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Have you ever noticed how the water of the Yellow River flows out of heaven and into the ocean, never to return?
Have you noticed that the lovely hair in the bright mirror in the high room, although it is silky black in the morning, has turned into snow at night.
Oh, let a man with spirit take risks where he wants to go, and never point his golden cup at the moon empty! .
Since God has given talents, let them be used! As for the money, although it is scattered, it will get together again.
Cook a sheep, kill a cow, sharpen your appetite, and let me, 300 bowls, take a big drink! .
Master Cen, Dan Qiusheng can drink and drink endlessly.
Let me sing you a song! Please listen to me.
What are bells and drums, delicacies and treasures? Let me get drunk forever and never be rational! .
Ancient sober people and sages were forgotten, and only great drinkers can be immortalized.
Chen bought a barrel of wine with 10 thousand gold coins at a banquet in the temple, and everyone laughed and said one-liners
Why do you say, my master, your money is gone? , to buy wine, we drink together! .
Five flower horses, Hsi Chin, give them to the boy in exchange for good wine. Whatever you want, sell eternal sorrow.
Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, followed the ancient theme of Yuefu and wrote a seven-character poem "Entering Wine". The ideological content of this poem is very profound, and its artistic expression is very mature, which has the greatest influence among works of the same theme. The poet drank and sang loudly, and used wine to drown his sorrows, expressing his deep affection for life. The poems are mixed with feelings of disappointment and self-confidence, indignation and resistance, which embodies the poet's strong and unrestrained personality. The whole poem is full of emotion, and no matter what the mood is, it surges like a river, which is unstoppable, ups and downs and dramatic changes; Exaggeration is often used in techniques, and it is often decorated with huge numbers, which not only shows the poet's heroic and free-spirited feelings, but also makes the poem itself appear smooth and lyrical. In the structure, there are opening and closing and relaxation, which fully embodies the characteristics of Li Bai's seven-character song.
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You can see the Yellow River water falling from the sky and the waves rolling straight to the sea, never to return.
You can see white hair in the mirror of the Tang Dynasty, moss in the morning and snowflakes at night.
When you are proud of your life, you should enjoy yourself, and don't let the golden cup be empty to the bright moon.
God has made me useful, even if I run out of gold, I will get it again.
Let's enjoy cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle. Don't drink too much of his 300 cups at a time.
Master Cen, Dan Qiusheng, drink quickly and don't stop.
I want to sing a song for all my friends here. Please listen carefully.
It is not uncommon for Chinese music food to be so rich. I'd rather get drunk than stay awake forever.
Sages and benevolent people have been silent since ancient times, and only those who are good at drinking leave a good reputation.
At that time, Wang Chen and Cao Zhi feasted, and a barrel of fine wine was worth ten thousand yuan, so they drank as much as they could.
Master, why do you say there is not much money? Just bring me wine to drink with my friends.
Whether it's expensive or fox grass, let the waiter change all into wine and drink it with you to melt this eternal sadness.
To annotate ...
⑴ Drinking: an old topic in Han Yuefu. Will (qiāng): Yes, please.
Into the Wine is selected from the complete works of Li Taibai.
This song was written in the 11th year of Tianbao (752). It has been eight years since the poet was paid back by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, he and CenXun were invited to visit Yuan Danqiu's home in Songshan (now Dengfeng City, Henan Province) many times.
Don't you see: Don't you see? It is a common phrase in Yuefu poems. Jun: You, this is a general term.
Falling from the sky: The Yellow River originated in Qinghai, hence its name because of its extremely high terrain.
(3) Gaotang: In Gaotang. Another translator is parents.
Chao: Good morning. Qingsi: Black hair. The meaning of this sentence is to look at the mirror of Gaotang and deeply lament the white hair.
(4) complacency: when you are happy.
5] Must: Should. Have fun: Have fun. Forward: a lot of money. Come back: I will come again. Have fun: Let's have fun. Will be asked: it should be.
[6] Master Cen: refers to Cen (cén). Shan Qiusheng: Yuan Danqiu. They are both friends of Li Bai.
(7) Don't stop drinking: Write "Don't stop drinking".
Jun: For you, for you. Jun refers to Cen and Yuan.
Raise your ears: one is to "give ear". Ear pricked up: to show your attention.
Bell and drum: an instrument used to play music at banquets of wealthy families.
Jade seal: delicious food. Describe food as beautiful as jade. Roast, eat jade like jade.
Creation background
There are different opinions about the writing time of this poem. According to Guan's New Notes on Li Bai's Poems, this poem was written in the autumn of the 22nd year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (734). Li Bai was invited to Yuan Danqiu's seclusion in Songshan, and Cen Can was there. The three of them had a drinking party. Yu Xianhao's Li Baiji believes that this poem was written around the 24th year of Kaiyuan (736). Huang Xixuan's Chronicle of Li Taibai was written in the 11th year of Tianbao (752). It is generally believed that this is what Li Bai did when he wandered between Liang and Song Dynasties and met his friends Cenxun and Yuan Danqiu after he left Beijing in Tianbao years.
In the early years of Tianbao of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai was recommended by Taoist wujun, and was accepted by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, ordering Li Bai to worship the Hanlin. Soon, due to the slander of powerful people, Li Bai was expelled from Beijing in Tianbao three years (744), and Tang Xuanzong paid back the money. Since then, Li Bai has been wandering around the Jianghuai area, and his thoughts are extremely annoyed, and he has once again embarked on a long journey of traveling around the mountains and rivers of the motherland. When Li Bai wrote this poem, it was eight years since Li Bai was "given gold and returned" by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. During this period, Li Bai and his friend Cen Xun (Master Cen) were invited to Angelababy, another friend of Songshan, Yuan Danqiu. The three of them climbed the mountain, held a banquet and sang songs through wine. The poet was politically excluded and frustrated, and his ideal could not be realized. They often drown their sorrows in wine. The joy of life is nothing more than making friends at cocktail parties, and the author is at the moment of "using the talents of the world without meeting each other", so he is full of untimely drinking to drown his sorrows.
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"Drinking" is an old topic in Yuefu, which generally refers to "drinking and singing". On the surface, Li Bai takes the old saying "Indulgence" as the poetic vein, while the whole poem takes "Use the talents of the world without meeting" (the classification supplement of Little Li Taibai Collection) as the poetic vein. The whole poem indulges in expressing drunken poetic feelings, in fact, expressing its talents without meeting. This poem vividly shows the poet's unruly character: on the one hand, he is full of confidence in himself and arrogant; On the one hand, after the twists and turns in the political future, it also shows the feeling of indulgence. In this poem, the poet interprets Zhuangzi's philosophy of happiness and expresses his contempt for wealth and sages. He used the topic to play, to drown his sorrows and express his anger. The table is lamenting that life is easy to get old, and the table is lamenting that talents are not met. The whole poem is full of heroic momentum, unrestrained feelings, fluent language and strong appeal.
"Into the Wine" is not long, but it is full of five tones and extraordinary weather. It is full of pen and ink, sad and angry, wild and uninhibited, and its language is extremely bold and calm. Poetry has the momentum and strength to shake the ancient and modern times, and of course it is related to exaggeration. For example, huge numbers are repeatedly used in poems (such as "1,000 yuan", "300 cups", "1,000 cups of wine", "a thousand treasures" and "eternal sorrow"). ) to express heroic poetic feelings, but at the same time it does not give people a sense of emptiness and exaggeration, which is rooted in its rich and profound inner feelings, and the potential wine words are like choppy anger. In addition, the whole article is full of ups and downs, and poetry suddenly unfolds, from sadness to joy, to madness, to anger, to madness, and finally to the song of everlasting regret, echoing the beginning of the article, such as the river running, magnificent, full of twists and turns, which can carry the tripod. There are some wonderful ways to write songs in his songs, as well as the wonderful method of "forgetting the pen and ink", which can neither be learned by deliberately describing and carving, nor can it be done hastily. Its rhyme and rhythm are sometimes slow and sometimes urgent, sometimes high and sometimes low, twists and turns, rushing forward. The whole article is mainly composed of seven words, but it is "broken" by thirty or fifty words, which is extremely unbalanced and complicated; Poetry is mainly scattered, interspersed with antithetical phrases (such as "Cenfuzi, Dan Qiusheng" and "Five Flowers and Horses, Thousand Golden Crouchers"), with changeable rhythm, unrestrained and difficult to flow. "300 Tang Poems" said: "Those who read Li Zhi's poems will be immortal if they win them quickly and get their deep escape."
Brief introduction of the author
Li Bai (70 1-762), whose real name is Taibai, was named a violet layman. He is the most unique and greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. He has the reputation of "poetic immortal" and is also called "Du Li" with Du Fu. His poems are mainly lyrical, showing the arrogant spirit of contempt for powerful people, expressing sympathy for people's sufferings, being good at depicting natural scenery and expressing his love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland. The poetic style is magnificent and bold, the imagination is rich, the language flows naturally, the melody is harmonious and changeable, and it is good at absorbing nutrients and materials from folk literature and myths and legends, which constitutes its unique magnificent and gorgeous color and reaches the peak of poetic art in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. There are more than 1000 poems, including 30 volumes of Li Taibai's Collection.