Meaning: I take advantage of the drunkenness to write, and the five mountains tremble. I compose poems and chant loudly, and the fairyland Penglai bows at my feet.
"The five mountains are shaken when the pen is written in high spirits, and the poem becomes a smile and a proud sight of the sea" comes from "Yin on the River" by Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty.
1. The original poem is:
"Yin on the River" by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty?
Mulan's Tangsha Tang boat, with jade flutes and golden tubes sitting at both ends.
Put a thousand dendrobiums in a bottle of fine wine, and carry prostitutes wherever they go.
The immortal wants to ride on the yellow crane, but the sea traveler has no intention of following the white gull.
Qu Ping's poem "The sun and moon hang over the sky, and the King of Chu's terrace overlooks the empty hills."
The five mountains are shaken when I write in high spirits, and the poem becomes the smiling and proud Ling Cangzhou.
If fame and wealth last forever, the Han River should also flow northwest.
2. Translation:
On the boat with Mulan as the oar and Shatang as the boat, the music of flutes and pipes was played at both ends of the boat. The boat was loaded with fine wine and beautiful singing girls, and was allowed to drift with the current in the river. The immortals on the Yellow Crane Tower are still waiting to ride on the yellow crane to immortality, but I, a seafarer, have no intention of hanging out with the white gulls. Qu Yuan's poems and poems still hang with the sun and the moon, but the hills where the king of Chu built the pavilions are now empty. When I am in high spirits, I can shake the five mountains when I write. After the poem is completed, my roaring and proud voice reaches across the sea. If fame and wealth could last forever, the Han River would probably flow back to the northwest.
3. Introduction to the author:
Li Bai (701-762), also known as Taibai, also known as Qinglian Jushi. He is the most unique and greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. He has the reputation of "the Immortal of Poetry" and is also called "Li Du" together with Du Fu. His poems are mainly lyrical, showing his arrogant spirit of contempt for the powerful, expressing sympathy for the suffering of the people, and being good at describing natural scenery and expressing his love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland. The poetic style is majestic and bold, rich in imagination, the language flows naturally, and the rhythm is harmonious and changeable. It is good at absorbing nutrients and materials from folk literature and art, myths and legends, forming its unique magnificent colors, and reaching the pinnacle of poetry art in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. There are more than a thousand poems and articles in existence, including 30 volumes of "Li Taibai Collection".
4. Creation background:
This poem was probably written by Li Bai when he visited Jiangxia (now Wuchang, Wuhan City, Hubei Province) during the Kaiyuan Dynasty. Some people believe that it was written in the 22nd year of the Kaiyuan Year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. (734). Tang Ruxun pointed out that the poet recited this poem because he felt the reality of "the narrow road in the world".
5. Literary Appreciation:
This poem is one of the chapters that best represents Li Bai’s characteristics both ideologically and artistically. The poem begins with a trip on the river, expressing the poet's contempt for the vulgar and cramped reality and his pursuit of a free and beautiful life ideal.
Although the first four sentences are about the scene of the trip on the river, they are not truthful descriptions, but exaggerated and idealized specific descriptions, showing gorgeous colors and a kind of otherworldly feeling. atmosphere. "Mulan's Tangsha Tangzhou" is made of precious and magical wood: "jade flutes and gold pipes sit at both ends". The exquisiteness of the instrument can imagine the extraordinary performance of the instruments: "a fine wine is placed in the center of a thousand dendrobiums", which shows the wealth of wine. , a drunken tycoon: "carrying prostitutes to and fro as they please", which is a perfect description of the joy and pleasure of pleasure. In short, this boat on the river is enough to enjoy poetry, wine, and entertainment. It is a free and beautiful world that transcends the chaotic reality.
The middle four sentences are two couplets, and they are compared in pairs. The couplet "Immortal" continues from the previous chapter, affirming and praising the pleasure of boating on the river; the "Qu Ping" couplet continues from the previous chapter, revealing the historical significance of ideal life. "Immortals have to wait to ride on the yellow crane." Even if you become an immortal, you still have some time to wait. If the yellow crane doesn't come, you can't ascend to the sky. And when you are boating on the river, "Sea travelers have no intention of following the white gulls", because they have forgotten their ingenuity. Things and I are one, and I don't know which is the thing and which is me. I am even more "godly" than the god who is looking longingly at the yellow crane. When you reach this state, fame, wealth, honor, disgrace, and poverty in the world are out of the question. Therefore, looking up at the universe and looking at ancient and modern times, we come to the opposite understanding of the vulgar people who "talk all over the world." Qu Yuan and the King of Chu were originally very natural, but the warning of this couplet lies in clearly opposing Qu Yuan and the King of Chu as two models of life. Qu Yuan was loyal and patriotic, but was exiled and finally drowned in Miluo. His poems and poems can compete with the sun and the moon and will be immortal forever. The King of Chu was dissolute and immoral, extravagant and lustful, which led to the destruction of the country. The palaces, terraces and pavilions built by the enslaved people back then , has long since disappeared, leaving only desolate hills as far as the eye can see. This couplet vividly illustrates that in history, what belongs to progress will eventually be immortal, and what belongs to reaction will inevitably perish; it also means that the author of the article has a great cause of immortality, but the power cannot be relied on in the end.
The last four sentences are followed by the "Qu Ping" couplet. The two lines of "Exuberant" are in line with Qu Ping's poems and poems, and also echo the boating on the river at the beginning, which is extremely heroic and vividly depicts the poet's high spirits, contempt for everything, and unruly demeanor when writing poems. "Shaking the Five Mountains" represents the invincible power of writing; "Ling Cangzhou" represents the unparalleled loftiness of mind. Finally, "If fame and wealth last forever, the Han River should also flow northwest." According to the words of King Taixie of Chu, it also further concreteized and visualized "Xiaoao". Rather than saying that fame and wealth will last forever, speaking from the negative side, making an assumption about something that is impossible will strengthen the power of negation, showing an irresistible momentum, and carrying a sharp sense of ridicule.
The ideological content of this poem is basically positive. On the other hand, it is not advisable for poets to praise indulgence, sex, and enjoyment as an ideal way of life. Gold pipes and jade flutes, carrying prostitutes with wine, are also what the rich and famous are obsessed with. This is exactly the contradiction in Li Bai's thought. This contradiction is clearly expressed in many of his poems and has become a very personal limitation.
The whole poem contains twelve lines, with vivid images, exciting emotions, bold momentum and bright tone. When I read it, I just felt that it was a piece of divine work, completed in one go. Judging from the structural organization of the whole poem, it is dense, skillful and original. The beginning is a colorful image description, which immediately leads the reader into an unusual realm. The two couplets in the middle are a complete pairing, and the poetic meaning is a combination of positive and negative, which expands the capacity of the poem, and the poem is full of ups and downs. The last four sentences are extremely emphasized and exaggerated, and the emotions are more passionate, hearty and unrestrained, showing endless power. This is a view that is in line with the actual creation after careful experience.
Although in later generations, it may be due to the negative view of "carrying prostitutes to follow the tide" or the negative view of "if fame and wealth last forever, the Han River should also flow northwest", this poem was not Selected into textbooks, it is not as famous as the famous works such as "Jin Jiu", but it is also the masterpiece of Li Bai when he was in his thirties and forties. It is relatively regular, but majestic and smooth, just like a big river, written in one go, expressing the author's strong feelings. Emotions, an open-minded mentality, and the majestic momentum of looking at the world. After reading this poem, one can stay calm in the magnificent environment created by the author for a long time.