The Story of Bohu is a Chinese rap song sung by Count Johnny and Tang Bohu Anne, which was released on 202 1. This song takes Tang Yin, a scholar in the Tang Dynasty, as the protagonist, and tells the story that he lived in seclusion in the Peach Blossom Temple after being falsely accused in the imperial examination, kept company with peach blossom wine, stood aloof from the world and enjoyed himself. This song has a unique style, which combines classical poetry and modern rap, showing a literati style different from the traditional one.
In the lyrics of this song, there is a sentence "Peach Fairy breeds peach trees and picks them to sell wine", which is an introduction in Tang Yin's Song of Peach Blossom Temple. Song of the Peach Blossom Temple is a poem written by Tang Yin when he lived in seclusion in the Peach Blossom Temple in Taohuawu area, which expressed his attitude towards life that he was willing to retire and indifferent to fame and fortune. This poem has sixteen sentences and is divided into four parts.
The original text is: "Taohuawu Taohuaan, Taohuaan Taohuaxian. ..... I remember the tomb of Hao Jie in Wuling, where there was no wine and no flowers for farming. " The first four sentences of the poem are narratives, depicting the poet's life scene with peach blossoms as his neighbors and wine as his friends; The last four lyrical sentences express the poet's obsession with peach blossom wine and his unchanging original intention.
The last four sentences are comparison, comparing the differences and advantages and disadvantages between the rich and the poor, horses and chariots, and Hua San; The last four sentences are ironic, satirizing the ignorance and blindness of the world, as well as the illusion and impermanence of fame and fortune. This poem is humorous in language, beautiful and smooth in melody, fresh and elegant in artistic conception and profound in philosophy, and it is one of Tang Yin's representative works.
Introduction to Tang Yin:
Tang Yin (1470 March 6th-1524 65438+ October 7th), with the word Bohu, was a famous Buddhist, the owner of the Peach Blossom Temple, a Buddhist monk and a native of Lu. A famous writer and painter in Ming Dynasty, one of the four gifted scholars in Wumen and Wuzhong. He is known as a "romantic genius" and a "romantic painter", and is also famous for his poems and paintings.
Tang Yin was born in a merchant family in the south of the Yangtze River, and his father, Tang Guangde, runs a hotel in Suzhou. He showed extraordinary talent in his early years. 65-year-old 438+06, a scholar, got a piece of the imperial examination at the age of 29, and achieved good results. However, when he took the exam the next year, he was sent to Zhejiang as an official. After that, Tang Yin gave up his official career and traveled around, creating a lot of beautiful poems and paintings.
Tang Yin's poems often use humor to express natural feelings, and sometimes reveal dissatisfaction with the real world and yearning for freedom. His representative works include Song of Endurance and Song of Peach Blossom Temple. Tang Yin's painting style is unique, which combines the characteristics of the Southern Song Dynasty academy and the Yuan Dynasty literati painting. His works are magnificent and exquisite, especially figure paintings and landscape paintings.