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Li Bai's Four Poems "Soliciting the Bright Moon" (Tang Dynasty)
Infinite worries are inextricably linked. I have 300 glasses of wine.
Even if the wine is less sad, the wine will not return.
Therefore, I know that a wine saint has a mellow heart and a bright self.
Words can only live in seclusion, without eating, drinking and hunger.
What's the use of fame if you don't want to drink it in the present age?
Crab pliers are a panacea, and the bad mountain is Penglai.
Have a drink for a while and get drunk on the high platform by moonlight.
Interpretation of vernacular:
There are many kinds of endless troubles. I have 300 glasses of wine. Although there is more sorrow and less wine, once it is poured, it will never come back. That's why I know the sage in the wine. Even if there is less sorrow, wine is cheerful. Ci Su Can only lives in seclusion in shouyangshan, and Yan Hui will starve, eat and drink. Contemporary people are reluctant to drink, what's the use of fake names? Crab claw is a fairy medicine, and the bad mountain is Penglai. Let's have a drink first and get drunk on the platform in the moonlight.
The poem "Yanzi" was written in Tianbao, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (744), and Li Bai was in Chang 'an, when the officialdom was frustrated. Under the title of this poem, the two Song editions and Miao editions are marked with the word "Chang 'an", which shows that these four poems were written in Chang 'an. At that time, Li Bai's political ideal could not be realized, and he was lonely and depressed. But in the face of the dark reality, he did not sink or drift, but pursued freedom and yearned for the light, which is why.
The poets of these four poems drank alone in the moonlight, and no one was close to them. Poetry shows the poet's inner anguish, so he takes the moon as his friend, wine as his song, and eat, drink and be merry in time. The poetry group expresses the poet's complex feelings from loneliness to non-loneliness, and then from loneliness to loneliness with rich imagination.
On the surface, poets can really enjoy themselves, but there is infinite desolation in the depths. The whole poem is exquisite in brushwork and unique in conception, which reflects the poet's loneliness and detachment, and remains optimistic, wild and unrestrained in frustration.
Resources Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Poems of Drinking the Moon Alone