The last sentence of "Everything is only half satisfactory" is: "How can life be satisfactory?".
First, the source
The sentence "How can life be satisfactory? Everything is only half satisfactory" comes from the poem "Ascending the Mountain" by Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, which means that life cannot be satisfactory, but half satisfactory. Later, it became a couplet of Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou.
Second, the background
The background of Du Fu's poem "Ascending the Mountain" is very unique. In the autumn of 767 AD, 56-year-old Du Fu was in Guizhou.
One day, he climbed the high platform outside Baidi City, Guizhou Province, overlooking the bleak scenery of the autumn river, which could not help but arouse his feelings about his past life experiences and the difficulties of his current life.
local warlords used time to compete for territory with each other. Du Fu was sheltered in the shogunate in Yanwu, but Yanwu died soon, and Du Fu lost his dependence. He had to leave the Chengdu Caotang, which had been in business for five or six years, and buy a boat to go south. I stayed in Yun 'an for several months before arriving in Kuizhou.
he couldn't have lived here for three years if it weren't for the care of the local governor. In the past three years, his life is still very difficult and his health is very bad. Therefore, this poem was written under extremely difficult circumstances.
3. Emotions expressed in Ascending the Mountain
1. Life is not easy and self-sentimental: The poem describes all kinds of disappointments in life, such as "I have come three thousand miles away. Sad now with autumn and and with my hundred years of woe, I climb this height alone", which not only expresses the hardships of life, but also reveals the author's own sadness and loneliness.
2. Unfulfilled ambition and worrying about the country and the people: Du Fu cared about the country and the people all his life, and this poem is no exception. He is deeply concerned about the fate of the country and the sufferings of the people. "ill fortune has laid a bitter frost on my temples, heart-ache and weariness are a thick dust in my wine" expresses his anxiety about the current situation and sympathy for people's lives.
features of du fu's poems
1. depression and frustration
this is the most remarkable feature of du fu's poems. His poems are deep in language and rich in emotion, and often express his concern about national affairs and people's livelihood, giving people a feeling of sadness and anger.
Second, the content is extensive
Du Fu's poems cover all aspects of social life, including politics, history, life, nature and other fields. His poems reflected the real face of the society at that time, the sufferings of the people, and also revealed the decay and exploitation of the ruling class.
Third, the nature of poetry history
Du Fu's poems have a strong sense of history and social responsibility. He recorded the real situation of society at that time in the form of poems, so his poems have the nature of "poetry history".
Fourth, the artistic conception is far-reaching
Du Fu's poems are concise in language and vivid in images, and often express far-reaching thoughts and emotions by depicting natural scenery or concrete objects, giving people unlimited imagination.
V. Sincere Emotion
Du Fu's poems are sincere in emotion, often expressing his concern and thinking about human destiny and social reality, and at the same time showing his deep reflection and emotion about his own life experience.