The theme of everlasting regret

The theme of this poem is "Song of Eternal Sorrow". In this narrative poem, the author describes the love tragedy of Xuanzong and Yang Guifei in the Anshi Rebellion with refined language, beautiful images, narration and lyricism: their love was destroyed by their own rebellion, and they were endlessly eating the bitter fruit of this spirit.

After Yang Guifei's death, the poet did not directly describe the lovesickness of Xuanzong in Tang Dynasty, but grasped the "hate" in the spiritual world of the characters to express his lovesickness. From "When the monarch and the minister met, tears spilled on their skirts" to "No dreams": It tells the sad story that Tang was seduced by Mawei Po and returned to Beijing from Shu after the situation stabilized.

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As for its theme, it has always been the focus of debate among readers. There are also very different views. Generally divided into three types:

One is the love theme. It is a love poem praising Li Yang. And affirm their sincerity and persistence in love;

The second is the political theme theory. It is believed that the focus of the poem lies in allegory, exposing the "endless hatred" inevitably brought by "the emperor of China, whose lust may shake the beauty of an empire", and condemning the debauchery of the Tang and Ming emperors that led to the Anshi Rebellion, so as to admonish the later monarchs;

The third is the dual theme theory. It is believed that it is a mixture of exposing and praising unity, irony and sympathy, which not only shed tears of sympathy, but also blamed on political misconduct and resentment. How, still want to analyze from the work itself.

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