to serve as prison officers, and went back and forth between the pommel horses, and wrote a set of quatrains named "Make Dongchuan". Later, Bai Juyi, a bachelor of Zuo and a bachelor of Hanlin, who now lives in Chang 'an, wrote a poem with a total of twelve poems on Dongchuan Road in the Yuan Dynasty, and wrote an inscription saying: "Twelve poems are all reminiscing about the old things because of the new environment, and one song can't be told. If it is harmonious, it will only be given to Yuan Zhi." Wang Yitai is the eleventh of them. Bet on the original poem: March 30th.
Yuan Zhen's "Looking at the Post Station" says: "On March 30 th, I looked at the post station at Wangjiang. Today, Meng Guangyan will not return after the spring! " "Meng Guang" refers to the poet's wife Wei Cong. This is the last day of Yuan Zhen's March, because I miss my wife. Summing up the phrase "spring can't come back" is a poet's slogan. I expected his wife to reunite with him at the end of spring, but now it can't be realized, and the feeling of disappointment is just around the corner.
"Wang Yitai", a poem written by Bai Juyi on Jiudongchuan Road in Guangyuan, Sichuan, includes Wang Yitai in Jialing County, Wang Xiyi.
Sentence solution
Jing 'an House is a window willow, looking at the flowers in front of the post office.
In Jing 'an House, I face the green willows in front of the window every day and stare at the distance; In front of the post station, the spring faded and flowers fell all over the ground. The first sentence points out the place and time. Yuan Zhen's home is in Jing 'an, Chang 'an. At this time, his wife Wei Cong lives here, writing about his house and watching himself. "Being a window willow" means being pregnant. It is the custom of the Tang people to fold the willow as a courtesy and think about the wanderer because of the willow. Probably the willows are soft and long, so as to express endless affection for each other. As soon as the lens of the second sentence was changed, I went to Wang Yitai in Sichuan. Yuan Zhen was alone in the posthouse and missed his wife when he saw the fallen flowers. This sentence is full of metaphor, association and poetry.
The spring scenery in the two places is the same day, and people are homesick.
Two beautiful spring scenes disappeared on the same day; At this time, family members miss people who travel abroad, and business tourists also miss people at home. The word "gold" is like a sharp sword to divide water, which has a strong effect and contains the sentimental feelings of people in the end of spring. "Spring" means not only spring, but also good times and good hopes. The end of spring on the same day means that the expected party has failed, and naturally "thinking about people, guests and home" has emerged. Originally, I never miss this day, but since it is the end of spring, this feeling of nostalgia is even heavier. A kind of lovesickness, sadness in both places, and the dark line of feelings have closely linked two hearts separated by thousands of miles.
Comments and explanations
Bai Juyi's harmony poems are the same as the original poems, but different from the original poems, using antithesis and stability in writing. It not only has the beauty of order in form, but also strengthens the power of expression. Because in content, these two sentences refer to both sides. When used in antithesis, it can be seen that the feelings of both sides are equally deep and the lovesickness is equally lingering; Form and content blend and complement each other. Because of the separation and combination, the composition has changed in rigor, which has increased the aesthetic feeling of poetry.
At the center of the poem is the word "thinking". The whole poem closely follows the word "thinking" and unfolds at different levels. The first sentence "be a window willow", spread your thoughts in the boudoir; The second time, I used "flowers on the ground" to write my thoughts on post-travel. These two sentences convey feelings through images, which can be seen clearly without thinking. In three words, by going up one flight of stairs wrote the unforgettable acacia that turned from hope to disappointment on March 30th. However, it is still not straightforward, and only the words "Spring is over" are written, which is quite obscure. In four words, by going up one flight of stairs, the meaning turned into an explosion. The word "thinking" is straight, and it is very powerful to use the word "thinking" repeatedly and combine the first three sentences to point out the theme of the poem.