Pingyang's geisha was attracted by the emperor, who gave her a brocade robe in the cold weather outside the curtain. It is from the work "Spring Palace Song" by Wang Changling, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. This poem takes advantage of the fact that Wei Zifu, the singer of Princess Pingyang's family, was spoiled by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty and became the queen, exposing the decadent life of feudal emperors who loved the new and hated the old.
The poem is about the resentment of erotic palace, but there is no resentment. It is clearly written about the situation that the newcomers are favored, but secretly it expresses the resentment that the old people have fallen out of favor. The author focuses on applying powder on the back and polishing the side, so that the light and shade are clear and the words are close to each other.
Creation background
During the Tianbao period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (742-756), he indulged in Yang Yuhuan. According to the biography of consorts in Han Dynasty, after Emperor Wu ascended the throne, Chen Shu, the first queen of Han Dynasty, was childless, so Princess Pingyang bought a large family of neighboring women and raised them at home, ready for Emperor Wu to choose as his concubine.
It happened that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty came to Prince Pingyang's home after offering sacrifices to the overlord, and Princess Pingyang decorated these beautiful women for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to choose from. But Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not satisfied after reading it. Then Princess Pingyang asked the executioner to entertain her. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took a fancy to Wei Zifu and took her to the palace. Wei Zifu has been in the palace for more than a year, but he is unlucky.
works appreciation
In the first two sentences, the word "spring" is related to the topic; The peach trees beside the open well bloom in the spring breeze. "The moon is high in the front hall of Weiyang" points out the location and is related to the word "palace". In the front hall of Weiyang Palace, the full moon is shining brightly.
Literally, the two poems only depict a natural scene of spring, tranquility and silence, which is a metaphor for the singer's love, just like a peach blossom dipped in rain and dew, and it is a kind of writing that is both happy and compared.
The moon, for people, has no distinction between distance and height. She said here that "the moon is high in Weiyang front hall" because it is a place where newcomers are favored and people who fall out of favor yearn for it, so she only thinks that the moon is high there. Although unreasonable, it is affectionate.
The last two sentences are about the origin of the newcomer and the specific situation of her favor. Wei Zifu was originally a singer of Princess Pingyang. Because of his beauty and good dancing skills, he was chosen by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and called into the palace. He was very lucky. The word "new favorite" came into being. In order to specify the favor for newcomers, the fourth sentence selects a typical detail.
Peach blossoms in the well indicate that it is already the season of spring, but the emperor of Man Chong, still afraid of the cold spring outside the curtain, gave him a brocade robe to show his excessive concern. Through this detailed description, it can be clearly seen that newcomers are deeply favored.
In addition, from the word "new favorite", people will naturally think of the old man who has just fallen out of favor. At this moment, she may be standing under the eaves of a secluded palace with moonlight like water, overlooking Weiyang Temple, feeling dejected by the singing and dancing of the couple, feeling lonely, sad and resentful.
The writing feature of poetry and prose is that they all recite the past of the Han Palace, but in fact they use Chinese to compare the Tang Dynasty and satirize the present. The poem always quotes the whole article with "last night", one or two sentences are related, and the season and place are named; The last two sentences directly describe the new favorite, clearly describe the situation of the new favorite, and secretly express the resentment against the old love that fell out of favor. This poem is full of complaints about eroticism, but not about words.
The author focuses on painting the back and polishing the side to make it clear. The whole poem is empty and real, and the words are close and far away: it seems that there is no resentment, and the resentment is deep; There seems to be no hate, and hate is eternal. In fact, it is a technique with implication, and the so-called "unpredictable and interesting" embodies the characteristics of Wang Changling's four unique skills.
The whole poem is full of resentment in erotic palace, but there is nothing to complain about. The author focuses on painting the back and polishing the side to make it clear. The poem clearly describes the affection of the new couple and secretly expresses the resentment of the old man who has fallen out of favor. Empty and true, the words are close and the meaning is far: it seems that there is no resentment, and the resentment is deep; There seems to be no hate, and hate is eternal. There is a sound outside the true string.