Drink the songs of the Eight Immortals
Tang Dynasty: Du Fu
Zhang Zhi rode a horse like a boat, dazzled, and fell asle
Drink the songs of the Eight Immortals
Tang Dynasty: Du Fu
Zhang Zhi rode a horse like a boat, dazzled, and fell asleep at the bottom of the well.
Ruyang's three fights began in the sky, and the road was salivating at the corner of the car. I wish I could not seal it to Jiuquan.
Drinking thousands of dollars, a cup of music is called avoiding sages.
Zong Zhi, a handsome boy, looked up at the sky with white eyes, as bright as Yushu before the wind.
Before Su Jin Dynasty embroidered Buddha in Changzhai, he often liked to escape Zen when he was drunk.
Li Bai wrote hundreds of poems about fighting wine and went to sleep in a restaurant in Chang 'an.
The son of heaven didn't get on the boat, calling himself Brewmaster.
Zhang Xu handed down three cups of grass, and before he took off his hat and showed his head to the maharaja, he threw the paper like a cloud.
Jiao Sui's five buckets of rice are outstanding and have amazing eloquence.
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He rode a horse after drinking, swaying like a boat. He fell into the well with dim eyes and fell asleep at the bottom of the well.
Li Xian, the king of Ruyang, drank three glasses of wine and went to see the son of heaven. On the way, I met a car filled with distiller's yeast, and the smell of wine made my mouth water. It's a pity that it can't be sealed in Jiuquan County, where the water tastes like wine.
Shi Li, the right-hand man, spends thousands of dollars to drink like a whale swallowing the water of a hundred rivers in order to rise every day. It is claimed that the purpose of drinking is to get rid of politics and make way for beauty.
Cui Zongzhi is a handsome young man. When he has a drink, he often looks up at the sky. His handsome figure is like a well-proportioned tree.
Although Su Jin fasted before the Buddha, he often forgot the Buddhist precepts when drinking.
Li Bai can write hundreds of poems in a wine fight. He goes to Chang 'an Street Restaurant to drink and often sleeps in restaurants. The son of heaven gave a banquet in the lake and asked him to preface the poem. He refused to get on the boat because he was drunk, claiming to be Brewmaster.
Zhang Xu drank three glasses of wine and wrote a book with a brush. People called him Cao Xian. He often takes off his hat in front of princes and nobles and scribbles books. If God helps him, his book will be like a cloud of smoke on the paper.
After drinking five glasses of wine, I regained my spirits. Conversations at parties often surprise everyone.
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Zhang Zhi: He Zhangzhi, born in Yongxing, Yuezhou (now Xiaoshan, Zhejiang), is the official to the secretary supervisor. Indulgence, since the name "Siming fanatic", also known as "secretary outside the prison." As soon as he met Li Bai in Chang 'an, he called him "fallen immortal" and gave up the scarab for a big bite. These two sentences say that he rides a horse after being drunk, wobbling, just like taking a boat. Drunk eyes, fell into the well and drowned.
Ruyang: Wang Lixian, a native of Ruyang, was the nephew of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Chaotian: See the Son of Heaven. This means that Li entered North Korea after drinking alcohol. Curved car Wine cart. Move fief: change fief. Jiuquan: County name, in Jiuquan County, Gansu Province. Legend has it that there is a spring under the county seat, which tastes like wine. Hence the name Jiuquan.
Refers to the left prime minister Li, who served as the left prime minister in August of the first year of Tianbao (742) and excluded Li in April of the fifth year of Tianbao (746). Long whale: whale. The ancients thought that whales could draw water from hundreds of rivers, so people used it to describe Li as a heavy drinker. Cup: greedy for wine. Saint: synonymous with wine.
Zong Zhi: Cui Zongzhi, the son of Cui Ri, a senior official of the Ministry, named Qi Huangong with his father, became an official and became friends with Li Bai. Goblet. White eyes: Kim Ruan Ji can be green eyes, friends' green eyes and laity's white eyes. Yushu is in the wind: Cui Zong is beautiful, so he takes Yushu as a metaphor.
Su Jin: Kaiyuan Jinshi, once assistant minister of the household department, Changzhai: Changzhai. Embroidered Buddha: A painted Buddha statue. Escape from Zen: this refers to not obeying Buddhist precepts. Buddhism abstains from alcohol. Su Jin used to believe in Buddhism, but he was addicted to alcohol, so he called it "retreat from Zen"
Li Bai: He is famous for his heavy drinking capacity and quick thinking, and he often borrows wine to help poetry.
Zhang Xu: Wu, a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, was good at cursive writing and was called "the sage of grass". Topless: Writing about Zhang Xu's wild and unruly drunkenness. It is said that when Zhang Xu is drunk, he often shouts and runs, writes with a pen, and even writes with ink on his head. When I woke up, I looked at my handwriting and thought it was a miracle and could not be recovered. The world calls it "Zhangdian".
Jiao Sui: A commoner in cloth, famous for drinking, with unknown deeds. Outstanding: radiant.
Distinguish and appreciate
Song of Eight Immortals Drinking is a unique and distinctive "portrait poem". Eight Brewmaster were contemporaries and all lived in Chang 'an. They are very similar in drinking, both generous and open-minded. The poet wrote them into a poem with refined language and characters' brushstrokes, forming a vivid group image.
He Zhangzhi first appeared in the Eight Immortals. He is the oldest of them. In Chang 'an, he used to "solve scarabs for pleasure" (Li Bai's Preface to Celebrate Wine). The poem says that after he was drunk, he rode like a boat from side to side and felt dizzy. He fell into the well and fell asleep in it. According to legend, "Ruan Xian rides a horse drunk", people say that "an old man rides a boat like a wave" (Ming Wang Si? ; Du Yi (Volume I). Du Fu vividly uses this allusion to describe He's drunkenness and drunkenness when riding a horse after drinking, which is full of humorous and cheerful emotions and vividly shows his broad-minded and reclusive character.
The second character is Wang Lixian of Ruyang. He was the nephew of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and was very popular for a while. The so-called "frequent kindness from the Lord" and "multiple flesh and blood" (Du Fu's "Gift to the Prince Taishi Ruyang County King"), so I dared to drink three fights before I went to court to visit the son of heaven. His drinking psychology is also different. On the way, he drooled at the sight of the curved car (that is, the wine car) and wanted to move his fief to Jiuquan (now Gansu). Legend has it that "there is Jin Quan at the door, and the spring tastes like wine, hence the name Jiuquan" (see Three Ji Qin). It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the royalty was qualified to attack the fiefs. So, among the eight people, only Li Xian will arouse the idea of "moving fiefs", and no one else will dream like this. The poet grasped the characteristics of Li Xian's royal birth, and described his hedonic psychology and drinking behavior in detail, which was true and measured.
Then Li Lai. In 742 (the first year of Tianbao), he succeeded Niu Xianke as the left prime minister. He is a good guest. He was rewarded by Yan in the evening and spent thousands of dollars on drinking. The amount of alcohol he drinks is like a whale swallowing hundreds of rivers, and one word shows his luxury. However, the good times did not last long. After five years of pioneering work, Li is very suitable for being excluded. After the strike, I will have a drink with my relatives and friends at home. Although I am still drunk, I still can't help being full. I wrote a poem: "Avoid sages for the first time, and take a cup. In order to ask the guests in front of me, how many will come today? " (Old Tang books. "Biography of Li") "A cup of music is called avoiding sages", which means using Li's poems. "Le Sheng" means that he likes to drink sake and "avoid being virtuous", that is, he doesn't drink turbid wine. Combined with the fact that he went on strike, "avoiding sages" is a pun, which means satirizing Li. Here, grasping the gains and losses of power and portraying the character, an important aspect, carefully depicts the image of Li, which contains profound political content and is very intriguing.
After the three dignitaries were shown, two handsome celebrities Cui Zongzhi and Su Jin followed closely. Cui Zongzhi is a charming and handsome romantic figure. He drank too much, so he raised his glass, looked up at the sky, and looked at everything, but no one looked. Drunk, like Yushu swaying in the wind, I can't help it. Du Fu described Zongzhi's handsome figure and chic drunkenness with "Yushu facing the wind", which was very charming. Then write Su Jin. Sima Qian's Historical Records is good at expressing characters' ideological character with contradictory plots. Du Fu is also good at grasping contradictory behaviors and describing characters' personality characteristics. Su Jin indulged in meditation and fasted for a long time, but at the same time he was addicted to alcohol and often got drunk. He was in a contradictory struggle between fasting and drunkenness, but the result was often that "wine" defeated "Buddha" and he had to "escape meditation while drunk". In two short poems, Su Jin's personality characteristics of drinking like a dog, indulging in excess and having no scruples are humorously displayed.
After the above five minor figures were presented, the central figure made a grand appearance.
Poetry wine has an indissoluble bond with Li Bai. Li Bai himself said that "36,000 cups must be poured every day for 36,000 days in a hundred years" (Xiangyang Song) and "Xing Han put pen to paper to shake the five mountains" (Song on the River). Du Fu's description of Li Bai's poems highlights Li Bai's hobby and poetic talent. It is not surprising that Li Bai is a heavy drinker and often sleeps in restaurants in Chang 'an when he is drunk. The phrase "the son of heaven doesn't board the ship" suddenly makes Li Bai's image tall and strange. After Li Bai was drunk, he was even more bold and unrestrained. Even if the emperor summoned him, he was not so respectful and afraid, but proudly shouted, "I am Brewmaster!" " It strongly shows Li Bai's character of not being afraid of powerful people. Although it may not be true, The Son of Heaven Never Boats is very consistent with Li Bai's ideological character, so it has high artistic authenticity and strong artistic appeal. Du Fu is a close friend of Li Bai. He grasped the essential aspect of Li Bai's thought and character, and romantically exaggerated it, and shaped Li Bai into such an artistic image of being unruly, extravagant and contemptuous of feudal princes. This portrait, full of vigor and vitality, has both form and spirit, and shines with the ideal brilliance of beauty, which is unforgettable. This is the romantic image of Li Bai that people have loved for thousands of years.
Another important figure who keeps pace with Li Bai is Zhang Xu. He is good at cursive writing and drinking. Every time he gets drunk, he screams and walks wildly, and his pen is full of changes. If God helps him "(Du Yi, Volume I). At that time, they were called "Cao Sheng". After three cups of drunkenness, Zhang Xu's lofty sentiments were unrestrained, and wonderful cursive script flowed from his pen. Ignoring the dignity of the dignitaries, he took off his hat and showed his head in front of the prominent princes. He writes freely and freely, and his words are like flowing water. How disdainful and informal it is to "take off your hat and show your face in front of princes" It shows Zhang Xu's unrestrained and independent personality.
The figure behind the house in the song is Jiao Sui. Jiao Yuan called Jiao Sui a civilian in Ganze Ballad. Jiao Sui got drunk after drinking five times. At that time, he looked even different, talking a lot, and talking a lot, which alarmed the people present for dinner. The poem depicts Jiao Sui's personality characteristics, emphasizing his outstanding knowledge, eloquence, accuracy and prudence in writing.
Song of the Eight Immortals is humorous in artistic conception, bright in color and light in melody. From the phonological point of view, it is a rigorous and complete, rhyme to the end, in one go. Structurally, each role has its own chapter, and the eight roles have distinct priorities. The personality characteristics of each character are like group carvings, which are really unique in art, as Wang Siyuan said: "This precedent has no cause." It is indeed a unique work in classical poetry.