Appreciation of Tang poetry in "Send Off to My Brother" (Author: Li Bai),
Introduction to the work
The author of "Send Off to My Brother" is Li Bai and was selected into the " Volume 177, No. 8 of "The Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty".
Original text
Farewell to my brother-in-law
Author: Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty
My white-fronted horse (1) is far away from Lindong Road .
One day I will miss you and dream of you, and I will deserve the spring grass growing in the pond (2).
Notes
(1) "Wei Zhi": Cao Xiu traveled north to see Taizu. Taizu said to his left and right: "This is my horse that is thousands of miles away." My family is white. Eju means my family's thousand-mile horse, so I changed the name to Li's Shi'er. "Book of Jin": King Wuzhao Hao, named Xuansheng, surnamed Li, was the 16th grandson of Guangzhi, the former general of the Han Dynasty. He stayed with Guo Fu, the magistrate of Taishi, and his brother Zong Yao. Qi Qi called Yao and said: "The king is the most powerful minister, and Li Jun has his own territory. The family has a grass horse and a white-fronted colt. This is the right time." Lu Guangmo, a Jingzhao Duanye, called himself Liangzhou Mu, and named Meng Min, the prefect of Dunhuang. As the governor of Shazhou, he issued the Xuansheng Xiaogu Order. Min Xun died, and the guard Guo Qian and others recommended Xuan Sheng as the governor of Dunhuang because of his gentleness, perseverance and favorable government. When Xuan Sheng was in trouble at the beginning, Zong Yao said to Xuan Sheng, "Have you forgotten Guo Hu's words? The white-breasted horse will live in this life!" Xuan Sheng Sheng Nai followed.
(2) Xie Lingyun dreamed that he got the sentence "Spring grass grows in the pond" from his younger brother Huilian.
Translation of the work
Brother, you are really the best of our family. Now that I am sending you east, I estimate that the separation will be very long.
Perhaps when I was dreaming about you that day, I also got the wonderful sentence like Xie Lingyun, like spring grass grows in the pond.
Author introduction
Li Bai (February 28, 701 - 762), courtesy name Taibai, Qinglian Jushi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, known as the "Poetry Immortal", the greatest Romantic poet. Han nationality, born in Suiye City in the Western Regions (today's Tokmak, Kyrgyzstan). At the age of 5, he moved with his father to Changlong County, Mianzhou (Brazil County), Jiannan Road (renamed Changming County in 712, now Qinglian, Jiangyou City, Mianyang, Sichuan). Township), his ancestral home is Chengji County, Longxi County (now south of Jingning County, Pingliang City, Gansu Province). His father, Li Ke, raised two sons (Boqin and Tianran) and one daughter (Pingyang). There are more than a thousand poems and essays in existence, and his representative works include "The Road to Shu is Difficult", "The Road is Difficult to Travel", "Sleepwalking Tianmu Says Farewell", "About to Enter the Wine" and other poems. There is also "The Collection of Li Taibai" handed down to the world. He died of illness in Dangtu, Anhui in 762 at the age of 61.
Li Bai's poetry creation has a strong subjective color, which mainly focuses on expressing heroic spirit and passionate feelings, and rarely gives detailed descriptions of objective things and specific times. His free and uninhibited temperament, his arrogant and independent personality, his easy-to-touch and explosive strong emotions form the distinctive characteristics of Li Bai's lyrical style of poetry. He tends to be eruptive. Once his emotions are aroused, they rush out without restraint, like a violent surge in the sky and an erupting volcano. His imagination is strange, often has unusual connections, and changes with the flow of emotions.
Traditional Chinese
"Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty" Volume 177_8 To send to my younger brother Li Bai
My white-breasted horse is far away from Lindong Road.
One day I will miss Yi Mengjun and deserve the spring grass growing in the pond.