Poetry is the first cultural form brewed in the soil of our national civilization. Our ancestors trampled on poetry when picking mulberry, hunting, fishing and farming-this shows that our nation advocates poetic life and calls for poetic life. This is a natural nature of romantic wandering in the chaos of history and the dispute of reality.
However, looking at the cultural history of our nation, we find that most accomplished literati (to be precise, poets) have been frustrated, exiled or even killed in their political careers. This illustrates the truth that it seems difficult for a poetic person to enter politics. Political character and poetic character are often antagonistic, and few people in history can combine them. There is absolutely no need for willfulness and frankness in political character, while poetic character rejects Machiavelli's tactics and struggles. A poet's career may not always be related to a court or a monarch, but his life must be related to his own soul.
The character requirement of poetry should not be obsessed with politics. Qu Yuan's death is a persistent insistence and an irreplaceable choice. The character of poetry urges the poet to live completely according to his own will and belief, instead of losing himself according to political will like political character. The final destination of poetry is to deviate from politics and return to the soul. Deviation requires courage and courage, which is a prominent rebellion; It also takes courage and boldness to return to the original place, which is a noble evolution. Choosing a political figure is bound to go against nature and conscience, and it is bound to lose self, give up self and become self-less. Although both need dedication, the dedication to poetry is free and romantic. In this way, poetic life is beautiful and free and easy.
As a political passer-by, Wang Anshi left a mark, left right and wrong, but left no glory. If there is glory, it is also the glory of literature. He wants to use reform to realize his ideal and meet the strong demand of political character. However, the cruelty of reality made him retreat after failure, and his poetic character made him find the end of his life. His political life in prison can finally be sung freely.
Our nation always seems to go into history with frustration. We are depressed because our political character has not been satisfied or realized. But in any case, not conforming to your talents will not violate your conscience, and holding a grudge will not destroy your nature. Political character often loses itself, while poetic character can be unconstrained.
Political character dispelled the bustling anxiety and rushed to the high-sounding anxiety. If we can wash away the filth of earthly life and wash a new soul's bone, only a poetic life form can do it. (Teaching Paper) In people's eyes, politics always gathers the torrent of people's desires, and poetry always precipitates the hardness of life years; Politics runs a mysterious ridicule. Poetry can lightly graze the lost soul, soothe the wandering of falling red, iron out the melancholy of dead leaves, wash away the dust of pain, and run freely. It is only a matter of time before political character or poetic character is more important. Just like Tao Yuanming, the "master of the eternal pastoral, the eternal hermit", he retired to the chrysanthemum bushes with noble morality and good conduct at the age of 4/kloc-0, and rested his poetic life. Political character and poetic character finally broke, and Qu Yuan was the most determined one. In this sense, the cultural history of China is a spiritual history in which politics and poetry get along, intersect, confront and finally break, and soul and frankness overcome the world.
Political character is always attached to the boundary between success and failure, and the ups and downs of power do not reflect the freedom of the soul and clearly show the breadth of green life like poetic character. From the moment Su Dongpo set foot on Hainan Island, the peaceful sea breeze and quiet life in Hainan made the poet understand that life needs to wander under such a great sky. Although the remoteness of Hainan Island has uprooted the poet's inner loneliness, it has enriched the poet's lofty and detached soul life. On the way back to Beijing, the poet seemed to secretly feel the anxiety of political figures, and seemed to catch a glimpse of the mouth-watering sneer in the political whirlpool. Fortunately, his "Looking Back at Hainan Island" has nirvana of his own hope, and he can finally be as lonely and beautiful as a poet and return to elegance.
In short, if we want to stick to a poetic life, we can't let our emotions depend on utility and our souls depend on power: "White Stone tames the sea to strengthen our hearts, and youth goes to Qianshan to be heroic" is the goal of poetic life; "A cool breeze and bright moon all one's life, a clear spring on a stone in ten thousand generations" is the realm of poetic life; "Looking for a good sentence of red leaves and suddenly getting a new poem to send white clouds" is the mission of poetic life; "The spring breeze is elegant and can hold things, and the autumn water articles are free from dust" is the cultivation of poetic life; It is the normal state of poetic life to cherish people at dusk and in the morning.