Author: Zhang Kejiu
Style: Yuanqu
The rise and fall of eternal dreams, poetic eyes tired of the world.
Kong Mu, Wu Gong, Chu Temple West Western jackdaw.
Several huts and thousands of books are invested in this ancient village.
What happened in the mountains? Pine flowers make wine, and spring water decocts tea.
This was posted by a group of relatives (non-literary group is Kantian group) a few days ago. I was interested in it as soon as I saw it. Actually, I haven't seen this poem before, and I don't know the background. I just explained it literally. By the way, it can drive relatives to improve their enthusiasm for exploring classical literature! Literally, this Yuanqu is not complicated and easy to understand, because Yuanqu originated from Sanqu, which is a folk form. Of course it's easy to understand. Let's break down this song:
The rise and fall of eternal dreams, poetic eyes tired of the world. From ancient times to the present, prosperity, decline and death are just a flick of a finger. Things change, clouds are light and the wind is light, and dogs dream of Hua Xu. The author is tired of this illusory life. The poet's eyes refer to insight. The horizon here refers not only to the horizon, but also to the historical changes from ancient times to the present. The horizon refers to the life of the current dynasty at that time. The author is tired of this world. This word "tired" is well used! It is the highlight of this poem's words.
Kong Mu, Wu Gong, Chu Temple West Western jackdaw. The next step is to recommend examples to prove my point. Isn't the sage Confucius' family cluster dead? Graves are also covered with forests. The palaces of Wu are also overgrown with weeds, and the temples of Chu are also inhabited by crows. This is a bleak scene.
Kong Lin is the graveyard of Confucius and his family. Many trees and flowers were planted today. "Wu Palace" refers to the palace that Fu Cha, the king of Wu, expanded for the time being, and was later burned by Yue (see below). "Chu Temple": It is a temple in the State of Chu. Chu Temple enshrines Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and the invincible Xiang Yu also lost to Hanwang and Liu Bang and committed suicide. These three things are in sharp contrast from the rise to the decline, and eventually weeds and crows are everywhere, which once again proves the views of the first two sentences.
Several huts and thousands of books are invested in this ancient village. I might as well build a few thatched cottages, hide thousands of books and enrich the rest of my life after I break the world. The family in the village doesn't have to solve it, but it can also be understood as supporting the elderly in a simple room.
What happened in the mountains? Pine flowers make wine, and spring water decocts tea. What can I do in the mountains? Then I will tell you! In the mountains, I can make wine with pine flowers, make spring tea with spring rain, which thousands of books can't finish reading, and there are inexhaustible spring tea, which is very comfortable and leads a fairy-like life far away from the world. This sentence is the destination, summary and deduction of the book in the mountains.
The title of this poem "Full Moon" is equivalent to a epigraph, and Zhang Kejiu is from Yuan Dynasty. The author finished the song in plain language. From the perspective of seeing through the world, Baiyun Dog is tired of recommending examples to prove his point of view. He is determined to stay away from the world and return to the natural mountains and forests. He began to read books and drink tea in his own home, was self-sufficient and lived a leisurely life in harmony with nature, which was very smooth. This is an easy-to-understand poem. You can read it if you don't understand it. Because it was settled among relatives, I also published a comment on Xiashan hermit by the way.