"Yan Lai" was written by Wei Zhuang, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. This poem expresses a depressed emotion about the changing times and the changing of things and people. After reading the poem "Swallow Comes", what I felt in my heart was that there was a slight ripple in the calmness. Although it feels like an ordinary pastoral poem, it reflects the reality of social turmoil in the Tang Dynasty from the side.
This poem is not described in the protagonist's own tone, but in the tone of a swallow to describe his helplessness about the impending loss of his homeland. First of all, let's take a look at the poem "Yan Lai": Last year I bid farewell to my neighbors, and today I am surprised by the new thatched cottage. The flowers bloom and ask each other, not the old masters of the village.
Since this poem is described in the tone of a swallow, let’s understand it this way: I left my nest last year to say goodbye to my neighbors. When I came back this spring, I found that the thatched cottage here had been renovated. . I stood among the flowers on the tree, whispering to each other with other birds, but the owner here was no longer the old friend from last year. On the surface, this poem looks very much like a simple pastoral poem, with the swallows coming from autumn and the coming of spring, and the old friends leaving. It seems very civilian, but if you combine it with the political situation of the Tang Dynasty at that time, you will find that this song has another meaning. an emotion.
Wei Zhuang was a poet in the late Tang Dynasty. At that time, the situation in the Tang Dynasty was very chaotic, with swords and weapons everywhere and could be overthrown at any time. Later, the power of the Tang Dynasty was usurped by Zhu Wen, and the first Liang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties was established. At that time, Wei Zhuang wrote the poem "The Swallow Comes" in order to use the word "swallows have changed their owners" to refer to the possibility that the Tang Dynasty regime would also be changed to new owners.
When mentioning Wei Zhuang's "Yan Lai", I can't help but want to compare it with Liu Yuxi's "Woyi Lane": wild grass and flowers beside the Suzaku Bridge, and the setting sun at the entrance of Wuyi Lane. In the old days, the swallows in front of Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people.
Liu Yuxi's "Wo Yi Xiang" also describes swallows, but there is a big difference between the two. Although their swallows are all last year's swallows, Liu Yuxi's swallows are full of helplessness and vicissitudes of life, making people unable to feel the beauty of the countryside. In the old days, the swallows in front of Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people. Wang Xie refers to the prosperous aristocratic family in the past, but now it has become a common people, expressing the author's infinite emotion about the vicissitudes of this change.
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