Li He was a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, known as the "Poetry Ghost" by later generations. He was also the founder of Changji style poetry. Although Li He is a clan member of the Tang Dynasty, he was born in a declining aristocratic family. Therefore, many of his works lament that he was born at the wrong time and felt that his ideals and pursuits could not be realized. Compared with Li Bai, Du Fu and others, Li He's poems feel more unrestrained, but not without romance. For example, Li He's famous work "If Heaven Has Love, Heaven Will Be Old" contains a very strong emotion. But do you know what this sentence really means?
China has a long history and a long history of culture. Over the long years, many cultural forms have emerged, such as pairs. one. Although the pair seems simple, it is not easy to create a pair that is appreciated by everyone.
It is precisely for this reason that sometimes people often write an exquisite first couplet, but fail to think of the corresponding second couplet, so this pair becomes a "lone pair". It has been passed down from ancient times, waiting for those who can solve the second couplet. As it happens, some couplets are indeed complete after two hundred years of inheritance.
Li He, a native of Fuchang, Henan (now Yiyang, Henan), with the courtesy name Changji, is a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. He is the "pioneer of Changji-style poetry" and has the reputation of "Poetry Ghost". He is a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty who is as famous as Du Fu, the "Poetry Saint", Li Bai, the "Poetry Immortal", and Wang Wei, the "Poetry Buddha". The literary level of such a person cannot be underestimated. Li He is also a poet with extremely rich imagination, so he created many classic works, and his poems are also known as "the words of ghosts and immortals". For this reason, people gradually derived the saying of "Taibai immortal talent and Changji ghost talent".
Li He's surname is "Li", and "Li" is the national surname. It can be seen that Li He's ancestors must also be from a Tang Dynasty clan. However, by Li He's generation, the family had declined. Therefore, although Li He became famous when he was a teenager, his path to officialdom was not smooth. At the same time, Li He was still living in the period when the Tang Dynasty was transitioning from prosperity to decline, so most of his poems lamented his own fate and expressed his frustration at being unable to realize his ideals and ambitions.
"If the sky is affectionate, the sky will also grow old" is a classic sentence created by Li He during this period. It comes from the poem "The Golden Bronze Immortal Farewell to Han Songs". The whole poem is "The orchid sees off the guests" Xianyang Tao, if the sky is sentimental, the sky will also grow old." The content of the whole poem is as follows:
"The Golden Bronze Immortal Says Chinese Songs"
Liu Lang, Maoling, was a visitor in the autumn, and heard the horses neighing at night but leaving no trace.
The osmanthus trees hanging on the picture rails are full of autumn fragrance, and the earth flowers in the thirty-sixth palace are green.
The chariots under the jurisdiction of Wei officials pointed thousands of miles, and the sour wind in Dongguan hit their eyes.
When the Han moon comes out of the palace gate in the sky, my tears are like lead water when I recall you.
Shenglan sees off her guests on Xianyang Road. If the sky is affectionate, the sky will also grow old.
Carrying a plate alone out of the desolate moon, Weicheng is far away and the sound of waves is small.
Regarding the sentence "If God has feelings, God will also grow old", we can understand it this way: If God has feelings, he will also grow old with the passage of time. It is used to express one's sadness, and also implicitly. Refers to the ruthlessness of the laws of nature. This is a very meaningful sentence that can arouse people's sympathy, so it is sought after by people and has been passed down to this day. Some people even used this as the first line and wanted to find a matching second line. However, although many people were eager to try, they could not find a suitable second line.
It wasn't until more than two hundred years later that an alcoholic named Shi Yannian appeared. Although this person was fond of drinking, he was also a person of outstanding ability and was a famous writer and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty. By chance, this person took advantage of his drunkenness and wrote the wonderful second line of the couplet "The moon is as full as the moon without hatred", and it was sought after by people. We can understand this second line this way: if the moon had no resentment, it would always be round.
"Heaven" versus "Moon", "Love" versus "Hate", "Being" versus "Nothing", the opposition is neat, and all use nature as the opposition, so it can be said to be a classic pair.