Thoughts and feelings: The whole poem describes the pain of a couple's separation and the longing after the separation, expressing the extremely sincere feelings of lovesickness and separation, but it also reveals the poet's political frustration and spiritual depression. Bitter, with a strong sad color, it writes the depth of sorrow and sorrow, and uses myths and legends to express the incomparable love and deep longing for the lover in the heart.
Original text: Untitled? Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty
It is difficult to say goodbye when we meet, the east wind is powerless and the flowers are withered. The spring silkworm's silk will not be used up until it dies, and the wax torch will not dry until it turns to ashes.
When you look into the mirror at dawn, you are worried about the clouds on your temples. When you sing at night, you should feel the cold moonlight. There is not much way to get to Pengshan, and the blue bird is diligent in visiting.
Interpretation:
The opportunity to meet is really rare, and it is even more difficult to part ways. Moreover, the weather of late spring is about to end with the east wind, and the flowers have faded, which makes people even more sad. A spring silkworm spins a cocoon and spins out all its silk only when it dies. A candle burns out and turns to ashes before the tear-like wax drips dry.
When a woman dresses up and looks in the mirror in the morning, she is only worried that her lush, cloud-like hair will change color and her youthful appearance will disappear. If a man moans and cannot sleep at night, he must feel the cold moon encroaching upon him. The other party's residence is not far away from Penglai Mountain, but there is no way to get there and it is out of reach. I hope there will be a messenger like a blue bird who will diligently visit my lover for me. Extended information
1. Creation background
In the Tang Dynasty, people advocated Taoism and believed in Taoism. When Li Shangyin was fifteen or sixteen years old, his family sent him to Yuyang Mountain to learn Taoism. During this period, he met and fell in love with Song Huayang, a female from the Lingdu Temple in Yuyang Mountain. However, their relationship could not be known to outsiders, and the author's heart was filled with uncontrollable waves of love.
Therefore, he could only write poems to remember his feelings and hide their titles, making the poems appear hazy, melodious, and infinitely affectionate. Most of the poems titled "Untitled" written by Li Shangyin describe the love poems between the two of them. This poem is one of them.
2. Introduction to the author
Li Shangyin, also known as Yishan, nicknamed Yuxi (Xi) Sheng, also known as Fan Nansheng, was born in Hanoi, Huaizhou, and was born in Xingyang, Zhengzhou. He is a famous poet in the late Tang Dynasty, and Du Mu is collectively known as "Little Li Du", Li Shangyin, Li He and Li Bai are collectively known as "Three Lis", and Wen Tingyun is collectively known as "Wen Li".
Li Shangyin was one of the few poets in the late Tang Dynasty and even the entire Tang Dynasty who deliberately pursued poetic beauty. He is good at poetry writing, and his parallel prose is also of high literary value. His poems are novel in conception and beautiful in style, especially some love poems and untitled poems, which are sentimental, beautiful and moving, and are widely read.
However, some poems (represented by "Jin Se") are too obscure and confusing, and difficult to understand. There is a saying that "poets always love Xikun and hate that no one writes Zheng Jian."
In the second year of Emperor Wenzong's reign (837), Li Shangyin became a Jinshi and served as Secretary, Provincial Secretary, Hongnong Wei, etc. Because he was involved in the political whirlpool of the "Niu-Li Party Controversy", he was marginalized and struggled throughout his life. In the late Dazhong year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (about 858), Li Shangyin died of illness in Zhengzhou and was buried in his hometown of Xingyang. Some people also say that he was buried at the foot of Qinghua Beishan in the east plain of Yongdian, Huaizhou (now Wangzhuang Town, Qinyang Mountain), his ancestral home.
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