"Gong Ci" (Tang Dynasty/Gu Kuang)
In the middle of the day in the Jade Tower, shengs and songs rise,
The wind blows the palace concubines smiling and talking harmoniously.
The shadow of the Moon Palace is open and the night leaks are heard,
The crystal curtain rolls close to the Autumn River.
Poetry Appreciation:
"Shengs and songs rise at midnight in the Jade Tower, and the wind carries the concubines laughing and talking harmoniously." Describing the happy scene of the favored person, music and songs are everywhere, the moonlight is like water, and the gentle breeze blows. A burst of laughter. "Half a day" is used in poetry to describe the height of a building. In fact, it also contains the resentment that the lyrical heroine cannot be favored by the emperor like other concubines. Those favored concubines in the poem can enter the jade tower that is as high as "half the sky", which implies that they have the opportunity to see the king and receive favor.
The whole poem uses contrast or contrast techniques. The singing, singing and laughter in the Jade Tower more and more reflect the loneliness of those who have been left out, and the sadness and sadness of those who have fallen out of favor. Even if the resentment is not expressed, the resentment has already been revealed. The advantage of this palace resentment poem is that it is implicit and subtle. Through the contrast of joy and loneliness, it shows the painful psychology of the disgraced palace maid from the side. In the poem, the joy of being favored by others contrasts with the desolation of the heroine falling out of favor. In the other halls there was music and laughter, but I listened to it alone, looking at the stars in the distance, and stayed up all night. There is a turmoil and a silence, a prosperity and a decline, the contrast is sharp, which also reveals the corruption and depravity of the ruling class during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.
I used the first two sentences of this poem about palace resentment, "In the middle of the day in the Jade Tower, music and music are played, and the wind sends the concubines in the palace laughing and talking."
how? Hope to adopt~~