Brief introduction of Xie Lingyun
In ancient China, poetry was a very important literary genre, among which landscape poetry was a very important form of existence. It can be said that without landscape poetry, China's poetry culture would be bleak. When it comes to landscape poetry, one person has to be mentioned, and that is Xie Lingyun.
Xie Lingyun is a famous poet in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and a descendant of Xie Xuan, a famous Eastern Jin Dynasty poet. When he was in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he inherited the title of Patriarch. Later, he held many important positions. After Liu Songjin, Xie Lingyun also suffered. First his title was cut, and then he was killed by Song Wendi at that time. He is only 49 years old. Although Xie Lingyun died early, his style of being indifferent to fame and wealth and indulging in mountains and rivers still had a great influence on later generations.
Xie Lingyun was born in a very noble family at that time. He grew up in a Taoist temple in Qiantang when he was young. It is estimated that this also had a certain impact on Xie Lingyun's later calm mentality. He read widely in his early years and was able to write poems in his early years. At the age of eighteen, he attacked the palace. At the age of twenty, he officially became an official and held many official positions, but Xie Lingyun's mind was not in the official position. On the contrary, he sends love between mountains and rivers. In order to travel around the mountain conveniently, he specially designed a kind of detachable clogs, which removed the front teeth when going up the mountain and the back teeth when going down the mountain to facilitate going up and down the mountain.
Later, Emperor Song Wudi replaced the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Xie Lingyun was even less interested in power. The court urged him to be an official several times before he was willing to go. However, after taking office, he still didn't get into the business, thinking about traveling all day. If that's the case, maybe it's ok, but when the court wanted to arrest him, he dared to resist arrest, and even later plotted to let people save themselves in exile, so Song Wendi couldn't bear it anymore and killed him.
Xie Lingyun's famous sentence
Xie Lingyun created a lot of works in his life. Although there are not many excellent poems, there are also many famous sayings. His unique style was very rare at that time. His refined words brought unique fresh interest to the poetry world where metaphysics prevailed at that time. Next, I-I will show you some classic quotes by Xie Lingyun.
Xie Lingyun's most famous poem in his life is "Spring grass in the long pond, willow flowers singing birds" in Climbing the pond upstairs. These two poems have been praised by countless people. At first glance, these two sentences are very common, with nothing unique, simple words and ordinary scenes, but if you look at them together in the whole poem, you can see the unique charm of these two sentences. According to poetry, Xie Lingyun was recovering from a serious illness at that time. Compared with the prosperous scenery, this relatively simple spring vitality can impress Xie Lingyun more. At that time, the poetic style was still famous for its flowery words. In that environment, such fresh sentences naturally stand out and are loved by readers.
"The moon shines on the snow, and the north wind is strong and sad." The moon was supposed to be soft and quiet, but the following sentence changed the context of this poem. In cold weather, the cold moonlight shines on the heavy snow, giving people a high and gloomy feeling. This is the visual experience, and then the auditory experience. The wind is roaring, and the word "strength" shows the fierceness and cry of the wind.