Can't sleep at night, sit up and play the piano.
Thin curtains look at the bright moon, and the breeze blows on the chest.
Lonely in the wild, birds are singing in Beilin.
What will you see when you are wandering, and you will be sad when you are worried.
[analysis]
Eighty-two poems of "Yong Huai" are the general topics of Ruan Ji's poems all his life. Living in the political darkness of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Ruan Ji's poems are mostly obscure and tortuous. Yan Yanzhi in Liu Song Dynasty said: "Ruan Ji was always worried about disasters in Jin Dynasty, so he pretended to sing this song." Shan Li also said: "(Ruan Ji) is determined to ridicule, but his writings are mostly evasive and light, and it is difficult to guess after a hundred generations." ("Selected Works of Poetry")
This poem is the first poem in Yong Huai, which typically embodies the above characteristics. In modern critical terms, it is almost an empty poem, which writes about the bright moon, the breeze, the lonely rainbow, the flying birds, playing the piano while sleeping, wandering and worrying, but it does not specify or imply its specific content. Some scholars in the Qing Dynasty often quoted historical facts to verify their own meaning, and the result was often that they lost their main idea. Among them, Fang's opinion, "This is the starting point of" August 1st ",but it is always said that you can't sing your heart out in words" ("Zhao Wei Yan Yan"), is relatively close.
In fact, if we can thoroughly understand Ruan Ji, this poem is not difficult to understand. Ruan Ji "originally had the ambition to help the world and belonged to Wei and Jin Dynasties. There are many reasons in the world, and few celebrities have all the people. The reason is that they are isolated from the world, so drinking is common (Biography of Ruan Ji in the Book of Jin). Just as he was drunk for 60 days and made Wendi propose to Emperor Wudi, and finally "no more talking" (ditto) and "binge drinking" were just his means to avoid showing off, but his inner pain could not be removed. history