Yuan Zhen's mourning poem

There are three mourning poems by Yuan Zhen: Leaving Thinking, Three Dreams in Jiangling, Mourning for Sadness, and My Wife's Full Moon.

Mourning poems are one of the themes of ancient Chinese traditional poems, which are generally written by husbands in mourning for their death. Pan Yue's Three Mourning Poems and Yuan Zhen's Three Mourning Poems began in the Western Jin Dynasty, and they became more and more famous.

Later famous works include Su Dongpo's Ten Years of Life and Death in Jiang Chengzi, He Zhu's Partridge Sky: It's All Things Are Not Nine, Nalan's A Sad Picture of Nanxiangzi, Nalan's When Will I Hate It? Yuan Zhen is a great mourner.

1. From Thinking

In the mirror of self-love makeup, the ring hairpin is full of green silk.

In a short while, rouge was shining on the cheek, and a red Su Xuan was about to melt.

Creation background:

Yuan Zhen's five poems of parting thoughts were all written in memory of his dead wife Wei Cong, and were written in the fourth year of Tang Xianzong Yuanhe (89). In the eighteenth year of Zhenyuan in Tang Dezong (82), Wei Cong married Yuan Zhen at the age of 2, and Yuan Zhen was deeply attached to her. Seven years later, Wei Cong died of illness. After Wei Cong's death, Yuan Zhen wrote many mourning works. This group of poems expressed his loyalty and nostalgia for Wei Cong.

2. Three Dreams in Jiangling

Every dream in my life, I don't know each other. The situation is secluded from the light, and the dream soul acts like a child.

it's useless to know the dream, not when you dream. Today is also a night, when the dream meets you.

3.

My wife's condolences on the full moon

Hard work in October makes me sad in January, but now I see you in tears.

it's better to be sad when the wind falls than to be crushed by flowers.

Connotation: Mourning the author's late original wife Wei Cong. This poem recalls the hardships of the past and the considerate care of his wife.