In this place, Jing Ke bid farewell to Yan Taizi Dan, and the strong man was sad and sorrowful.
No one was there at that time, and the water is still cold today.
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Xiao Shui Farewell is a five-character quatrain written by Luo, a poet in the early Tang Dynasty. This poem describes the author's mood when he bid farewell to his friends in Yishui, and compares today with history. The whole poem is profound in meaning and desolate in style.
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Yishui: Also known as yi river, located in Yixian County in the west of Hebei Province, is divided into South Yishui, Middle Yishui and North Yishui, which was the southern boundary of Yan State during the Warring States Period. The place where Yan Taizi Dan bid farewell to Jing Ke. "The Warring States Policy Yance III": "The wind is rustling and the water is cold, and the strong men are gone forever."
② Here: The original meaning is here, this place. This refers to Yishui Bank.
⑶ Don't yan dan: It refers to Jing Ke's farewell to Yan Taizi Dan.
(4) Brave: a brave and fearless person; Warriors. This refers to Jing Ke, defender of the Warring States and assassin.
5. Hair is flushed: it describes people who are extremely angry, so their hair is straight and their hats are flushed. Crown: hat. Historical Records Biography of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru: "It seems to stand on the wall, leaning on the column, and rushing to the crown in anger."
(6) the past era: the past; Once upon a time, Wang Cang, Dongping of the Han Dynasty in Dongguan, said: "The nature of flesh and blood cannot be close or far away, but it is necessary to see the color and love the past."
(7) People: One view refers to Jing Ke, and the other view refers to the people present at that time.
(8) No: death, that is, the word "death".
(9) Water: refers to water that is easy to come out.
Jude: Still so.
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In this place, Jing Ke bid farewell to Yan Taizi Dan, and a strong man was filled with grief and indignation. At that time, everyone was gone, and today's Xiao is still so cold.
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In the winter of 679 AD, King Robin went to Youyan area, leaning against the military curtain, and determined to serve the country. This poem is about this period. He was indignant at his fate and deeply dissatisfied with the rule of Wu Zetian. He is looking forward to the opportunity to do something for the restoration of the Li and Tang Dynasties. However, before this opportunity came, the situation of sinking and depression made the poet fall into the anguish of wandering and seeking. The unique work "Yishui Send Someone" reflects the poet's mood in a tortuous way.
The first couplet, "Don't leave yan dan here, a strong man will win the crown", is about the place where the poet bid farewell to his friends. The tragic farewell scene and the impassioned emotions of the characters are summarized by "the crown of a strong man" to express the poet's deep respect for Jing Ke. At this time, it is natural to say goodbye to friends by the Yi River and think of Jing Ke's story. However, this way of writing poetry gives people an abrupt feeling. It abandons the common contents of farewell poems, such as friends' communication, feelings of parting and thoughts of parting, but goes straight into history. This vivid brushwork reflects an uncontrollable anger in the poet's heart. He cherishes the present by recalling the past and combines the past with the present. So as to prepare the conditions for the lyric behind and brew the atmosphere.
The second couplet, "There was no one in the past, but the water is still cold today", is a nostalgic remark that expresses the poet's feelings. The center of this poem is the fourth sentence, especially the word "cold" at the end of the poem, which is the finishing touch, rich in meaning and deeply expresses the poet's feelings about history and reality. The word "cold" contains the feelings in the scene, binds the feelings and the scene together, and forms meaning with images. Scenery and imagery are concrete descriptions of objective things; Emotion and meaning are the poet's aesthetic comprehension and feelings about objective things. Poets in natural objects and readers in artistic objects have found the objective existence of beauty and the great expression of life and personality, thus transferring this subjective feeling and meaning to objective scenes and images, endowing nature and art with life and objective things with subjective souls. This is the "empathy" in poetry creation and appreciation. The word "cold" is the material symbol of this empathy and the most successful place for this poem. When the poet bid farewell to his friends on the bank of Yishui, he felt not only the cold water, but also the cold heart. Where are those lost times before me? Behind me, are the future generations? " The poet had to pour out his hard-won ambition and endless resentment to his best friend. The poet's memory of Jing Ke is not only a comfort to himself, but also an encouragement to his friends.
The title of this poem is "Farewell", but it doesn't say who to bid farewell to and what to bid farewell to, but the grand farewell scene of "generously relying on the sword to sing your farewell" is just around the corner. History itself is a strong farewell, which is the same as the event that the poet sent his friend away. Farewells in ancient and modern times are all on the banks of Yishui River, and the places are the same. These two poems are antithetical forms, one ancient and one present, one light and one heavy, one slow and one urgent, one bright and one dark, and two clues. At the same time, it shows that Yi Shui transcends ancient and modern times and poetry transcends time and space. Finally, it is unified in the word "cold" of "the water is still cold today", and the whole poem is integrated. It is not only an eulogy of history, but also an expression of feelings, which fully affirmed the life value of the ancient hero Jing Ke, and at the same time poured out the poet's ambition and anguish, and expressed his hope for his friends. The conception of this poem is very clever.
This is a farewell poem in title and an epic in content. Although the title of this poem is "Giving away", it doesn't tell us the parting of friends or who the readers are. However, the sender must be the best friend who cares about each other. Because only in this way, the poet is willing and able to irresistibly spit out the pieces in his heart when he leaves, saving all the usual farewell words. Wang long-term lack of talent, loss of ambition, persecution, patriotism can not be displayed. When he bid farewell to his friends, he expressed his admiration for ancient heroes by chanting ancient things, and also entrusted his deep feelings for reality, pouring out his great anguish that he was full of blood and had nowhere to flow.
With strong and deep feelings and subtle and refined techniques, the whole poem got rid of the influence of the delicate poetic style in the early Tang Dynasty, which marked the maturity of the five-character quatrains in the Tang Dynasty and opened the way for the healthy development of Tang poetry.