With novel artistic conception and ingenious implication, the whole poem combines magnificent life force and lofty ideal, and describes the declining glory of life and the incisive vitality generated. Although life is extremely brilliant, it has also fallen, although it has fallen, it has also been brilliant, revealing the irreconcilable contradiction between the glory of life and the decline of life, the beauty of youth and the perishable youth, and deeply pinning the poet's sadness and helplessness in frustration.
It is this deep sadness and helplessness that arouses the awakening of the poet's inner arrogant personality consciousness, challenges the traditional meaning of "falling flowers", that is, the old traditional ideological and cultural consciousness, and actively explores the true value of individual life and life ideal in order to make contributions to the country. Because of this, this "fantastic and quaint" rhapsody (Tan Sitong's "Falling Flowers") really shines with a shocking light. Artistic success makes this poem a treasure in the art garden.
The whole poem is divided into three parts. The first eight sentences of the poem are the first part, which mainly describes the poet's outing all day, watching the fallen flowers and being deeply attracted and intoxicated by the magnificent scene.
"Although the western suburbs are strange, the ancients are full of poems." At the beginning of the poem, putting pen to paper seems extraordinary. The author praised the scene of falling flowers in the western suburbs of Beijing as a wonder of the world, and lamented that the ancients only wrote some outrageous words, but there were no praise poems. Then, the poet expressed different public interests in a teasing style.
"The western suburbs of chariots and horses, Mr Ding An selling wine. Mr. Wang tried his best to inquire, and Mr. Wang tried his best to send people and scoffed. You have to have three or four children when you call friends, and you will be completely confused as soon as you leave the city. "'Mr. Ding An' is the author's own name. When the flowers fall, there will be no chariots and horses to enjoy the flowers, but the poet bought wine at this time and found three or four friends to enjoy the flowers. Most people only appreciate the blooming flowers. Who would have thought that the scene of falling flowers was so beautiful and spectacular! The phrase "immortals are crazy when they leave town" not only vividly depicts the ecstasy and consternation of poets and friends after seeing the scene of falling flowers, but also paves the way for the detailed description of the scene of falling flowers later.
The middle ten sentences of this poem are the second part. This part is the core of the whole poem, and the pen and ink are the most wonderful. The poet used a series of unexpected metaphors to describe the fallen flowers: such as the night surge in Qiantang, such as the morning fight in Kunyang; If 84,000 heavenly daughters wash their faces, they pour rouge here. "
Qiantang bore is a great wonder in Hangzhou. It was recorded in the detailed Wulin stories of the Song Dynasty that it was "extremely powerful to swallow the sky and the sun" when the tide rose.
The Battle of Kunyang refers to the battle in which Liu Xiu defeated Wang Mang's 400,000 troops with 3,000 elites in Kunyang in 23 AD. The poet compared the scene of falling flowers to the surging tide of Qiantang River and to the battle of Kunyang, which defeated the enemy. How majestic and vivid! The petals are colorful, pink and reddish, and the poet compares it to the rouge water poured by 84 thousand heavenly daughters after washing their faces. The idea is extremely strange and the color is very bright! This kind of poem makes people seem to see the scene of the wind blowing flowers, flowers chasing the breeze, up and down.
Compare the scene of falling flowers to Qiantang river tide and fierce fighting; Furthermore, it is compared to the rouge water poured by the goddess, the grotesque dragon and phoenix drifting, and the carp that the fairy rides. Finally, the phrase "Mr. Wang is worried all his life, in a trance and full of strangeness" is very novel by comparing the scenery in a specific environment with the feelings for a long time. It is with this series of unique metaphors that the poet has formed a touching picture, which strongly infects the readers. Metaphors are not only novel and strange, but also one after another, a series of metaphors, which not only write the gorgeous colors and majestic momentum of the falling flower scene, but also vividly convey the fleeting and rapidly changing wonderful beauty.
Qin Gao, a Taoist fairy, cultivated himself and rode a huge red scale carp to heaven. Jade Palace, the palace of the Jade Emperor in Taoism, is a metaphor for the begonia tree in the poem. The Thirty-six Boundaries, or the Thirty-six Days in Taoism, is a metaphor for all parts of Shan Ye in this poem. A moth eyebrow refers to a woman.
Poets use fairy tales as metaphors and integrate them into poetry, which further increases the magical color and mystery of the falling flower scene. In the poet's pen, falling flowers, falling with the wind, like dragons and phoenixes floating east and west for a while; For a moment, I flew into the sky like a fairy piano riding a red scale carp. Look at that tree, all the flowers have fallen, just like the Jade Emperor Palace was washed away; Look at the ground again, there is no cyan on the ground, there are fallen flowers everywhere, and the eyes are full of red. The poet's imagination is constantly rising. He compares the scene of falling flowers to all kinds of troubles he encounters in his life, which are vague, ambiguous, bizarre and grotesque.
This part is also unique in writing. Ten-sentence is a unique metaphor, and the metaphor technique is very flexible. The first four sentences are similes, the middle ten are similes, and the last two are similes. Sentence patterns and rhythms have also changed accordingly, avoiding monotony and rigidity.
The last eight sentences of this poem are the third part. In this part, the poet expresses his passion by casting Buddhist scripture stories and Buddhist scriptures: "Mr. Wang reads all the Sanzang, and he likes Vimalakīrti to scroll more clearly." I also heard that the pure land is four inches deep, and I am particularly fascinated by it. The net country of the west has not yet arrived. What are the ideas for the next writing? There are countless flowers on the Ande tree, and there are more rain and dew. It takes as long as 360 days to fall flowers. "
Sanzang is the general name of Buddhist classics, including Jing, Fa and Lun. The Vimalakīrti Classic refers to the Vimalakīrti Classic, from which the story of the goddess scattering flowers comes. Clear words: beautiful words. The "pure land" and "pure land in the west" here refer to the Buddhist countries. Chyi Yu, according to Buddhism, is regarded as evil by Buddhists. The word "rain" is used as a verb, and flowers fall like rain.
In this part of the poem, the poet's emotional stream flows in twists and turns, which is related to the story of falling flowers in Vimalakīrti's classics. This story also made him "close his eyes and watch" the wonders of the Buddhist wonderland, fascinated; Finally, he thought of the world from Buddhism, and the surging passion turned into a meaningful sigh. "There are endless flowers in the Ande tree, and it rains better, and it falls in 360 days", which not only expresses the poet's nostalgia and yearning for the wonders of Buddhism, but also expresses his pursuit and yearning for the falling flowers on earth.
This is no ordinary improvisation. Connecting with the poet's times and thoughts, people can easily realize the realistic content contained in romantic singing.
The first striking feature of this poem is that the poet not only wrote the remnants of the red fragrance, but also expressed his social ideal by praising the fallen flowers, without any sense of sadness. In this way, not only a series of scenery descriptions are colorful, but also the whole poem is more profound and intriguing. On the other hand, if the theme of the whole poem is only to praise the fallen petal, then even if it is beautifully written, it will appear thin and shallow, and the infection to readers will be much more indifferent.
Another notable feature of this poem is its peculiar metaphor and rich imagination. Metaphor and scenery description in poetry are traditional techniques in China's classical poetry, but the metaphor in this poem is particularly novel and peculiar.