It is from Jinse, one of the representative works of Li Shangyin, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. The title of the poem is Jinse, but it is not a poem about objects. It's just an untitled poem with the first word as the title according to the convention of ancient poetry.
The whole poem is as follows:
I want to know why my Jinse has fifty strings, and each string has a youthful interval.
Zhuangzi daydreaming, a saint, was bewitched by butterflies, and cuckoo crowed in the imperial spring.
Mermaids shed pearl-like tears on the moon-green sea, and the blue fields breathed their jade to the sun.
A moment that should last forever has come and gone before I know it.
Explanation:
Why do exquisite musical instruments have fifty strings, each of which reminds me of my youth?
Zhuang Zhou danced in his sleep and turned into a butterfly, hoping that the emperor would entrust his hatred to Du Fu.
The moon, the sea and Jiao Ren shed tears, and the jade in Lantian can only turn into smoke when it is warm.
Why do you want to recall this scene at this time, just because my heart was just at a loss at that time.
Extended data:
Creation background
Li Shangyin is talented and quick-thinking. He was admitted to a scholar in his early twenties. He was jealous of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and was not brushed off. Since then, he has never met his talent. In the "Niu Li Party Struggle", the two sides are in a dilemma, full of doubts, repeatedly rejected, and their ambitions are difficult to achieve. Losing his wife in middle age, expressing his feelings by writing poems, is despised by people.
This poem was written by the author in his later years, and there have always been different opinions about the creative intention of this poem "Jinse". Or think it's patriotic, or think it's a memorial to his dead wife, or think it's a theory of self-injury, or think it's a pen to express your thoughts and treat your children.
works appreciation
The first sentence of this poem is full of the word "unprovoked", from which comes the beauty of the whole body. Yi Yun: One string and one column of the golden harp are enough to disappoint people. Somehow, there are so many strings and columns, which makes people feel disappointed. It seems to blame Jinse for having this string column for no reason, which makes it look disappointed for no reason. That is, if you are born, you will also be fascinated by dreams; The soul is Du Yu, still longing for love. The pearls in the sea are just tears; Lantian jade gas, like smoke. Touching this feeling, I was forced to go back, and everything at that time was disconsolate. I am happy and sad about Jinse, sighing and anxious for no reason. With this experience, the spirit of poetry is vividly on the paper.
Baidu Encyclopedia-"Jinse"