Appreciation of Pomegranate On the surface, this is an ancient poem about pomegranate. What is the author trying to express?
1. Pomegranate metaphor
Why did Li Shangyin write a poem about pomegranate? What is the metaphor of pomegranate? It is said that pomegranate was introduced into the Central Plains from the Western Regions. The natural history says, "Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions and got pomegranate from Antulin, and named it An Pomegranate. In the Tang Dynasty, Empress Wu Zetian especially loved pomegranate, so its planting entered a period of prosperity and development, and Chang 'an once had a grand occasion of "pomegranate flowers full of suburbs". When Yang Guifei was in Huaqing Palace, she also liked pomegranate flowers. She planted many pomegranate trees around the Seven Halls to watch the gorgeous beauty of pomegranate flowers, so she got the reputation of "Pomegranate of the Imperial Lady". Yu Lan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in the poem "Pomegranate Flowers in Chiba": "A flower blooms in Chiba, but it doesn't bloom in the spring breeze. If the teaching is moved to Xiangrun Bank, it will be the same as the waiter. The last sentence of the poem compares the charming attitude of pomegranate flower to the beauty in Xiang Run, and the romantic one also compares pomegranate flower to the boudoir in Missing. It can be seen that pomegranate was an extraordinary product in the dynasty when Li Shangyin lived. It is a symbol of beautiful women and pure love.
2. Who is Li Shangyin's Pomegranate written for?
It can be concluded that Li Shangyin's Pomegranate is a love poem, but who did he write it to? Li Shangyin also mentioned pomegranate in two untitled poems: "... the place where your golden lamp goes out is very quiet. How far can a pomegranate flower whisper?" . Maybe you are on the bank of weeping willows, stopping to chase; How can you wait until it is sent to the southwest wind? According to the poem, it is not difficult to see that this poem was written for his first love, and this love was a failure, which made him unforgettable. Is this pomegranate and that pomegranate the same woman? To solve this problem, we must first look at Li Shangyin's love experience. It is said that he has had feelings with many women all his life, starting with the childhood friends of Huayang sisters. According to legend, the three sisters in Huayang were famous beauties and talented women at that time, and they were called "Sanying". The love poem written by Li to them used a pink color: "Send the three sisters in Song Huayang on a moonlit night".
"It's hard to have it both ways. Twelve cities receive colored toads. It should be a * * * three-night reward, and the jade building is still a crystal curtain. " Li Shangyin is charming and affectionate. He was infatuated with owning Sanying, but the three girls refused to serve a wife, so they broke up with Yishan. After breaking up with the Huayang sisters, the poet experienced another painful feeling. The heroine, Liu Zhi, was 17 years old when she first met the poet. She was the daughter of a rich man. Li wrote four poems to express his love for Herry Liu. Among them: "The willow branches are flat on the well and the lotus leaves are in the middle." Embroidered feathers with brocade scales are prohibited on land and water. The screen is embroidered with obstacles, and things are self-contained. How to look at the lake depends on the mandarin duck. It was a godsend, but an unexpected person. When their relationship was in full swing, Herry Liu was married by her parents to the Prince of the East. Later, Li Shangyin had emotional entanglements with two women, but unfortunately, both of them were later sent to the palace to be maids. I married Wang Maoyuan's daughter at the age of 25. Because of his many failed emotional experiences, he cherished his married life with Wang. Unexpectedly, Wang Yingnian died young, and Li Shangyin was extremely sad. His mourning poems include A Rainy Night, Jinse and Untitled. At this moment, reading this poem "Pomegranate" carefully seems to have solved the mystery-"Pomegranate is flourishing, its membrane is light and bright, and its seeds are fresh. Can envy the peach trees in Yaochi, with a thousand years of red cheeks. It praises the beauty of pomegranate flowers, the fullness and sweetness of pomegranate fruit, and compares the "red" and "pink" of pomegranate fruit, suggesting that his beloved woman is more beautiful and noble than the peach in the Queen Mother's Yaochi! It can be seen how much the poet loves her and cherishes her. But no matter how noble and charming she is, she can't be as red as the peach of the Queen Mother in Millennium, which shows how sad and sorry he is for the lost beauty! This poem can be said to be addressed to the three Huayang sisters, to Herry Liu or other women he later met, and to his dead wife. In short, Li Shangyin is written to all the women who have been brilliant in his life. This "Pomegranate" is not only an elegy of life, but also an elegy of love!
Third, the artistic features of Li Shangyin's poem Pomegranate
1. This poem uses the method of compound words and repeated words, thus making the rhythm cycle and the word pulse beautiful. Li Shangyin wrote many such poems. There are synchronous reciprocating, such as "each tastes youth with its flower-like interval" and "this flower is in harmony with the length of this leaf". There are also the same sentences that go back and forth in two steps, such as "the south wind leaves dangerous leaves all night" and "half stay and send away and half welcome back" The repetition of these different steps in the same sentence can form a couplet, such as "the star last night and the wind last night, the east of Guitang on the west side of the painting hall"; "Even if there are flowers and moons, there is no wine and no one", and some colleagues repeatedly replied "I only know that spring is rare, but I don't know that spring comes alone"; But what I can't reach is the magic mountain. You are over there, beyond Wanfeng. There are also those who have been re-elected by the United League before and after, such as "It's a pity that the Liujiang willow invaded the river"; Spring is at the end of the world, and the end of the world is oblique. There are also sentences before and after the same couplet, which make the circle bigger and cover the whole couplet, such as "the spring breeze opens, but deliberately laughs at the spring breeze"; After nine ileums, there is still ileum. Only this poem "Pomegranate" has been repeatedly replied in series, and the size is looped together. Read the rhyme continuously, with endless aftertaste, lingering for three days.
2. Be subtle and soft. Li Shangyin failed repeatedly in the struggle against fate because he was trapped in the imperial court and relied on others all his life. Therefore, in his psychological set, implication is the beauty, weakness is the beauty, and softness is the beauty. He described flowers as "fallen flowers", lotus as "withered lotus", peony as "failed rain", plum blossom as "settled in the end of the world" and pomegranate as "no news". The first two lines of this poem praise the purity and beauty of pomegranate, which is the greeting of spring breeze, but then it is a sigh, and the beauty in the world will disappear. Just like a girl in a grass skirt, even if she is a little happy, she is just smiling. Even if she is gorgeous, she can't compete with the wind and rain sword. Beauty is easy to grow old, but old dreams are hard to stay. "Peach cheek Millennium" expresses the poet's dreams and wishes.
All good things in the world are short-lived. Only the poet's immortal poems and sincere and beautiful feelings hidden in his heart can we truly achieve "a peach blossom opens a thousand years"!
Pomegranate Annotation 1 The Story of Hanwu says that the Queen Mother of the West ordered the maid to collect peaches. Soon, a jade plate was filled with seven peaches, and five of them were given to Emperor Wu to plant. The Queen Mother of the West said, "This peach is born once every three years, and the land is thin in midsummer, so it is not planted." This is what Yaochi Peach refers to. Envy: what to envy, envy. This should mean that "Yaochi Peach" is the female crown, and pomegranate is a metaphor for a woman with many children and grandchildren, allowing her to adopt flowers.
Poetry: Pomegranate Poetry Author: Tang Dynasty Li Shangyin Poetry Classification: Women, Love