When the wings destroy the sun, the suburban gardens are lonely. The morning chicken scares the tree and the snow, and the cold bird keeps the ice pool. The urgent scenery is cloudy and dusk, and the old year's immersion has declined. How to divide the country, not at will. This Tang poem is Li Shangyin's "Living in a secluded winter dusk", which was written in the winter of 858 AD, that is, the winter when Li Shangyin died. Many people think it is Li Shangyin's masterpiece. There is infinite sadness at the beginning of the poem. Li Shangyin was very talented when his wings disappeared and the suburban garden was lonely, but later he fell into a party struggle between Niu and Li, and was suspected and excluded everywhere. Just like a bird with its wings cut off, it can't fly if it wants to, so it can only retreat to home and live a lonely, boring and unhappy life. edit
Li Shangyin compared himself to a chicken in the morning and a duck in the ice. "The morning crow scares the snow on the tree" refers to the rooster who announces the dawn, even if there is heavy snow on the tree, he is fearless. Unfortunately, now it is a duck trapped in the ice, which makes people helpless. What made him even more embarrassed was that he didn't expect winter to come so soon. And he himself feels that life has reached his twilight years. Time goes by and waits for no one. Decades passed quickly. I was born very early and have no idea about the future geometry. "How to divide the country, not at will", this is his angry cry. He had the ambition to make contributions and serve the country, but why is the present situation so different from the ambition he set when he was young? edit
This ancient poem is basically the same as Li Shangyin's previous poems, with sentimental artistic conception. The author uses many animals to compare his situation today, which is very vivid and makes people understand his inner pain. It is very sad that a person is old and has such an enterprising heart in the face of setbacks in life. After Li Shangyin spit out these indignant words, he immediately finished his life at the age of 46, which is even more embarrassing.