Therefore, in modern poetry creation, classicism and modernity become two parallel lines, which do not blend with each other and go their own way. In fact, the beauty of China's classical poetry can be reflected in the creation of modern poetry. If the two are perfectly combined, there will be unexpected artistic charm. Zheng Chouyu, a modern poet from Taiwan Province, proved this point to the world with a beautiful poem. This poem is his masterpiece "Mistakes".
Zheng Chouyu, a famous poet in Taiwan Province, is known as modern Li Shangyin. This poem "Mistake" can be called the most beautiful "wandering poem" in modern times. With the sadness of ancient poetry, I traveled all over Jiangnan and lost time! It is selected into textbooks every year and has captured the hearts of generations. The whole poem is as follows:
"Wrong" Zheng Chouyu
I walked through Jiangnan.
The appearance in the season is like the opening and falling of lotus flowers.
If the east wind does not come, catkins will not fly in March.
Your heart is like a little lonely city.
Like a bluestone street facing the night.
Without a sound, the spring curtain in March can't be lifted.
Your heart is a small closed window.
My dada horseshoe is a beautiful mistake.
I am not a returnee, I am a passer-by. ...
Yu Guangzhong, a poet, called Zheng Chouyu a "prodigal son" and said that his poems were full of melancholy wandering temperament, and the beauty of classical poetry was well integrated into modern poetry, which was tactfully affectionate, gentle and colorful, and had its own style. His poems, like his name, are elegant and smart, with a hint of sadness. "Castle peak can not cover, after all, east! The river is worried at night, and the mountains are deeply heard. " Like the word Xin Qiji, this "mistake" is empty, slightly sad, and beauty is sighing.
1954, this poem was first published in Taiwan Province province, and once published, it immediately caused a sensation in the literary world. Because the last sentence of the poem "My horseshoe of Dada is a beautiful mistake/I'm not a passer-by, just a passer-by", the whole island of Taiwan Province Province was chanting the sound of "Dada's horseshoe" for a time. This poem also became a famous work in Zheng Chouyu, and was later selected as a Chinese textbook for senior high schools in the Mainland, which moved several generations.
At the beginning of the poem, "I walked through the south of the Yangtze River", using flashback technique, the structure is novel, and the faint sadness comes to my face. A simple word "Jiangnan" brought people into the misty Jiangnan-drizzling, bridges flowing, and the young lady. "I" crossed Jiangnan and didn't enter the house. Her face, like a lotus, falls alone, leaving only a dry lotus stalk in the ever-changing landscape.
Then, the poet uses various images to describe the woman's lovesickness and her waiting modality. My lover has not returned for a long time, full of melancholy, and the spring in my heart has not arrived for a long time. Just like that lonely city where the east wind doesn't blow and catkins don't fly. Qingshi Street is quiet, and the footsteps of my sweetheart haven't sounded for a long time. She is unhappy all day, ignoring makeup, and her heart is like a window lattice Curtains hung low, isolated from the window, and loneliness was accompanied by deep sadness.
Finally, the poet said that his horseshoe didn't stop, and then pointed out that he was not a passer-by, but a passer-by. In the endless waiting, the woman is homesick, and the date is looking forward to the "foot sound" of going home. One day, the footsteps of "I" finally sounded on the bluestone road in the south of the Yangtze River, but they just hurried by and didn't return to people. The sound of hooves is like a "beautiful mistake", which makes the thinking woman happy and lonely.
Although this poem is a modern poem, it embodies the advantages of classical poetry and has a quiet and beautiful artistic conception. It adopts many images commonly used in classical poetry, such as Jiangnan, lotus, face, east wind, flocking sheep, dusk, spring curtain, returning people, passers-by and so on. It has a lasting charm and reminds people of many famous sentences in classical poetry. The whole poem is euphemistic, sentimental and confused, which is quite similar to Li Shangyin's Untitled poem in the Tang Dynasty.