The poetic meaning of "Nine Poems on Waves on the Sand - Ninth": The flowing water washes over the sand without stopping for a moment, the wind rises and the waves surge. The previous wave has not stopped, but the back wave arises again. This makes the poet suddenly recall the past when he was demoted to Langzhou. , strolling through the past in Xiaoxiangzhou, I couldn’t help but sing along with Qu Yuan’s “Nine Songs”.
The purpose of temporarily retreating is to accumulate strength. The power of the wave behind will be stronger than the wave before, because society is transmitting positive energy. Temporary alienation cannot change the social ideal of revolutionaries to eliminate long-standing evils and benefit the people. Running water always gives people the strength to move forward, and looking at the vast natural scenery can wash away the injustice in the heart.
The poetic meaning of "Miscellaneous Poems of Jihai Part 5": On the one hand, parting is sad, after all, I have lived in the capital for many years, with old friends like clouds, and the past is like smoke; on the other hand, parting is relaxed and happy, after all He escaped from the shackles of the cage and could return to the outside world to do something else. In this way, the sadness of departure is intertwined with the joy of return.
Then the poet changed his writing style from expressing his feelings of farewell to expressing his ambition to serve the country. Flowers separated from branches are not emotionless things. Even if they turn into spring mud, they are willing to cultivate beautiful spring flowers and grow. Not to be alone, but to protect flowers. Although the poet has left officialdom, he is still concerned about the fate of the country and never forgets his ambition to serve the country.
The original text of "Nine Poems on Waves on the Sand" written by Liu Yuxi in the Tang Dynasty:
The running water does not stop washing the sand, and the previous wave is not extinguished and the following wave arises. It makes people suddenly recall Xiaoxiangzhu, and sing back and forth to welcome the gods.
Translation:
The water in the river washes away the gravel all the time, and the wave in front has not yet receded, and the wave behind has already formed. It suddenly reminds people of the past walks in Xiaoxiangzhou Head, and they can't help but sing a few times to the melody to welcome the gods.
The original text of "Miscellaneous Poems of Ji Hai·Part 5" by Gong Zizhen of the Qing Dynasty:
The sun is setting in the daytime when I am about to leave, and I chant my whip and point to the end of the world in the east. Fallen flowers are not heartless things, into Chunni more quadrangle.
Translation:
The sorrowful thoughts of leaving Kyoto are like water waves extending towards the distance where the sunset sets to the west. When the riding whip is waved eastward, it feels like I am at the end of the world. The fallen flowers that fall from the branches are not heartless things. Even if they turn into spring mud, they are willing to cultivate the growth of beautiful spring flowers.
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The creative background of "Nine Poems on Langtaosha"
The momentum of the Tang Dynasty declined sharply after the An-Shi Rebellion. The vassal towns were divided and the eunuchs had exclusive power. When talented people are released and angered, works of resentment emerge as the times require. After Liu Yuxi was transferred from a Beijing official to a local official, he also produced famous works, such as "Nine Poems on Langtaosha". This group of poems should be Liu Yuxi's later works, and they were not created at one time or place.
According to the Yellow River, Luoshui, Bianshui, Qinghuai, Yingyingzhou, Zhuojinjiang, etc. mentioned in the poem, it may have been written in Kuizhou, Hezhou, Luoyang and other places, and was later compiled into one Group. Some scholars believe that this group of poems was written in the late Kuizhou period, that is, in the spring of the second year of Changqing (822 AD), when Kuizhou was demoted.
The background of the creation of "Miscellaneous Poems of Jihai"
This group of poems was written in Jihai (1839), the 19th year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty. This year the author was 48 years old. He resigned from office because he disliked his official career. The official left Beijing and returned to Hangzhou. Later, he went back and forth again to welcome his family. On the way back and forth from the north to the south, he looked at the great rivers and mountains of the motherland and witnessed the people living in suffering. He couldn't help but be moved by the scenery and had a lot of thoughts. He impromptuly wrote a poem. Another poem, and "Jihai Miscellaneous Poems" was born.
About the author
Liu Yuxi (772-842), courtesy name Mengde, Han nationality, native of Pengcheng in the Tang Dynasty, native of Luoyang, Tang Dynasty writer and philosopher, claimed to be Hanzhong Shanjing A descendant of Wang, he was a censor and a member of Wang Shuwen's political reform group. A famous person in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, known as the "poetry hero". His family is a scholarly family with Confucianism passed down from generation to generation.
Advocating political innovation, he is one of the central figures in the political innovation activities of the Wang Shuwen School. Later, Yongzhen's reform failed and he was demoted to Sima of Langzhou (now Changde, Hunan). According to Mr. Zhou Xinguo, a historian and collector in Changde, Hunan, Liu Yuxi was demoted to Sima of Langzhou and wrote the famous "Spring View of Han Shou City" during his demotion.
Liu Yuxi and his poetic style are quite unique. He has a resolute character and a heroic spirit. During the years of exile when he was still suffering from many worries, he did feel heavy psychological distress and sang a series of lamentations of a lonely minister.
But he never despaired and had the soul of a fighter. He wrote "In the 10th year of Yuanhe, he was summoned from Langzhou to Beijing Opera to present flowers to all the gentlemen", "Revisiting Xuandu Guan Quatrain" and " Poems such as "A Hundred Tongues Song", "Gathering Mosquito Ballads", "Flying Kite Exercise", "Hua Tuo Lun" and other poems repeatedly satirized and criticized political opponents, which led to repeated political repression and blows, but these repressions and blows inspired him to Stronger resentment and resistance strengthened his poetic temperament in different aspects.
Gong Zizhen (1792-1841), a thinker, writer and reformist pioneer in the Qing Dynasty. He won the imperial examination at the age of 27 and the Jinshi at the age of 38. He once held official positions such as Secretary of the Cabinet, Director of the Zongren Mansion, and Director of the Ministry of Rites. He advocated abolishing bad government and resisting foreign aggression. He once fully supported Lin Zexu in banning opium. He resigned at the age of 48 and returned to the south. He died suddenly in Yunyang Academy in Danyang, Jiangxi the next year.
His poems advocated "changing the law" and "changing the map", exposing the corruption of the Qing rulers, and were full of patriotic enthusiasm. He was praised by Liu Yazi as "the best in three hundred years". He is the author of "Collected Works of Ding'an", with more than 300 surviving articles and nearly 800 poems, which are now compiled into "The Complete Works of Gong Zizhen".
The famous poem "Miscellaneous Poems of Jihai" contains 315 poems.
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