Name of the work
Broken chapter
You stand on the bridge and watch the scenery.
The landscape man is watching you upstairs.
The bright moon decorated your window,
You decorated other people's dreams.
Creation background
The broken chapter is written in 1935+00. According to the author, these four lines were originally in a long poem, but only these four lines were used to his satisfaction, so they were taken out to form an independent chapter, from which the title came. [3]
The author once said: "This is a lyric poem, which is to write a moment's artistic conception with transcendental feelings. I like to think that people and things in the world are closely related, interdependent and interactive. People ('you') can see the scenery, or they may embellish it intentionally or unintentionally; People ('you') can see the bright moon decorating their windows, or they may consciously or unconsciously become decorations in other people's dreams. " He said, "I mean, pay attention to relativity. "It can be seen that the poet mainly wants to show a kind of kinship, so he created this poem. [4]
works appreciation
Broken Chapter is a short poem with rich and obscure meanings in the history of modern literature in China. The poet injected strong philosophical thinking into his poems. The title of "Writing a Chapter" seems ordinary, but in fact it is a pun. One is a fragment extracted from a complete long poem, and the other is the lost and unspeakable emotion in human heart, and this unique feeling in the heart can often touch the softest place in human heart.
People often say that "a good poem is worth reading a hundred times", and these four short "broken chapters" are enough to read for a lifetime. The reason why this poem has enduring artistic charm and still gives people a strong sense of beauty is that the poet avoids abstract explanations and creates a symbolic and beautiful picture. The natural beauty and profound philosophy of the picture have reached a harmonious unity like a harmonious blend of water and milk.
In the meaningful picture, the poet conveys the philosophy of life obtained by his intellectual thinking, that is, the poetic experience beyond the poet's feelings: in the universe and even the whole life process, everything is relative and interrelated; In the combination of feelings, a moment can last forever; In the field of metaphysics, as the poet Blake said, "a grain of sand is a world"; In the field of life and morality, life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil, beauty and ugliness are not absolutely isolated, but relative and interrelated. When people have an insight into this truth, they will not be bound by some secular ideas, and they will not haggle over whether it is necessary. They should gain freedom and transcendence through a thorough understanding of life and the world.
The first two sentences of this poem depict a picture of tourists watching the scenery during the day. Although it is written about "seeing the scenery", the pen and ink do not splash on the description of the scenery, but inadvertently reveal the bridges, buildings, tourists, and the running water, cruise ships and shore willows that can be inferred from it ... It is like a faint ink painting, leaving the vague background looming to the imagination, and the focus of the picture falls on the people watching the scenery on the bridge and upstairs, more precisely.
You, standing on the bridge and watching the scenery, are obviously ecstatic in the face of the beautiful scenery in front of you. From the side comparison, we can see that he didn't notice that "the people watching the scenery upstairs are watching you". What is intriguing is that the upstairs person who obviously came to see the scenery boarded the tall building. What he saw in his eyes was not the scenery, but the "you" who stood on the bridge to see the scenery. I don't know why people upstairs are watching "you" and the scenery. What deeply fascinated those eyes and touched that heart? Nais Naipin's "expression" can be described as romantic and implicit, which makes the originally quiet and pleasant picture suddenly rippling and swaying in Chun Qing, evoking many interesting drama scenes. You who are indifferent to the scenery must be a handsome guy who travels around the world, and the person who loves people upstairs must be a lonely and affectionate woman who longs for love and is hard to find a bosom friend. She is addicted to the scenery and naive, but she doesn't know how many emotions her every move has disturbed. One is affectionate and pitiful, with a loving heart and a blind eye. It's really "falling flowers are intentional, running water is ruthless", and there are many such casual encounters on the journey of life, which are love at first sight, fleeting and unforgettable. It is in these two short lines that the poet left behind an indescribable feeling like a spark of calcium carbide and an eternal portrayal of an indescribable scene, which evoked memories and aroused people's reverie.
The poet's "broken chapter" in just four lines fully expresses the inner feelings of the characters, and at the same time contains profound philosophical symbolic significance.
Mr. Li Jianwu once thought that this poem "contains infinite sadness and focuses on the word' decoration'", while the poet himself clearly pointed out that "I also mean focusing on' relative'". Regarding the difference between himself and the poet, Mr. Li Jianwu added: "My explanation may not make me agree with the author's confession. The author's confession may not hurt my explanation. It is not so much a conflict as a complementary beauty. " (Li Jianwu answers the author of Fish Collection) In fact, both the "relativity" described by the poet and the "decoration" pointed out by Li Jianwu are the dissolution of "certainty". "You stand on the bridge and watch the scenery", and the "you" here undoubtedly looks at the "scenery" from a subjective point of view, which has certain certainty or subjectivity; In the poem "The Bright Moon Decorates Your Window", the "bright moon" exists for you or for you, and the "you" here is undoubtedly definite or subjective. Obviously, the first sentence of the two paragraphs in the poem shows a certain "happiness". The second sentence of each section is the analysis of "certainty". The certainty and subjectivity you got in the first sentence were made relative and objective by these two poems, and the joy of certainty turned into relative sorrow. All these fall into the "gaze" of the "poet", and the poem is written with the second person called "you", which makes everything in front fall into another "relative". From this poem, we can undoubtedly appreciate the complex feelings of sadness, sentimentality, wandering, emptiness and sadness. On the other hand, we can also learn from this poem that everything in the universe contains philosophical thinking that is closely related to real life and interdependent, thus gaining some comfort in life ... The short four-line poem has brought extremely rich feelings and enlightenment.
In art, this poem mainly expresses abstract and complex thoughts and artistic conception, but the poet does not make direct statements and lyricism, but indirectly expresses the poem through the presentation of objective images and images. Poetry has a prominent sense of picture and space, profound artistic conception, and suggestibility of western poetry, which makes poetry implicit and deep and quite emotional.