Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
I had to leave Potter and me since yesterday.
It hurts my heart even more today.
Autumn geese are escorted by Changfeng, and I treat them in this villa and drink my wine.
The bones of great writers are all your brushes. In Tianyuan, I grew up beside you, Xiao Xie.
We are all lofty distant thoughts, longing for the sky and the bright moon.
But since the water is still flowing, although we cut it with a sword, sadness will come back, even though we drown them with wine.
Since the world can't satisfy our desire, I will loosen my hair and get on a fishing boat tomorrow.
Translation:
Yesterday, which left me, was irresistible. Today's mood is very chaotic, which makes people worry infinitely. Wan Li Changfeng, send the autumn geese away. Facing the beautiful scenery, you can drink tall buildings. Mr. Wang's articles have strong Jian 'an characteristics, and from time to time reveal the beauty of poetic style.
We are all full of lofty sentiments and exultation, and our jumping thoughts are like flying high in the blue sky to pick the bright moon. Draw the sword and cut off the water, it is more turbulent, more rushing, but more intense. Let's raise our glasses to dispel our worries. If you can't be satisfied in this world, it is better to keep your long hair and board a boat on the Yangtze River.
Extended data:
This poem is the author's farewell work upstairs in Xie Tiao, Xuanzhou. The poet is full of emotion. He is full of pride and joy, but he can't hide his frustration and injustice from time to time. His feelings are ups and downs. The language is clear, seems to blurt out, and the tone is high. At the beginning of this poem, I don't write about the building, let alone say goodbye, but stand on the wall and express my feelings directly.
"Yesterday's Day" and "Today's Day" refer to many "Yesterday" that left me and the "Today" that followed. In other words, every day I feel that the sun and the moon are dim, time is hard to stay, I am upset and depressed. It not only contains the spiritual depression of "difficult official career", but also melts the poet's feeling of dirty political reality.
His "troubles" didn't start today, and his "troubles" didn't stop there. Perhaps it can be said that this is an artistic summary of his long-term political experience and feelings. The depth, breadth and intensity of anxiety and anger reflect the increasing corruption of state affairs and the increasing embarrassment of Li Bai's personal experience since Tianbao. The intense mental pain caused by the sharp contradiction between ideal and reality has found a suitable expression here.
The origin of surprise, overlapping language (all say "dislike me" and "can't stay"); The words "disturbing my heart", also known as "melancholy", and the eleven-word sentence pattern vividly show the poet's deep depression, strong anxiety and anger, chaotic mood, and explosive and uncontrollable emotional state.
"Autumn geese are accompanied by the wind, and I look at each other on this villa and drink my wine." Facing the vast and clear autumn sky and looking at the magnificent scenery of the wild geese, we can't help but arouse the pride of quenching thirst by drinking poison. These two sentences show a magnificent and clear picture of Wan Li's autumn sky in front of readers, and also show the poet's heroic and broad mind.
Suddenly, from extreme depression to magnificent realm, it seems that the changes are endless and incredible. But this is why Li Bai is Li Bai. It is precisely because of his lofty ideals and long-term depression by the dark and dirty environment that he has been longing for a vast space where he can gallop freely.
Seeing the place where "autumn geese are escorted by Changfeng", I feel refreshed and my worries are swept away. Feel the comfortable fit between the heart and the environment, and the pride of "drinking tall buildings" arises spontaneously. "The bones of great writers are all your brushes. In Tianyuan, I grew up by your side, Xiao Xie." These two farewell words are addressed to the host and guest respectively.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, scholars called Dongguan (the government library) the Penglai Mountain of Taoism, and in the Tang Dynasty, Penglai Mountain was mostly used. Peng Ge refers to the secretary province, and Liu Yun is the proofreader of the secretary province, so the Penglai article here refers to Liu Yun's article. Jian 'an bone refers to the vigorous "Jian 'an character". The previous sentence praised Liu Yun's heroic style, and the next sentence refers to "Xiao Xie" (Xie Tiao).
He said that his poems, like Xie Tiao's, have the style of fresh hair. Li Bai admires Xie Tiao very much. Compared with Xiao Xie here, he is full of confidence in his talents. These two sentences naturally fit the title of Xie Tiao Building and School Book.
"We are all lofty and distant thoughts, longing for the sky and the bright moon." These two sentences further exaggerate the interest of both sides in "building from a lofty height", saying that each other has lofty aspirations, and the wine is hot, and it is even more high-spirited, and they want to catch the bright moon. It says sunny days in front and clear skies in autumn, but it says "bright moon" here, which shows that the latter is not true.
Yunyun's "lust for sex" also shows that this is the poet's rhetoric when he is drunk and prosperous. Boldness and naivety have been harmoniously unified here. This is Li Bai's character. It is true that the bright moon is embraced by the sky, which is a temporary word and may not be entrusted, but this flying and vigorous image makes readers clearly feel the poet's yearning for the lofty ideal realm.
These two sentences are eloquent and incisive, pushing the high-spirited mood aroused by the realm of "autumn geese and Changfeng escort" to a climax, as if all the darkness and filth in reality were swept away, and all the troubles in my heart were thrown outside the cloud nine.
The metaphor of "But since the water is still flowing, although we use the sword to cut it" is strange and novel, and at the same time it is natural, appropriate and full of life. In front of Xie Tiao Building, there is a stream that flows all the year round. It is easy to associate endless running water with endless troubles, so naturally there is the idea of "drawing a sword and cutting off water", which is triggered by a strong desire to get rid of troubles.
Because of the close relationship between metaphor and eye view, it has more or less the meaning of "xing", which makes it feel natural and natural to read. Although the inner anguish can't be dispelled, the detail of "drawing a sword and cutting off water" vividly shows the poet's appeal to get rid of mental anguish, which is obviously different from those who are addicted to depression and can't extricate themselves.
"Since the world can't satisfy our desire, I will let go of my hair tomorrow and take a fishing boat." The contradiction between Li Bai's progressive ideal and the dark reality could not be solved under the historical conditions at that time. Therefore, he is always trapped in the depression of "unable to say what he means" and can only find a way out in the depression of "sending a boat". This conclusion is of course somewhat negative and even contains elements of escapism.
However, history and the social class he represents stipulate that he can't find a better way out. The value of Li Bai lies in that although he is mentally under the pressure of depression, he has not given up his pursuit of progressive ideals. This poem is still full of heroic and generous feelings. The words "Changfeng" and "all in my heart" are more like playing a high-pitched and optimistic tone in sad music.
In the dark clouds, it shows brilliant brilliance. The sentence "draw out a sword" expresses strong depression, but also shows a stubborn character. Therefore, the feeling of the whole poem is not gloomy and desperate, but heroic and heroic in anxiety and depression. This shows that the poet has neither succumbed to the oppression of the environment nor to the inner pressure.
The whole poem is like a song, with ups and downs of emotion, profound charm, twists and turns, ups and downs of composition, ups and downs for no reason, no interruption, clear and simple language and high tone, which has reached the realm of harmony and unity between boldness and nature.
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