The fire in the furnace shines on the sky and the earth, and the red stars are scattered in purple smoke.
On a bright moonlit night, Nanlang’s songs move Hanchuan.
The theme of the fourteenth poem of "Qiupu Song" is very special. It describes smelting workers who are engaged in intense labor. This kind of image is not only unique in Li Bai's poems, but also in China. It is also very rare in the entire treasure house of poetry art, so its importance is self-evident.
"The fire shines on the sky and the earth, and the red stars are scattered with purple smoke." The beginning of the poem shows people a bustling labor scene. The first sentence is a panoramic view, and the fire is burning brightly, reflecting the whole world red. , looking at it from a distance in the night, the scenery is very spectacular; the second sentence is a medium and close shot, you can see thick purple smoke blowing out from the furnace, and sometimes red sparks jump out happily from the smoke, the whole The picture shows strong colors and strong movement, giving people a visual impact. Through the description of this unusual scene, we can clearly feel the excitement, joy, and multiple emotional experiences mixed with novelty and admiration caused by the poet after personally visiting this fiery labor scene.
The next two sentences "Nan Lang shines on a moonlit night, and his songs move Hanchuan" are the author's positive description of the smelting workers who are working nervously. The original intention of Nan is to blush because of shame, and Li Bai used it creatively , and a new poetic vocabulary "Nanlang" was generated to express his sincere admiration for the hard-working people in front of him. The workers' faces were baked by the fire and the intensity of labor. Under the shroud of the moonlight and the glow of the fire, all of them looked energetic and glowing. The heavy physical labor did not crush them. On the contrary, they felt a sense of self in this hard and creative work. Their inner heroism and excitement made them able to sing with high spirits while working sweatingly. The high-pitched labor chants, one after another, resounded through the night sky, weaving into a rugged hymn of labor creating everything, even making the cold The river is rippling with passion! The optimistic, united and mutual-helping spirit of the workers gave the poet, who was already very sensitive, a strong inner shock. If the first three sentences of the poem express the visual impact on the poet's heart mainly through pictures, , then at the end of the poem, the auditory shock that the poet felt at that time is reproduced through sound effects. Even "Hanchuan" can't help himself, let alone the naturally romantic and emotional Li Bai. At this moment, he had completely forgotten his head full of white hair, and once again felt the preciousness of life and experienced the sublimity of labor, so his heart could no longer be depressed, and his inspiration burst out again, and he With a stroke of the pen, a vivid and spectacular panoramic rendering of smelting on an autumn night was created, concisely and vividly expressing the author's sincere praise and admiration for creative labor and simple workers. For thousands of years, we all seem to be able to understand Li Bai's irresistible creative desire when he wrote this poem.
If we can broaden our horizons a little further and observe and think from Li Bai's entire creative background and personal situation at that time in Qiupu, we will find that although in his own life path, Li Bai felt as if He has reached a dead end with no way out and no light, so that like ordinary men of letters, he cannot listen to the ape calls in autumn. But once he comes into contact with the fiery life and the burst of passion, even if it is From physical labor that has nothing to do with his ordinary life, he can also absorb the power of life and feel the true meaning of life, thereby being baptized in the soul and reborn in the soul. As a result, he can quickly forget his own misfortunes and setbacks, hold his head high, and enthusiastically praise life and labor. All the beautiful things in the world will have a positive effect on him, and he will be inspired to create again. So he was able to get out of trouble again and again and rediscover the truth, goodness, and beauty that exist everywhere in life. For example, he was soon able to use a very appreciative eye to reproduce the life mood of the Qiupu family in his poems, "A man living in a field in Qiupu collects fish and sleeps in the water. His wife, Zhang Baiyu, has a wedding dress that reflects the deep bamboo." It is the sixteenth song of "Qiupu Song". The fisherman is fishing day and night, and his wife is not idle. Deep in the bamboo forest, she sets a net to catch birds. It is a net used to catch birds and beasts. The whole family is busy with life, but their mentality is very peaceful. This poem, which has been praised as having the style of Wang Wei's "Wangchuan Poems", was obviously written in a relaxed and comfortable state of mind. .
It is this healthy psychology of constant self-renewal and constant acceptance of new things that is the important subjective factor that enables Li Bai to write popular and colorful poems no matter where he is!