It is clear at the beginning that A Passage to Lingnan is a seven-character poem written by Liu Zongyuan in the Tang Dynasty. This poem was written during his tenure as a secretariat in Liuzhou. The original poem is as follows:
When you go south of the Yangtze River, you can see the Yellow Sea.
Rain and sunshine on the hillside increase the image, and the heart of the pool becomes warmer and longer.
The archer skillfully waited for the wandering figure, but his mother surprised the passenger ship.
Since then, it is no longer a worry, so I can't wait for the fleeting time.
Liu Zongyuan's poem "Lingnan You Jiang" describes the mountain and river characteristics of Liuzhou in detail in three forms: the first couplet, the parallel couplet and the neck couplet. He listed various images, such as Gangjiang River, Yellow River, seaside, the trail of elephants, archers and mothers.
In ancient times, Lingnan area was considered to be full of gas, so the river here was called Lijiang River. Yellow hair, annual or perennial herbs; The footprint of an elephant, the footprint of an elephant; Jiaolong's mouth and liquid intersect, and the poem refers to leeches; Shooter, that is, cockroach, is said to have an animal that can innuendo in ancient times; Hurricane mother is a kind of cloud gas that appeared in the sky before the hurricane. It looks like a rainbow and can also refer to a hurricane.
Judging from the various Lingnan scenery listed by Liu Zongyuan, the poet mainly expressed the hardships and hardships of living here. At the same time, the poet implicitly expressed his life state after his relegation to Liuzhou by symbolic means, thus sending out the feeling that "from now on, I can't afford to spend time in China because I care about my country and people".
Finally, the sentence in the couplet "From now on, I am worried about the wrong things, so I can't wait for fleeting time" contains Liu Zongyuan's anxiety about the future. The poet said that he should not sit still and wait for death, but should make his own efforts to govern the place during the term of Liuzhou secretariat, which also expressed his determination to make some achievements in his career.
The poet wrote in the couplet, "How dare you wait for the fleeting time?" It can be seen that Liu Zongyuan's will and feelings are not depressed at this time, but he has a positive and enterprising attitude, and it can also be seen that the poet has a hard-working and enterprising attitude in his twilight years.
This poem "Lingnan You Jiang" can be said to be a portrayal of Liu Zongyuan's true mood during his stay in Liuzhou, and it can also be said to be a poem that can represent Liu Zongyuan's living conditions during his stay in Liuzhou.
Liu Zongyuan's poems in the whole Liuzhou period, especially the Seven Laws, always describe the scenery, customs, folk customs and his own situation in Lingnan by concentrating and summarizing its contents and images, and then turn poetry into lyricism and express a sad mood.
In the poem "A Passage to Lingnan", Liu Zongyuan expressed his feelings about Lingnan with the images of rivers, the Yellow River, elephants, dumplings, archers and mothers. These images all have the same feature, which makes people feel that the scenery of Lingnan is different from that of the Central Plains.
From this, we can see the overall characteristics of Liu Zongyuan's poetry in Liuzhou period, that is, a poem will have the superposition of images in addition to the combination of images and local characteristics. Layers of sadness, though heavy, are restrained, which forms the unique style of "turning grief and indignation into different scenes and turning deep feelings into shallow words" in Liu Zongyuan's seven laws, and also embodies a major feature of Liu Zongyuan's seven laws during his stay in Liuzhou.
The feelings expressed by Liu Zongyuan's seven laws mainly started from his relegation to his death in Liuzhou, which is a kind of repressed feelings hidden in the poet's heart.
In his poems, he pinned his feelings on the unique scenery of Lingnan, and used the scenery of Lingnan to pin his feelings of relegation. This is the basic content and characteristic of Liu Zongyuan's poetry creation during his stay in Liuzhou.
From Liu Zongyuan's Travel Map of Lingnan, we can see that Liu Zongyuan's description of Lingnan scenery has the characteristics of strange brushwork and delicate and vivid description of scenery.
In this poem by Liu Zongyuan, the scenery, scenery, customs and people's feelings of Lingnan are directly described, showing strong feelings for Lingnan, and the scenery is arranged densely, so the expression of feelings in couplets is deep and dignified.
In this poem, Liu Zongyuan combines the scenery of Lingnan with his own emotional experience, which makes the poem step by step, and the poet's feelings for official career relegation are particularly strong in the poem. This poem "A Journey to Lingnan" illustrates all this well.