Flower Poetry (Song Dynasty)
On the platform of Yao,
A few phone calls to the children won't sweep away.
Just got cleaned by the sun,
But to teach the moon to send the future.
The flower shadow on the pavilion is layer after layer. Let the children clean it several times, but what does the flower shadow sweep away? In the evening, the sun went down, and Huaying just retired, but the moon rose again and Huaying appeared again.
Huaying was originally beautiful, why is the poet so annoying? It turns out that the poet used allegorical techniques to compare the overlapping flower shadows to the villains in high positions in the imperial court. No matter how hard honest courtiers try, they can't be removed. They went to a batch and came back. This poem reflects the poet's hatred of evil, but it also reveals a helpless mood. The whole poem is ingenious and subtle, with novel and appropriate metaphors and easy-to-understand language.
Appreciate that this is a poem about chanting things. The poet expressed his desire to make a difference, but he couldn't help it.
This poem revolves around the word "change" from beginning to end. The change of writing shadow is the change of light, and the change of writing light is the change of shadow. The first sentence "Go to Yaotai" is the action of writing shadows, implying the action of light. Why use "up" instead of "down", because the red sun is gradually sinking in the west. The second sentence "can't sweep away the light" indirectly illustrates the immobility of light. The light does not move, and the shadow does not move. You can't just "sweep away" by sweeping vertically. Three or four sentences, a "receive" and a "send", are the changes of writing light, which leads to the changes of a "go" and a "come" shadow. The flower shadow is static, and the poet grasps the relationship between light and shadow, focusing on the change of the flower shadow, which makes his poems have the dynamic beauty of ups and downs.
In the final analysis, the change of writing light and writing shadow is to convey the poet's inner feelings. Treatise on febrile diseases wrote about Huaying's movement, which already contained the meaning of despising Huaying; It is hard to get rid of "can't be swept away", and more obviously, I hate Huaying; "Cleaning up" wrote that Huaying disappeared, making me feel lucky; "Send to the Future" is about the reappearance of flowers and shadows, with no choice but to sigh. The poet skillfully put his inner feelings in the sudden change of the shadow of flowers, which made his poems have the implicit beauty of saying near and meaning far.
Some people commented that "going to Yaotai" means that the villain is in power at a high position; "Can't be swept away" means that it is of no help for honest ministers to repeatedly write letters and expose them; Three or four sentences: the ethereal masculinity falls, the flower shadow disappears, the bright moon rises, and the flower shadow reappears, which means that the villain disappears temporarily, but finally appears on the political stage. From the analysis of the poet's bumpy career and political frustration in his life, he may have feelings of despising small groups and hating official corruption. However, poetry, as a literary work, obviously cannot be a record of life. It should be more general, more concentrated and more typical than life itself. So if you want to sit down and say which sentence refers to who or what, it will inevitably be a bit far-fetched.